Antillean Crested Hummingbird
I got to add a few birds to my life list in St. John, including the Antillean Crested Hummingbird.
Category: Other Birds
Brown Pelicans
St. John has a large population of Brown Pelicans, who fish close to the beaches. They’re fun to watch dive bombing for fish.
Magnificent Frigatebird
I spent an extended Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. While there I did some birding. A new life bird for me was the Magnificent Frigatebird. The males are all black, the females have a white chest, and the immature birds have a white head and chest.
White Ibis Worm Wrestling
While down in the Everglades, I had a nice view of two White Ibises eating for about half an hour. I never realized what a hard time an Ibis would have eating a long worm. It was a struggle, as the worm did all it could not to be dinner.
Croton-on-Hudson, Second Try
I finally made it to over 200 life birds today, with the 200th being a Bald Eagle and the 201st being a Common Merganser. The pictures weren’t that good today, but I’m having fun expanding my range outside of Central Park.
Red-Shouldered Hawks in the Everglades
Red-Shouldered Hawks are rare visitors to Central Park, so it was a pleasure to see them in the Everglades over my Christmas/New Year’s break while visiting Florida.
The first four photographs are of a juvenile bird, then some of two adults. The last two are of an attack on an egret by a Red-shouldered Hawk at the Shark Valley Visitor’s Center. (I was the only one among about 30 visitors who noticed the attack. I guess people being unaware of nature isn’t only limited to the city!)
