On a rainy day in Trinidad
American White Pelicans, zoomed with Nikon B700
American White Pelicans with my old Panasonic FZ20…
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
A bright and cheery American Robin
American Kestrel
American White Pelicans, Nikon Coolpix B700
American Kestrel, Nikon B700
They call this spring?
American Kestrel, Panasonic FZ200
Almost missed, but gratefully seen
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Togetherness
Common Merganser male
Another Pelican treat
They're back : )
Milk Thistle, I believe
White-lined Tanager male, Trinidad
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Dragonfly, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Pink Ginger, Trinidad
Bananaquit, Trinidad
Gathering food for his babies
Tree Swallow male
Mountain Bluebird female
Remembering winter
Masked Cardinal, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Western Grebes paired up
Ferruginous Hawk / Buteo regalis
Eared Grebes in their mating dance
White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Mourning Dove, Pt. Pelee, Ontario, Canada
Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Watching the waves at The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario,…
Trillium
Chipping Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Birders at The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Purple Finch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
The ubiquitous American Robin, Pt Pelee
Daffodils growing wild, Pt Pelee
Tree Swallow, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Small, sleepy Bat, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dutchman's Breeches, Pt Pelee
That's quite the nest, at Pt Pelee, Ontario
Pretty in pink
The beauty of iridescence
Killdeer nest
Beauty
Wilson's Snipe
Dutchman's Breeches, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dryad's Saddle Fungus (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
American Robin, Pt Pelee, Ontario
White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Dutchman's Breeches / Dicentra cucullaria, Pt Pele…
At the base of a tree, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Western Meadowlark
The challenges of being a birder
One of yesterday's Great Horned Owls
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
Evening mist in the rainforest
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
A memory of Waterton from before the fire
Gathering lunch for his babies
Jackrabbit
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
Ring-necked Pheasant male / Phasianus colchicus
Hooded Merganser male
A touch of blue
Sunflower detail
White-necked Jacobin male, Trinidad
Wild European Rabbit
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Sedge
Wood Ducks
Bear Grass, Waterton Lakes National Park
White-lined Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Shoo-fly / Nicandra physalodes
When the world turns white
Evening Grosbeak male
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Tropical plant, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Red-breasted Meadowlark / Sturnella militaris, Tri…
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Black-capped Chickadee
New birding blind in a local park
Violaceous Euphonia / Euphonia violacea
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
One of two Coyotes
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl
Common Redpoll
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Burrowing owl in the wild
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Pileated Woodpecker
Tropical pink, Trinidad
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Great Gray Owl
Winter beauty
Red Fox (just for the record)
Bighorn Sheep mom and youngster
Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Far, far away
Great Gray Owl on the hunt
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Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
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Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
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Black-throated Mango, Asa Wright, Trinidad
I had not planned to post any photos today, as I was expecting to be at a hospital across the city, waiting for my daughter to have her major surgery. However, yesterday evening, she told me not to bother to go early, as she had to be there at 6:00 am and would then be going straight in to get ready for surgery and then a recovery period of 1-2 hours after roughly 4-5 hours of surgery ( longer if necessary). It is now 11:08 am and I am so stressed out, not knowing how things are going and not sure just how to plan the rest of the day. My daughter said that if I am thinking of going over later, to phone the hospital and check with the unit to see if she is up to having visitors. Will need to get a taxi, as I will never drive to that part of the city.
To add to my stress, I have a MOUSE in the HOUSE, for the very first time ever. A few years ago, a number of my neighbours had mice indoors, but not me. I love wildlife, but when it comes to having a mouse inside my home, that is a very different matter. It terrifies me, wondering where it is and if it will suddenly run across the floor, making me scream. I was watching TV yesterday afternoon, when I suddenly saw out of the corner of my eye a dark shape run across my hall floor and into the kitchen. A minute later, it ran back in the opposite direction - and disappeared. I think it may have got in through my front door when I opened it yesterday, to place something in my mailbox for a neighbour to pick up. There are now five traps set! I see one is now upside down, but I don't know if the mouse triggered it or if it was too delicately set. This is not just a mouse, it's a LARGE mouse - or maybe it's not even a mouse, but maybe something like a Meadow Vole? All I know is that it is not welcome and it is making me extremely nervous and stressed out.
And so goes my day, lol!
This photo was taken on 20 March 2017, our last day spent at the Asa Wright Nature Centre, on the island of Trinidad, before flying home to Alberta.
"The Black-throated Mango is 10.2 cm long and weighs 7.2g. The longish black bill is slightly decurved.
The male has glossy bright green upperparts. His throat and chest are matt black, bordered with blue-green. The flanks are bright green, and the black of the chest tapers onto the belly.
The female black-throated mango has bronze-green upperparts and white underparts with a black central stripe. Immature birds show some grey or buff feather tips on the head and wings, and have brown around the eyes." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-throated_mango
This adventure was only the second holiday of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my dear friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself! We were so lucky with our flights, as we were just in time to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so I think were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up the mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a minibus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
This is a video that I came across on YouTube, taken by Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson, at many of the same places we visited on Trinidad and Tobago. Not my video, but it made me feel like I was right there still. Posting the link here again, so that I won't lose it.
youtu.be/BBifhf99f_M
I also came across the following 27-minute YouTube video of the flora and fauna of Trinidad, filmed by John Patrick Smith in February 2015.
youtu.be/6HHBm9MIxnk
To add to my stress, I have a MOUSE in the HOUSE, for the very first time ever. A few years ago, a number of my neighbours had mice indoors, but not me. I love wildlife, but when it comes to having a mouse inside my home, that is a very different matter. It terrifies me, wondering where it is and if it will suddenly run across the floor, making me scream. I was watching TV yesterday afternoon, when I suddenly saw out of the corner of my eye a dark shape run across my hall floor and into the kitchen. A minute later, it ran back in the opposite direction - and disappeared. I think it may have got in through my front door when I opened it yesterday, to place something in my mailbox for a neighbour to pick up. There are now five traps set! I see one is now upside down, but I don't know if the mouse triggered it or if it was too delicately set. This is not just a mouse, it's a LARGE mouse - or maybe it's not even a mouse, but maybe something like a Meadow Vole? All I know is that it is not welcome and it is making me extremely nervous and stressed out.
And so goes my day, lol!
This photo was taken on 20 March 2017, our last day spent at the Asa Wright Nature Centre, on the island of Trinidad, before flying home to Alberta.
"The Black-throated Mango is 10.2 cm long and weighs 7.2g. The longish black bill is slightly decurved.
The male has glossy bright green upperparts. His throat and chest are matt black, bordered with blue-green. The flanks are bright green, and the black of the chest tapers onto the belly.
The female black-throated mango has bronze-green upperparts and white underparts with a black central stripe. Immature birds show some grey or buff feather tips on the head and wings, and have brown around the eyes." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-throated_mango
This adventure was only the second holiday of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my dear friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself! We were so lucky with our flights, as we were just in time to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so I think were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up the mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a minibus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
This is a video that I came across on YouTube, taken by Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson, at many of the same places we visited on Trinidad and Tobago. Not my video, but it made me feel like I was right there still. Posting the link here again, so that I won't lose it.
youtu.be/BBifhf99f_M
I also came across the following 27-minute YouTube video of the flora and fauna of Trinidad, filmed by John Patrick Smith in February 2015.
youtu.be/6HHBm9MIxnk
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