Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Non-Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Dinusaur on January 03, 2014, 08:31:12 PM
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Here are some samples from my recent tip to Aruba. Besides seeing a lot of North American birds there I also found a few that are very specific to that region.
1. Magnificent Frigatebird
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/11721736985_a89d22ee2a_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11721736985/)
A Magnificent Frigatebird (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11721736985/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
2. Troupial
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/11738935934_72ee1678e9_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738935934/)
Troupial (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738935934/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
3. Bare-eyed Pigeon - notice the circular patch around the eyes.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7438/11741006666_e61fac2279_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11741006666/)
Bare-eyed Pigeon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11741006666/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
4. Tropical Mockingbird - their songs fill the air all day long.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/11721968123_0bb32e4dc3_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11721968123/)
Tropical Mockingbird (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11721968123/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
5. Bananaquit - they love sugar. One would often find them at the hotel breakfast table, poking into sugar bags.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/11721731265_3a5e02e6d8_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11721731265/)
Bananaquit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11721731265/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
6. Black Oystercatcher (Correction from Thomas - it's an American Oystercatcher)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/11740607634_01167f1d54_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11740607634/)
American Oystercatcher (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11740607634/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
7. Blue-tailed Emerald Hummingbird. This was taken with my 50mm lens, I was walking along the boardwalk when it suddenly appeared and sat on this cactus, quite close to where I was.
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/11738525615_ff7ee93b96_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738525615/)
Blue-tailed Emerald (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738525615/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
8. A Brown Pelican
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/11738792744_be38d04351_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738792744/)
Brown Pelican (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738792744/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
9. A brown-throated parakeet
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3683/11738773254_c6e6d1f614_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738773254/)
Brown-throated Parakeet (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/11738773254/) by Dinusaur (http://www.flickr.com/people/60250038@N02/), on Flickr
The rest can be found from the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/sets/72157639367105016/
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Nice variety. Your Oystercatchers are American Oystercatchers (Black Oystercatcher is entirely black and only occurs on the Pacific coast).
/Thomas
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Thanks for the correction Thomas; I'll fix it on Flickr.
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Beautiful birds! You must of had a great time down in Aruba!
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Beautiful birds! You must of had a great time down in Aruba!
Oh yes Gary, I had a great time; the best part was listening to bird songs every morning while walking around. The Oystercatcher was on the north-eastern part of the Island which is very rocky with crashing waves.
Thanks
Dinu