Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Non-Ontario Birds => Topic started by: nkwali on June 19, 2015, 08:32:28 AM
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A few from Trinidad - taken at the Asa Wright Nature Centre. Great place for birding.
If I've got the names wrong, please weigh in.
Black-throated mango
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/263/18956167661_25920faf5b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uT6jdV)black-throated mango (https://flic.kr/p/uT6jdV) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
White-necked jacobin
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/354/18330672024_925fd2aa69_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tVPuao)white-necked jacobin (https://flic.kr/p/tVPuao) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
Purple honeycreeper
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/356/18332572943_b74deec72a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tVZeeR)purple honeycreeper (https://flic.kr/p/tVZeeR) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
Trinidad motmot
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/385/18332573673_3a9aec8983_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tVZesr)motmotA (https://flic.kr/p/tVZesr) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
Green honeycreeper
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/409/18926910556_21deb30843_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uQvn75)green honeycreeper (https://flic.kr/p/uQvn75) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
Violaceous euphonia
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/375/18953144925_a91143bba3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uSPPEM)violaceous euphonia (https://flic.kr/p/uSPPEM) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
Blue-chinned emerald
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3952/18766950119_14405af383_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uAnwrv)emerald (https://flic.kr/p/uAnwrv) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
Bearded bellbird
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/457/18926913396_65f6ec59d1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/uQvnX3)bearded bellbird (https://flic.kr/p/uQvnX3) by Nkwali (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42314489@N08/), on Flickr
And from Caroni swamp
Scarlet Ibis
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Very nice set.
Asa Wright Nature Centre should be on every birders' bucket list.
Usually the first letters in the name are in Capitals eg. Black-throated Mango. The Blue-chinned Emerald is also known as the Blue-chinned Sapphire.
Great photo of the Bearded Bellbird. They are usually very high up in the canopy and hidden among the branches.
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Very nice set.
Asa Wright Nature Centre should be on every birders' bucket list.....
Yep, added this to my bucket list. What a great set of birds. What is the odd-one in the middle of these scarlet Ibises? A lone male or a lone female?
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It would be an immature Scarlet Ibis starting to acquire adult plumage.
Very nice collection of birds there!
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Wow very nice. Love the Purple Honeycreeper and the Scarlet Ibisees.
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Thanks all!
A couple of follow ups
There were about 4 male bearded bellbirds staking out territory - at one point there were three of them in the same tree (in bad lighting).
Asa Wright does a fantastic job of providing guides to help spot birds in the area, lots of trails to explore and they have a great verandah overlooking a valley. Aside from the hummingbirds and honeycreepers, lots of birds were spotted from the verandah including several different species of tanagers, trogons, parrots, antshrikes, flycatchers and raptors and the list goes on. The area is also home to two different manakin species with their own leks...lots to see.