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St Lucia, October 23rd to November 6th 2005,
Brown Booby |
These birds could been seen fairly regularly off the beach in small numbers with the aid of a telescope or binoculars or on a boat trip |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
7 or 8 could be spotted most days well off-shore by my accommodation. Also seen closely at the Sandals Grand Hotel which is just below Pigeon Point and at the beautiful Pitons on a catamaran trip |
Royal Tern |
Up to 38 seen on 28 October and 5 November sat on posts close to Sandals Grand Hotel. Amazingly confiding |
Roseate Tern |
Every day fishing in Choc Bay in small numbers |
Little Blue Heron |
1 or 2 could be seen most days in the inlet by the St James Club Hotel. These birds went about their feeding as though I wasn’t there. Very confiding |
Snowy Egret |
Small numbers seen generally around the sandpits |
Cattle Egret |
Everywhere on the island and very confiding. I was amazed to have one take bits of a burger out of my hand in the hotel grounds early in my holiday |
Green Heron |
Seen every day in small numbers (1 to 4) either at the St James Club inlet or in the sandpits |
Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron |
1 disturbed roosting in the beach side palms occasionally by me or a small dog that befriended me |
Semipalmated Plover |
Seen each day on the beach in small numbers (5 was the maximum count) and on odd occasion around the sand pits |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
One seen at the sandpits on the 24th of October and another on 4th of November |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Small numbers (upwards to a dozen) seen every day by the inlet below the St James Club or at the sandpits |
Greater Yellowlegs |
One seen on three or four occasions |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Occasionally seen in small numbers foraging in the beach debris. Four were seen one morning and six seen later that afternoon |
Moorhen |
One was seen in the inlet on several occasions |
Osprey |
Still gives a thrill to see one. One seen on the 24th and on 26th in the same dead tree and one flying in front of the hotel on the 31st of October. I then saw two fly over the sandpits on the 4th of November. One of these eventually landed in the same dead tree giving stunning views. One of my travelling companions told me that she had seen two the day before this sighting but I had been somewhat sceptical! |
Broad-winged Hawk |
2 seen in the hills on a jeep safari into the rainforest on the 29th |
Rock Dove |
Large numbers in the grass at the side of the runway at Castries airport |
Plain Pigeon |
Other reports say that this bird is supposed to be common in the area but I only saw them on one occasion. This is by the side of the Grand Hotel. This area which seemed good for birds if only I had a little seems destined for development |
Common Ground-Dove |
4 seen on the 1st of November at the sandpits |
Zenaida Dove |
Common and confiding around hotel grounds |
Mangrove Cuckoo |
Seen reasonably regularly around the sandpits but was somewhat secretive |
Antillean Crested Carib |
Common in the hotel grounds |
Purple-Throated Carib |
The least common of the three Caribs seen around plants |
Green-Throated Carib |
Common in the hotel Grounds |
Belted Kingfisher |
Some nice views of this bird perched on branches in the inlet and the sandpits |
Gray Kingbird |
Common around the island |
Tropical Mockingbird |
Seen reasonably regularly |
Blackpoll Warbler |
Only seen once in the trees between the beach and the sandpits |
Yellow Warbler |
A pair seen twice in trees below the St James Club Hotel |
Bananaquit |
Everywhere and beautiful with it |
St Lucian Oriole |
One only seen in the rainforest where I answered a call of nature. A stunning bird |
Shiny Cowbird |
Several seen just once at Pigeon Point the day before we returned home |
Carib Grackle |
Abundant and extremely noisy with it. Fairly confiding |
Black-Faced Grassquit |
Small numbers seen in the grassy areas of the sandpits |
Lesser Antillean Saltator |
Only seen once and briefly at the sandpits on the 31st of October |
Lesser Antillean Bullfinch |
Common around the hotel grounds which would accept food out of the hand. With their red throat and their black body these were very pretty |
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