More birds of Antigua.

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It seems odd to see this bird not in a man made habitat. The Lesser Antillean Bullfinch is familiar on the island for getting into restaurant and hotel spaces (which are typically open air) and helping itself to crumbs and sugar packets.




The bananaquit is a fast-moving, difficult to photograph bird that eats insects and flower nectar. It's the national bird of Puerto Rico, and very common in Antigua.


The Carib grackle is very much like the common grackle we have back home, much smaller than the great-tailed and boat-tailed grackles of the southern United States.


This great egret was hunting for anoles and insects in a vacant lot in a busy part of St. Johns, the capitol city of Antigua and Barbuda.


This was another first for me: a cattle egret in a supermarket parking lot. Instead of chasing insects that were kicked up by the activity of livestock, this one was picking at chicken bones in the gutter.

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Very very cool!