We can ID this dove as a Zenaida Dove as follows:

• Very similar to the Mourning Dove, but is smaller and has a shorter, square-tipped tail rather than the long, pointed tail of the Mourning Dove.
• Overall grayish-brown upper parts.
• Large blue spot on side of neck.
• Black splotches on the folded wing.
• Short, black streak in back of the eye, with a longer black streak at the base of the cheek.

   The Zenaida Dove breeds throughout the Caribbean and the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.

   The Zenaida Dove is a new species to our eBird Photographic Life List. Our eBird Life List now stands at 1,117.

 

SCALY-NAPED PIGEON, ROMNEY MANOR, OLD ROAD TOWN, ST KITTS, ST KITTS & NEVIS, 3/12/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO OUR LIFE LIST

   We can ID this pigeon as a Scaly-naped Pigeon as follows:

• Red eye broadly framed by orange-peach orbital skin.
• Large size.
• Pink legs.
• Two-toned bill: purple at the base and a cream tip.
• Darkish overall with scally nape and neck sides.

   The Scaly-necked Pigeon is found in most islands of the Caribbean, except Jamaica and the Bahamas.  It is a very rare vagrant to Florida.  

   The Scaly-necked Pigeon is a new species to our eBird Photographic Life List.  Our eBird Life List now stands at 1,116.

 

ROMNEY MANOR, OLD ROAD TOWN, ST KITTS, ST KITTS & NEVIS, 3/12/2024

   The original owner of Romney Manor, Sam Jefferson was the great, great, grandfather of Thomas Jefferson.

 

VIEWS OF BASSETERRE, ST KITTS & NEVIS, 3/12/2024

 

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, PORT ZANTE, BASSETERRE, ST KITTS & NEVIS, 3/12/2024

 

VIEWS, PORT ZANTE, BASSETERRE, ST KITTS & NEVIS

 

SUNRISE, APPROACHING BASSETERRE, ST KITTS & NEVIS, 3/12/2024