Thursday, April 4, 2024
INCREASE IN LIFE LIST DUE TO ADDITION OF CARDINAL WOODPECKER SEEN ON 10/6/2016
Due to this email from ebird about an observation on Nov. 6, 2016 at Imbabala Safari Camp in Zimbabwe, we changed the species of this bird from a Bearded Woodpecker to a Cardinal Woodpecker. Since a Cardinal Woodpecker had not been on our Life List, this increased our Life List to 1,133.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Monday, April 1, 2024
MASKED BOOBY, SEEN FROM RUBY PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP IN CARIBBEAN EN ROUTE FROM TRINIDAD TO ARUBA, 3/18/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST
We can ID this bird as a Masked Booby as follows:
- Long, hefty, pointed and pale yellow bill
- Mostly bright white
- Black tail
- Dark primaries and secondaries
- Black mask
The Masked Booby nests on small tropical islands, especially ones that are flat and without forests. The rest of the time it spends at sea.
The Masked Booby is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,132.
MALE AMETHYST WOODSTAR, PRIVATE HOME, BLANCHISSEUSE RD, TUNAPUNA-PIARCO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 3/17/2024
We can ID this hummingbird as a male Amethyst Woodstar as follows:
- Green crown, nape and upper parts
- White neck sides
- Large white spot on sides of rump
- Medium length, straight, black bill
- Depending on the lighting the throat can appear different colors. In the first and second photo the throat appears black, but in the third photo it appears pinkish.
- In the first photo you can just make out that the tail is forked.
The Amethyst Woodstar appears in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay and is a rare vagrant to Trinidad.
The Amethyst Woodstar is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,131.
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