VIEWS: CALIFORNIA LIGHTHOUSE, CACTUS, ETC, NOORD, ARUBA, 3/19/2024

 

ROCK PIGEONS, FROM RUBY PRINCESS, ORANJESTAD, ARUBA, 3/19/2024

 

VIEWS FROM RUBY PRINCESS APPROACHING CRUISE PORT, ORANJESTAD, ARUBA, 3/19/2024

 

RED FOOTED BOOBY (PALE FORM) IN FLIGHT SEEN FROM RUBY PRINCESS IN CARIBBEAN EN ROUTE FROM TRINIDAD TO ARUBA, 3/18/2024

 

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.

 

BRENT & MAYA-HER MAJESTY'S SECRET CIRCUS, AT THE PIAZZA, DECK 5, RUBY PRINCESS, 3/18/2024

 

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.