BARE-EYED PIGEONS, KAYA SCHIEDAM TO KAYA GRONINGEN AREA, KRALENDIJK, BONAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS, 3/20/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this pigeon as a Bare-eyed Pigeon as follows:

• The eye has an extraordinary bull's-eye appearance and is a great field mark.  The dark eye is surrounded by concentric pale and dark eye rings.
• The second good field mark is the broad white patch at the edge of the closed wing.  This really contrasts with the darker wings and under parts.
• Pink bill
• Head, neck and under parts are grayish with pinkish blush.
• Pink legs

      The Bare-eyed Pigeon is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,135.

 

BROWN-THROATED PARAKEETS, KAYA SCHIEDAM TO KAYA GRONINGEN AREA, KRALENDIJK, BONNAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS, 3/20/2024

 

SAFFRON FINCHES, KAYA SCHIEDAM TO KAYA GRONINGEN AREA, KRALENDIJK, BONAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS, 3/20/2024

 

EARED DOVES, KAYA SCHIEDAM TO KAYA GRONINGEN AREA, KRALENDIJK, BONNAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS, 3/20/2024

 

MALE SAFFRON FINCH, HARBOUR VILLAGE, SALINA, KRALENDIJK, BONAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS, 3/20/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a male Saffron Finch as follows:

• Yellow head with orange forehead and fore crown, with some orange extending to face and throat
• Bill has dark upper mandible and mostly yellow lower mandible
• Under parts yellow and unpatterned
• Upper parts greenish yellow with dark areas (parts of wings)
• Tail is dark with broad yellowish edges
• Dark eyes
• Pinkish legs

      The Saffron Finch is a new species to our  ebird Photographic Life List.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,134.

 

BROWN--THROATED PARAKEETS, HARBOUR VILLAGE, SALINA, KRALENDIJK, BONAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS, 3/20/2024

 

BANANAQUIT, HARBOUR VILLAGE, SALINA, KRALENDIJK, BONAIRE, CARIBBEAN NETHERLANDS, 3/20/2024