Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Belize Birds part 2

Here's another batch of bird photos from Belize. At St. George's Caye the outdoor dining area was on the second floor and overlooked the top of a tree. At breakfast there would often be small birds in the tree so I started taking my camera and making sure I sat facing out. But the birds didn't sit still and tended to stay hidden in the tree. Until one morning when they cooperated and I finally got some photos. There were several warblers: yellow-throated, black-throated blue, and yellow.

Yellow-throated Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler ?

Yellow Warbler

Another yellow bird, a bit larger, was this female Hooded Oriole.

Hooded Oriole (female)

I noticed a woodpecker on one of the palm trees but it was too far away to get good photos. But amazingly, it also came and perched in the top of the tree near us. It turned out to be a Golden Fronted Woodpecker.

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

I saw this Cinnamon Hummingbird a few times before managing to photograph it. Once it came to visit the flowers beside our cabana and I managed a lucky shot. Another time I saw it perch on a tree beside the path.

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Back at Turneffe I saw the American Redstart several more times.

American Redstart

This Tricolored Heron was surprisingly tolerant of me photographing it.

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

A few attempts at birds in flight - a Brown Pelican and a Royal Tern.

Brown Pelican

Royal Tern

Easier to photograph when sitting still.

Brown Pelican

Royal Tern

On St George's Caye we saw a Little Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron

and also a sub-species of Great Blue Heron - Würdemann's

Würdemann's Great Blue Heron

as well as regular Great Blue Herons

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

And, of course, cormorants and gulls

cormorant

gulls

See all 58 photos in this batch

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