Bird #27: Grassland Yellow Finch

Common Name: Grassland Yellow Finch/ Grass Canary

Scientific Name: Sicalis liteola     

Description: 4.75 inches; Males: upperparts olive yellow with streaks; underpart yellow; Females: same color as the males but duller- juveniles has streaks on the breast.

Habitat: seed eaters can be found in pastures, agricultural fields etc.     

    

Least Sandpiper

Name: Least Sandpiper

Scientific Name: Calidris minutilla      

Description: 5-6.5 inches; small sandpiper; yellowish-green feet; underparts white with marking on breast; white rump with a little black in tail feathers; upperparts brownish; thin bill with a slight  drooping tip; Breeding: upperparts mottling reddish brown plumage.

Habitat: mudflats

Least Sandpipers are non-breeding migrant to the island. Large flocks can be seen on mud flaps throughout the island.

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

 

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Juvenile GH

Juvenile GH close up

Juvenile GH

immature

Antillean Crested Hummingbird

Sora Rail (Porzana carolina)

Eurasian Collard Dove

Streptopelia  decaocto