Friday, July 24, 2020
two of the tree Collared Plover |
My first stop was at the Oistins pier and it was empty! No Laughing Gulls, Roseate Terns, or Magnificent Frigatebirds that would normally be there. The fishing boats that are usually moored in the bay were all gone, move to safety no doubt. The sea was very calm, lets hope it was not the proverbial calm before the storm. I then went on to Inch Marlow. The sargassum seaweed littered beach played host to a few Spotted Sandpipers (Actitis macularius) and Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla) but that will change in the coming weeks as migration intensifies. My last stop was at a private location in the parish of St. Philip and it was there that I saw my bird of the afternoon, a Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris), three of them in fact. The most numerous bird species were Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), a few in breeding plumage, and Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla).
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Checklist
- Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina)
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica)
- Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
- Grassland Yellow-Finch (Sicalis luteola)
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