Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)

Common Name: Blackburnian Warbler

Scientific Name: Setophaga fusca

Description: 5 inches; throat bright orange; triangle ear patch; yellowish–orange breast, eye brow, white wing bars; underparts whitish-yellow (buff) with black streaked flanks; upperparts blackish. Male Breeding: deeper reddish-orange throat, eye brow, crown and breast.

 Habitat: Forest, Gardens etc.

Statue: Vagrant

References:

•   Birds of Barbados by P.A Buckley, Edward Massiah, Maurice B. Hutt, Francine G. Buckle
•  Helm Field Guides- Birds of the West Indies  by H. Raffaele, J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A.Keith, J. Raffael
• National Geographic- Field Guide to the Birds of North America edited by Dunn and Alderfer

Websites:

• Wikipedia
• All about Birds
• Whatbird.com

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

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Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)

Length: 5-5.5inches (12.7-14cm); upperparts greenish yellow; feet orange yellow; white wing bars; chest yellowish with faint side streaks; underparts whitish, undertail white; eye stripe whitish 

Breeding Male: black cap; white cheeks; black mustache stripe. Breeding Female: crown blackish streaks. Habitat: Forest and wooded areas, found mostly at Harrison's Point in October but also seen at other locations in St. Lucy during Fall Migration. Graeme Swamp during Spring Migration. Statue: Passage Migrant. 

Blackpoll Warbler makes one of the longest migrations of any North American Song Bird, a total of about 2,000 miles from western Alaska to the Venezuela and Guyana. 

Fall 2018 St. Lucy 

May 2017 Graeme Hall 

May 2017 Graeme Hall 

May 2017 Graeme Hall 

Gull-billed Tern

Common Name: Gull-billed Tern

Scientific Name: Gelochelidon nilotica

Description: 13-15 inches; chunky gull like tern; bill black, short and thick; crown whitish with greyish fleck and spot behind the eyes; wings long, broad, very long outer primaries; upperparts light grey; underparts white; legs black.Breeding: crown and nape black.

Habitat: lakes, marshes and coasts.

Statue: Migrant

References:

·         Birds of Barbados by P.A Buckley, Edward Massiah, Maurice B. Hutt, Francine G. Buckle

·     Helm Field Guides- Birds of the West Indies  by H. Raffaele, J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A.Keith, J. Raffaele

·         The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley

Websites:

·         Wikipedia

·          All about Birds

·         Whatbird.com