Green-throated carib - a common and widespread endemic in the Lesser Antilles
The smaller and sneakier Crested Antillean hummingbird, this one is a female/immature. This species is endemic to the Caribbean.
Lesser Antillean bullfinch - an immature male, another Lesser Antillean endemic
Well after a short flight from the UK, I walked out into the warmth and sunshine of the Caribbean - a pleasant change from weather in Sweden. The hour-and-a-half drive to the hotel was done without stopping. Birds seen en route though included a new one for me - Carib grackle, a species that is common and widespread here. After settling in had an hour before dusk, so I thrashed the hotel garden. Flowering trees held great interest in the form of two new hummingbirds (see photos). Less obvious were the scaly-breasted thrashers, grey kingbirds and tropical mockingbirds. A few Lesser Antillean bullfinches were noisy residents and colourful and obstreperous bananaquits were everywhere (usually chasing other birds away). Zenaida doves called from the trees and were easily approached. Looks like it is going to be a pleasant trip.
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