Sunday, March 31, 2024
MALE TUFTED COQUETTE, PRIVATE HOME, BLANCHISSEUSE RD, TUNAPUNA-PIARCO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 3/17/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO OUR LIFE LIST
We can ID this hummingbird as a male Tufted Coquette as follows:
- Orange/rufous crest. This differentiates the male from the female, which doesn't have this crest.
- Black-spotted orangey plumes that extend from the sides of the neck. Again, the male has these, the female doesn't.
- Short (for a hummingbird) black tipped reddish bill.
- Greenish upperparts with whitish rump band.
The Tufted Coquette breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana and northern Brazil. It appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, but its movements are not well understood.
The Tufted Coquette is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,130.
MALE SHINY COWBIRD STEALING FOOD FROM FEMALE GREEN HONEYCREEPER, PRIVATE HOME, BLANCHISSEUSE RD, TUNAPUNA-PIARCO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 3/17/2024
In this series of photos, it looks like the male Shiny Cowbird is stealing food from the bill of the female Green Honeycreeper. Right after this the Green Honeycreeper flew away.
MALE & FEMALE SHINY COWBIRDS, PRIVATE HOME, BLANCHISSEUSE RD, TUNAPUNA-PIARCO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 3/17/2024
The first two photos show a male Shiny Cowbird and the last two show a female.
Saturday, March 30, 2024
ADULT MALE, ADULT FEMALE & IMMATURE MALE WHITE-NECKED JACOBINS, PRIVATE HOME, BLANCHISSEUSE RD, TUNAPUNA-PIARCO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 3/17/2024
The first four photos show adult male White-necked Jacobins, the next four show adult females and the last photo shows an immature male White-necked Jacobin.
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