GRAY-FRONTED DOVE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this dove as a Grey-fronted Dove by its bluish-gray crown, red lores, red bare skin around eyes, brownish upperparts, whitish underparts, black bill and red legs.

   The Grey-fronted Dove is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 532.

MALE YELLOW ORIOLE AT FEEDER & BIRD BATH, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this bird as a male Yellow Oriole by its generally yellow color; lores, throat, upper breast and tail black and wings black edged with white.

   The Yellow Oriole is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 531.

GREAT KISKADEE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

CRESTED OROPENDOLA, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this bird as a Crested Oropendola by its generally black color with chestnut undertail coverts and elsewhere, yellow at end of tail, long whitish bill and blue iris.

   The Crested Oropendola is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 530.

TEGU LIZARD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

TURQUOISE TANAGER, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this bird as a Turquoise Tanager by its mottled appearance of mainly blue and black with yellow underparts. 

   The Turquoise Tanager is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 529.

WHITE-CHESTED EMERALD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   The first four photos show a White-chested Emerald hummingbird.  In the last photo the White-chested Emerald is on the right and a White-necked Jacobin is on the left. 

   We can ID this hummingbird as a White-chested Emerald by its green upperparts, glossed with bronze, especially on the rump and tail; white underparts with sides green (or white spotted with green) and fairly long straight dark bill.

   The White-chested Emerald is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 528.