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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

TARANTULA, ENTRANCE ROAD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO


PEACE LILLY, ENTRANCE ROAD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO


BREADNUT FRUIT, ENTRANCE ROAD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   The breadnut  is a medium size tree in the mulberry family.  The seeds taste like chestnuts and can be roasted, canned or processed into paste, butter, flour or oil.




LAND CRABS ALONG ENTRANCE ROAD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO




FLOWERS ALONG ENTRANCE ROAD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO







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.