SHARON CELEBRATING, BLANCHISSEUSE ROAD, NORTHERN RANGE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

VIEWS & FLOWERS ALONG BLANCHISSEUSE ROAD, NORTHERN RANGE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

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COMMON BLACK HAWK ON SNAG, BLANCHISSEUSE ROAD, NORTHERN RANGE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

OWL BUTTERFLY, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIAS, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   The first two photos are of a male Violaceous Euphonia and the last two of a female.  We can ID the male Violaceous Euphonia by its head and upperparts being black glossed with blue and forehead and underparts being  golden yellow. The female is olive green above and yellowish olive below.

   The Violaceous Euphonia is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 542.

BEARDED BELLBIRD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

FEMALE LEATHERBACK TURTLE BUILDING NEST & LAYING EGGS, MATURA SEA TURTLE NESTING SITE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   In the first two photos you can see the Leatherback Turtle digging it's nest with its rear flippers.  The next two photos show the turtle laying it eggs. She will lay from 90 to 120 eggs per clutch.  The last two photos show front views of the turtle while it is still laying eggs.

   This turtle was tagged 10 days before it built this nest, when it built another nest and layed eggs on Matura Beach.   The juvenile turtles will return in 25 - 30 years.   The Leatherback Turtles spend the winter in Canada where they like the cold water.