TARANTULA AT NIGHT, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

CRAB AT NIGHT, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

MALE BLUE DACNIS, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   Even though we only photographed the upper part of the bird and it is out-of-focus, we can ID this bird as a male Blue Dacnis by its turquoise blue head with black forehead and throat, black wings and relatively short bill compared to other honeycreepers. 

   The Blue Dacnis is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 570.

SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

FEMALE GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   The second photo is out-of-focus, but we can still see colors.  We can ID this woodpecker as a female Golden-olive Woodpecker by its golden olive upperparts, barred black and yellow underparts, grayish blue forecrown and red hind crown (but no red moustachial streak as in male).

   The Golden-olive Woodpecker is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 569.

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

JUVENILE MALE LONG-BILLED STARTHROAT, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

      We can ID this hummingbird as a juvenile male Long-billed Starthroat by its crown starting to show blue, throat starting to show red, underparts gray and white and undertail coverts black, tipped with white. 

   The Long-billed Starthroat is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 568.