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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

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.




SPECTACLED THRUSH, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO


FEMALE SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER AT BIRD BATH, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO