BLACK HAWK-EAGLE IN FLIGHT, TRAIL TO CAVE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this raptor as a Black Hawk-Eagle by its distinctive black and white checkered pattern on its outer flight feathers; long, narrow tail, rounded at end (not usually fanned in flight); thick gray bars on tail and wings tapering where they meet the body. 

   The Black Hawk-Eagle is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 577.

RED-TAILED SQUIRRELEATING BREAKFAST, TRAIL TO CAVE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

FEMALE VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

FEMALE BARRED ANTSHRIKE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

MALE VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA AT FEEDER, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

MALE BARRED ANTSHRIKE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

MALE BLUE-CHINNED SAPPHIRE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this hummingbird as a male Blue-chinned Sapphire by its straight bill with a reddish lower mandible, green upperparts  (with no bronze or copper) and bluish upper throat and breast. 

   The Blue-chinned Sapphire is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 576.