BROWN TREMBLER, CASCADE AUX ECREVISSES, PETIT-BOURG, GUADALOUPE, OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE, 3/13/2024

   We can ID this bird as a Brown Trembler as follows:

• Overall brown with a gray-tinged head and gray shading on breast and wings
• Yellow-orange eye
• Long, black and slightly down curved bill
• Tail is cocked, which it often is

   A Lesser Antillean endemic found on St Vincent, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Montserrat, Barbuda, St Kitts & Nevis and Martinique.

   The Brown Trembler is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.  Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,121.

 

SCALY-BREASTED THRASHER, CASCADE AUX ECREVISSES, PETIT-BOURG, GUADALOUPE, OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE, 3/13/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO EBIRD LIFE LIST

   Even though we did not get a good photo of this bird, between the two photos we did get, we can ID this bird as a Scaly-breasted Thrasher as follows:

• Brown upperparts
• Flanks are pale cream dappled with brown
• Pale eye (see second photo)
• Black bill (see first photo)

   The Scaly-breasted Thrasher is endemic to the Lesser Antilles.

   The Scaly-breasted Thrasher is a new species to our eBird Photographic Life List.  Our eBird Life List now stands at 1,120.

 

GUADALOUPE WOODPECKER, CASCADE AUX ECREVISSES, PETIT-BOURG, GUADALOUPE, OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE, 3/13/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO EBIRD LIFE LIST

   We can ID this woodpecker as a Guadaloupe Woodpecker as follows:

• Bluish sheen with the head and neck darker (bluish black) than the rest of the body.
• Long, dark bill

   The Guadaloupe Woodpecker is endemic to the Guadaloupe archipelago in the Lesser Antilles.

   The Guadaloupe Woodpecker is a new species to our eBird Photographic Life List.  Our eBird Life List now stands at 1,119.

 

GRAY KINGBIRD, POINTE-A-PITRE, GUADALOUPE, OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE, 3/13/2024

 

ZENAIDA DOVE, POINTE-A-PITRE, GUADALOUPE, OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE, 3/13/2024

 

EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES, POINTE-A-PITRE, GUADALOUPE, OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT OF FRANCE, 3/13/2024

 

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL IN FLIGHT, BASSETERRE, ST KITTS, ST KITTS & NEVIS, 3/12/2024