VIEWS OF WHITE MOUNTAINS, MT. WASHINGTON & MT. WASHINGTON RESORT FROM CRAWFORD NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

VIEWS OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS FROM CRAWFORD NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

GREEN-THROATED MANGO WITH TAIL SPREAD, CARONI NATIONAL PARK, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   This hummingbird was identified by our birding guide as a Green-throated Mango.  We have not added it to our Photographic Life List because it is not a recognizable photo, due to it being silhouetted.   However, I thought it was an interesting enough photo to put on the blog.

FEMALE BLACK-THROATED MANGO, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

WHITE-TIPPED DOVE, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this dove as a White-tipped Dove by its blue eye-ring,  yellow iris, red legs, black bill, brown upperparts and wings, whitish underparts, white forehead and rufous underwing coverts.  It should be noted that the eye-ring is typically red in most of the White-tipped Dove's range, but is blue in most of the Amazon, Northern South America and Trinidad & Tobago. 

   The White-tipped Dove is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 591.

PALE-VENTED PIGEON, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this pigeon as a Pale-vented Pigeon by its overall dull pink wash, dull purple head, gray lower underparts and reddish eye ring.

   The Pale-vented Pigeon is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 590.

RUDDY TURNSTONE, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   Although this Ruddy Turnstone is mostly in nonbreeding plumage, it is just starting to molt into breeding plumage.  You can see the chestnut color of the breeding plumage starting to appear.