SueO
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Monday the 8th, Peregrine sets sail for the Caribbean. I have nervous energy and insomnia so last night (morning) I went through my West Indies book and wrote out a list of possibilities for St. Lucia in the Lesser Antillies, our first landfall. I don’t know how long we’ll have once we get there and I know I won’t get everything, but here’s the list:
St. Lucia Parrot—endangered
Masked Duck—uncommon—threatened
Little Blue Heron—(This one would be nice as the only other one I saw was pointed out to me on a tour in Arkansas. Gene and I went to a bird fair to hear the Ivorybill group speak and a guided bird tour was offered. It was my first, and so far last, guided trip. One of the birds the guide pointed out was a Little Blue Heron. I saw a blob fly overhead and decided I couldn’t list it.)
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Eared Dove
Bridled Quail Dove—uncommon to rare
Zenaida Dove
Mangrove Cuckoo—(fingers crossed)
Rufous Nightjar—endangered
Lesser Antillean Swift—fairly common
Ant. Crested Hummer—common
Purple Throated Carib—common
Green Throated Carib—common
Lesser Ant. Flycatcher—common
Gray Kingbird—common
Caribbean Elaenia—fairly common
St. Lucia Pewee—fairly common
Caribbean Martin
House Wren—endemic race—rare & local
Brown Trembler—uncommon
Grey Trembler—fairly common
White-breasted Thrasher—rare-critically endangered
Tropical Mockingbird—fairly common
Scaly-breasted Thrasher—fairly common
Pearly-eyed Robin—fairly common
Rufous-throated Solitaire—fairly common
Bare-eyed Robin—fairly common
Black-whiskered Vireo—common
Northern Waterthrush—fairly common
Yellow Warbler
St. Lucia Warbler—common
Semper’s Warbler—possibly extinct
Bananaquit
St. Lucia Oriole—uncommon
Carib Grackle—common
Grassland Yellow finch
Lesser Ant. Saltator—common
St. Lucia Black Finch—uncommon-local
Lesser Ant. Bullfinch—common (maybe I’ll finally see a Bullfinch)
St. Lucia Parrot—endangered
Masked Duck—uncommon—threatened
Little Blue Heron—(This one would be nice as the only other one I saw was pointed out to me on a tour in Arkansas. Gene and I went to a bird fair to hear the Ivorybill group speak and a guided bird tour was offered. It was my first, and so far last, guided trip. One of the birds the guide pointed out was a Little Blue Heron. I saw a blob fly overhead and decided I couldn’t list it.)
Scaly-naped Pigeon
Eared Dove
Bridled Quail Dove—uncommon to rare
Zenaida Dove
Mangrove Cuckoo—(fingers crossed)
Rufous Nightjar—endangered
Lesser Antillean Swift—fairly common
Ant. Crested Hummer—common
Purple Throated Carib—common
Green Throated Carib—common
Lesser Ant. Flycatcher—common
Gray Kingbird—common
Caribbean Elaenia—fairly common
St. Lucia Pewee—fairly common
Caribbean Martin
House Wren—endemic race—rare & local
Brown Trembler—uncommon
Grey Trembler—fairly common
White-breasted Thrasher—rare-critically endangered
Tropical Mockingbird—fairly common
Scaly-breasted Thrasher—fairly common
Pearly-eyed Robin—fairly common
Rufous-throated Solitaire—fairly common
Bare-eyed Robin—fairly common
Black-whiskered Vireo—common
Northern Waterthrush—fairly common
Yellow Warbler
St. Lucia Warbler—common
Semper’s Warbler—possibly extinct
Bananaquit
St. Lucia Oriole—uncommon
Carib Grackle—common
Grassland Yellow finch
Lesser Ant. Saltator—common
St. Lucia Black Finch—uncommon-local
Lesser Ant. Bullfinch—common (maybe I’ll finally see a Bullfinch)