100 Birds of Barbados photo Challenge (6 Viewers)

[jimmmer]

Good for you. I am yet to see any parrot/parakeet species in Barbados (obviously I do not spend a lot of time there ...)

Niels

thank Niels - bird #55 should be of great interest to you I am getting the information on it together should have it up this week. ty

 

[jimmmer]

what a great way to spend the year. Perhaps i'll start this...thanks!

thanks Hotspot it is a lot of fun and very educational for me an amateur and newbie birder. Ty

 

[jimmmer]

Birds numbers 53-55 are now posted. #55 is a first record for the Island of Barbados and the fourth for the Eastern Caribbean

 

[njlarsen]

thank Niels - bird #55 should be of great interest to you I am getting the information on it together should have it up this week. ty

Interesting record. There is a long discussion in the taxonomy subsection of this species pair if you are interested: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=113082

Niels

 

[jimmmer]

Birds numbers 55-60 are up @ 100barbadosbirds.blogspot.com

 

[jimmmer]

Check out 100barbadosbirds to see birds numbers 61- 67

 

[jimmmer]

Birds 68-70 are recorded. I'm a bit behind schedule but you can see them at 100barbadosbirds.blogspot.com

 

[jimmmer]

New updates with two months to go. Here are birds #71-78 @ 100barbadosbirds.blogspot.com

 

[jimmmer]

Another first for Barbados bird #79 is faraway from home

 

[njlarsen]

Good for you!

Any further progress?

Niels

 

[jimmmer]

Good for you!

Any further progress?

Niels

It looks like 82 is going to be the number.

 

[Hotspur]

I've been following this from afar and I'm impressed you got to 82! Some nice birds. No Black Swift I see - I thought they bred on the island?

 

[njlarsen]

I am curious about the answer to the status on Barbados too! I think of Black swift as a species found in mountains near waterfalls, while Barbados is relatively flat.

Edit: found this in Neotropical Birds Online

Breeding was confirmed in Cuba in 2009 (Espin and Rivera 2010). Considered a common breeding resident April through September in Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique; and uncommon in Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent; rare on Montserrat, Barbados, and Grenada (Raffaele et al. 2003).

They do not quote the Barbados checklist, which may have more details.

Niels

 

[jimmmer]

I've been following this from afar and I'm impressed you got to 82! Some nice birds. No Black Swift I see - I thought they bred on the island?

Hi James thanks for following my blog - while I have Black Swift in my year count it was very hard to get a usable photograph of one. My year count total was 90 species I will post them on the blog for you to see

 

[jimmmer]

I am curious about the answer to the status on Barbados too! I think of Black swift as a species found in mountains near waterfalls, while Barbados is relatively flat.

Edit: found this in Neotropical Birds Online

They do not quote the Barbados checklist, which may have more details.

Niels

Black Swift do breed in Barbados at one location. It a sea cliff called Bell Point in the North of the island.

 

[Xenospiza]

Wow, Common Shelduck is a ridiculous record.
The National Geographic Guide calls it "common in North American zoos and private collections", but that's still a long way to travel.

 

[njlarsen]

Black Swift do breed in Barbados at one location. It a sea cliff called Bell Point in the North of the island.

Thanks. I assume it is a relatively small colony so that the "rare" designation is OK?

Niels

 

[jimmmer]

2014

50+ bird species in the first month of the year and not even doing a big year

 

[jimmmer]

see what happen on the GBBC weekend http://100barbadosbirds.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-great-back-yard-bird-count-day-2.html