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  1. Least Sandpiper breeding plumage

    Least Sandpiper breeding plumage

    These birds do not breed here but this is an early return migrant. Unfortunately, it was in strong back light, so not what could have been achieved if the light had been behind me.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados calidris minutilla st. philip
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: The Caribbean
  2. Black Swift

    Black Swift

    Black swift does not breed in Barbados but they are occasional visitors. This was first time I caught up with one here.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados cypseloides niger east coast north of batsheba
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: The Caribbean
  3. Audouin's Gull

    Audouin's Gull

    A second calendar year bird which was discovered Thursday but I did not see it until today. According to ebird, the first observation for the Caribbean (they have been in Trinidad before). Note the dark bar at the end of secondaries indicating it is a second calendar year bird
    • njlarsen
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    • audouin's gull ichthyaetus audouinii barbados pile bay
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: The Caribbean
  4. Black-bellied Whistling Duck

    Black-bellied Whistling Duck

    I think I counted 44 of these and might still have missed some. This image was taken during light rain
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados dendrocygna autumnalis st. lucy
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: The Caribbean
  5. Fulvous Whistling Duck

    Fulvous Whistling Duck

    One bird, presumably the same one, have been present on the island for a couple of years. This image taken in light rain.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados dendrocygna bicolor st. lucy
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: The Caribbean
  6. Roseate Tern

    Roseate Tern

    Two of these were flying back and forth along the coast yesterday.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados north point
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: The Caribbean
  7. A heron and an egret.jpg

    A heron and an egret.jpg

    Nearer bird is a snowy egret and more distant is a little blue heron immature.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados egretta caerulea egretta thula st. philip
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  8. Snowy Egret

    Snowy Egret

    Shorter neck plumes than the hybrids from the same date
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados egretta thula st. philip
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  9. Hybrids Little x Snowy Egret

    Hybrids Little x Snowy Egret

    The right hand bird is very clearly one of these, with both long and intermediate filaments at the neck. The next one also seems to be one, except less certain. The left hand bird only is included because behavior made me think these were members of the same litter.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados st. philip
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: The Caribbean
  10. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    A slightly older photo
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados calidris minutilla st. peter
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: The Caribbean
  11. Black-faced Grassquit

    Black-faced Grassquit

    The greenish color on the rear underside could easily be a result of reflections from the vegetation.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados melanospiza bicolor woodbourne shorebird reserve
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: The Caribbean
  12. Viewing platform occupied.jpg

    Viewing platform occupied.jpg

    On a local pond they are erecting this structure which I assume is going to be a viewing platform. As construction is still ongoing, people are not supposed to get on yet. However, this great egret did not get the message :-)
    • njlarsen
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    • ardea alba barbados bawdens ponds
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: The Caribbean
  13. White-tailed Hawk immature

    White-tailed Hawk immature

    This was the closest I got to this hawk today. It is clearly not an adult bird, only the two central tail feathers have been molted.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados geranoaetus albicaudatus
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  14. Diving hawk composite.jpg

    Diving hawk composite.jpg

    The last four are consecutive frames, while there is a little larger gap between no 1 and 2. I eventually lost track of the bird, when it was re-found shortly after, it was sitting on a pole ripping something apart. This is a rare bird for the Caribbean (north of T&T), first for Barbados and...
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados geranoaetus albicaudatus
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  15. Ruff feeding

    Ruff feeding

    Ruff is considered a rare bird in Barbados where this is from.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados calidris pugnax st. philip video
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  16. Hungry Heron

    Hungry Heron

    This Green Heron had good success with his hunting
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados butorides virescens green heron st. philip video
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: The Caribbean
  17. Great Egret

    Great Egret

    • njlarsen
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    • ardea alba barbados st. philip
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: The Caribbean
  18. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    One of the first birds I saw when stopping the car at this site.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados calidris minutilla st. philip
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: The Caribbean
  19. Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove

    Drinking at the edge of the (freshwater) pond
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados st. philip streptopelia decaocto
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  20. Scaly-naped Pigeon

    Scaly-naped Pigeon

    At the edge of a pond, probably wanting to drink as it is a dry period.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados patagioenas squamosa st. philip
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: The Caribbean
  21. Feeding Wilson's Phalarope

    Feeding Wilson's Phalarope

    Seemingly first time a bird has visited Barbados during spring.
    • njlarsen
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    • barbados phalaropus tricolor video woodbourne shorebird reserve
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: The Caribbean
  22. Ruff

    Ruff

    Presumably a male is the local consensus. This bird and two female (who usually occur together) have been touring our island during the last two weeks - and we are on the "wrong" side of the Atlantic!
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • barbados calidris pugnax st. philip
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: The Caribbean
  23. Least Sandpiper

    Least Sandpiper

    This looks like a bird in active moult
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • barbados calidris minutilla st. philip
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: The Caribbean
  24. Western Sandpiper eating

    Western Sandpiper eating

    • njlarsen
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    • barbados calidris mauri st. philip video
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: The Caribbean
  25. Western Sandpiper

    Western Sandpiper

    This is a bird with long enough bill that it cannot be a semipalmated :)
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • barbados calidris mauri st. philip
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: The Caribbean
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