St Lucia. A couple of birds seen at Anse Chastanet in St Lucia. (1 Viewer)

[Ianmoo]

Can you please help identify these 2 birds seen in the grounds of the Anes Chastanet hotel. Not great pics but hope you can help.
Thanks Ian.
I was told one was the Caribbean Elaenia.
Also I did see but no pictures a small swift fly past in the early evening a couple of times any idea what this could be.
and on a balcony overlooking the forest I had a black and yellow/ orangy bird fly past a couple of times I'm pretty sure this was the St Lucia Oriole. it was the size of a blackbird perhaps cant think what else it might be.

 

[njlarsen]

To my mind, all five images show house wren.
For swift you need to look at black swift and lesser antillean swift. If this was recently, then the first of these are unlikely to be present.
Niels.

 

[Ianmoo]

To my mind, all five images show house wren.
For swift you need to look at black swift and lesser antillean swift. If this was recently, then the first of these are unlikely to be present.
Niels.

Thank you for the reply. Taken in the last week. The first 2 images the bird was a lot bigger than a Wren. I did think the other 3 pictures might be a house wren.

 

[PYRTLE]

The barring on the primaries and seconderies of this short winged passerine together with the undertail barring in the first two images strongly suggest a Wren.

 

[Ianmoo]

The barring on the primaries and seconderies of this short winged passerine together with the undertail barring in the first two images strongly suggest a Wren.

So all 5 images are a wren then thanks.

 

[Butty]

1-2. House wren.
3-5. Too fuzzy (no offence) to be sure of much, but consistent with house wren.
Judging the size of a lone bird is notoriously unreliable.

 

[AveryBartels]

Agreed with Niels, all are House Wren. As Butty points out, one thing never to be underestimated is how poor we are (all of us!) at judging bird size

 

[Ianmoo]

Agreed with Niels, all are House Wren. As Butty points out, one thing never to be underestimated is how poor we are (all of us!) at judging bird size

Very true and thanks for the reply.