Sargassum Ruined the Morning at Jamdown

A Mangrove Cuckoo heard from the garden gate, Laughing Gulls working the sargassum below, and the morning I learned that Belmont Road smells like the inside of a volcano.

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Arriving in Bequia

A ferry crossing, a stranger who turned out to be family, roads with no signs, and a terrace above the sea — the first day in Bequia was a long one.

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Morning at Dorsetshire Hill

Ten species in 55 minutes from a verandah in Dorsetshire Hill.

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New addition! 🌎 Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) #NorthAmericanBirds #CaribbeanBirds | #RingBilledGull #LarusDelawarensis | #AmericanGulls #Gulls #GullFamily #Seabirds #Shorebirds 📷: Photo by JackBulmer🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
Brown Booby Over Port Elizabeth Bay - Island in the Net

A Brown Booby circles, glides, and dives with effortless precision over Port Elizabeth Bay

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A morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.

#Bequia #Grenadines #Birding #Bananaquit #MangroveCuckoo #CaribbeanBirds #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #Birds

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A Morning Walk Along Friendship Bay - Island in the Net

A quiet morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.

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Female Shiny Cowbird

A field behind a beach cottage. A cowbird I’d never seen before.

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Pale-vented Pigeon on the Wire

I didn’t even remember taking the photo—until I a look at the Lightroom catalogue showed me a Pale-vented Pigeon I’d missed entirely that morning.

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