Ornithology and wildlife around East Lancashire, Pendle hill and the Forest of Bowland, by Neil Mitchell

Saturday, 31 March 2007

Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) 26/02 - 04/03

Species seen

Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis


















Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens
Reddish egret egretta rufecens
Snowy egret Egretta thula


















Tricoloured heron egretta tricolor
Little blue heron Egretta caerulea
Carribean flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber


















Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Crested caracara Caracara cheriway
Merlin falco columbarius
Peregrine falcon falco peregrinus
American oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
American golden plover Pluvialis dominica


















Collared plover Charadrius collaris
Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
















Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres


















Sanderling Calidris alba


















Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Laughing gull Larus atricilla
Royal tern Sterna maxima
Rock dove Columba livia
Bare-eyed pigeon Patagioenas corensis
















Eared dove Zenaida auriculata
Common ground dove Columbina passerina
Brown throated parakeet Aratinga pertinax


















Groove billed ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Blue tailed emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
Belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
Brown crested flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
Tropical mockingbird Mimus gilvus


















Pearly eyed thrasher margarops fuscatus


















Yellow warbler Dendroica petechia


















Bananaquit Coerba flaveola


















Saffron finch Sicalis flaveola
Yellow oriole Icterus nigrogularis
Venezuelan troupial Icterus icterus


















House sparrow Passer domesticus

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