A female Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) sitting on her nest near Reach Falls. The Black-billed Streamertail is found only within a few square miles in Northeast Jamaica.
- A female Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) sitting on her nest near Reach Falls. The Black-billed Streamertail is found only within a few square miles in Northeast Jamaica.
- The flowers in Jamaica were nearly as colorful and entertaining as the birds. This one is called the banana flower and was common throughout the areas in which we birded.
- Many warblers that spend their summers breeding in and around New England, winter in Jamaica or pass through during their annual migration. This Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens), photographed at Reach Falls in Jamaica, may be back in New England by the time you read this.
- The view from Ecclesdown Road, one of Jamaica's premier birding locations.
- This Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger) posed for a photo at Hope Gardens in Kingston, Jamaica.
- The view from my room at Hotel Mocking Bird in Jamaica. The porch is level with the forest canopy and offers good bird watching right outside the door.
- The Jamaican Mango (Anthracothorax mango) is the largest of Jamaica's four hummingbirds. This one was photographed on the grounds of Hotel Mocking Bird Hill.
- We found the Jamaican Tody (Todus tody), also known as the Rasta Bird because of its bright colors, to be quite common in Jamaica's forests. Despite this, one local Jamaican told us he had never seen one before accompanying us on our bird watching expedition. The Jamaican Tody's bright green back matches the color of the forest's understory very closely. Combined with its small size, this makes the Rasta Bird very hard to spot.
- This lizard seemed to be on the lookout for the Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo that was nearby.
- This Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) soared overhead with several others at Frenchman's Cove, a secluded, quiet beach in Jamaica.
- A view of a valley of palm trees as seen from Ecclesdown Road, one of the best birding locations in Jamaica.
- Reach Falls (alternately spelled Reich Falls) is a popular local swimming hole that is open to the public in the northeast of Jamaica.
- The Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophagi ani) is easily distinguished from the Greater Antillean Grackle by its very prominent bill. This one posed nicely on the lawns at Hope Gardens.
- The heavy rains held off until nightfall each day during my six day bird watching trip to Jamaica. The rains provided relief to Kingston residents from a year-long drought that had many without water in their pipes. This view was taken from the road to Hardwar Gap.
- A juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-heron hunts for snails on the grounds of Frenchman's Cove in northeast Jamaica.
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