Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Cliff face at Oilbirds' cave area, Asa Wright Natu…
Fungi near Oilbirds' cave, Asa Wright Nature Centr…
Plant growing on cliffs by Oilbirds' cave
Fungi near Oilbirds' cave, Asa Wright Nature Centr…
Tropical plants on cliff face by Oilbirds' cave, A…
Rain forest floor near Oilbirds' cave
Fungi along trail near Oilbirds'cave, Asa Wright N…
Oilbirds, Dunstan Cave, Asa Wright Nature Centre
Trail sign for the Oilbirds, Asa Wright
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Dunston Cave, Asa…
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Dwarf Raspberry
Harlequin Duck
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
(Wolf?) Spider
Fungi cups - a Peziza sp.? Geopyxis?
Red Squirrel on alert
Shooting stars / Dodecatheon sp. (and Dandelions)
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Arnica sp.
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
Violaceous euphonia male, Asa Wright
Near the Oilbirds' cave, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Fungi on our hike to the Oilbirds
Fungi on our hike to the Oilbirds
Fungi on our hike to the Oilbirds
Scarlet peacock butterfly / Anartia amathea, femal…
Tufted Coquette, Asa Wright Nature Centre
Torch Ginger bud, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinid…
The wonderful, tiny Tufted Coquette, Trinidad
Mist, rising from the rain forest, Asa Wright Natu…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad
White-lined Tanager female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Is this a female Violaceous euphonia, Trinidad?
Golden Tegu, Asa Wright, Trinidad
The veranda at Asa Wright, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Spectacled Thrush, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Changeable velvetberry / Stachytarpheta mutabilis?
Another of my roommates at Asa Wright Nature Centr…
American Coot
Ruddy Duck male
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Purple Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad


Tonight, 5 June 2017, I had hoped to edit and post the photos leading up as far as seeing an actual Oilbird. However, I have run out of time and mental energy, and still have maybe half a dozen images I want to add before I can post a shot of one of these very special birds. Not that my photos of them are very good, especially as one is not allowed to use flash in the cave. Hopefully, I can get that far in the next day or two.
Meanwhile, here is a photo of one of my favourite birds to see and photograph on the island of Trinidad - a little Purple Honeycreeper male. I had seen photos of them before six friends and I went on this adventure, and I was hoping so much that we would see one. I need not have worried, as there were so many of these small, purple/blue birds each day. Just love their bright, yellow legs and feet.
"The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced birds have been recorded on Tobago.
The purple honeycreeper is 4.5 in (11.5 cm) long, weighs 0.42 oz (12 g) and has a long black decurved bill. The male is purple with black wings, tail and belly, and bright yellow legs. Females and immatures have green upperparts, and green-streaked yellowish-buff underparts. The throat is cinnamon, and there is a blue moustachial stripe. The call of purple honeycreeper is a thin high-pitched zree.
This is a forest canopy species, but also occurs in cocoa and citrus plantations. At the upper limit of its altitudinal range, it frequents premontane rainforest, usually rather low-growing (33–50 ft/10–15 m) and full of epiphytes and mosses.
The purple honeycreeper is often found in small groups. It feeds on nectar (particularly from bromeliad and similar flowers, to which its bill shape is adapted), berries and insects, mainly in the canopy. It is a bold and inquisitive bird, responding readily to the call of the ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) by coming out of cover and searching for the presumed predator to mob it. The female purple honeycreeper builds a small cup nest in a tree, and incubates the clutch of two brown-blotched white eggs." From Wikippedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_honeycreeper
Meanwhile, here is a photo of one of my favourite birds to see and photograph on the island of Trinidad - a little Purple Honeycreeper male. I had seen photos of them before six friends and I went on this adventure, and I was hoping so much that we would see one. I need not have worried, as there were so many of these small, purple/blue birds each day. Just love their bright, yellow legs and feet.
"The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced birds have been recorded on Tobago.
The purple honeycreeper is 4.5 in (11.5 cm) long, weighs 0.42 oz (12 g) and has a long black decurved bill. The male is purple with black wings, tail and belly, and bright yellow legs. Females and immatures have green upperparts, and green-streaked yellowish-buff underparts. The throat is cinnamon, and there is a blue moustachial stripe. The call of purple honeycreeper is a thin high-pitched zree.
This is a forest canopy species, but also occurs in cocoa and citrus plantations. At the upper limit of its altitudinal range, it frequents premontane rainforest, usually rather low-growing (33–50 ft/10–15 m) and full of epiphytes and mosses.
The purple honeycreeper is often found in small groups. It feeds on nectar (particularly from bromeliad and similar flowers, to which its bill shape is adapted), berries and insects, mainly in the canopy. It is a bold and inquisitive bird, responding readily to the call of the ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) by coming out of cover and searching for the presumed predator to mob it. The female purple honeycreeper builds a small cup nest in a tree, and incubates the clutch of two brown-blotched white eggs." From Wikippedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_honeycreeper
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