Wildlife, Birds, and Pets of the Mid Atlantic forum: Birds in the Mid Atlantic ~ #10 ~ October 2011
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| where IS Bonaire anyway??? "If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon |
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| Caribbean - aka Netherland Antilles, although I don't really understand the distinction. In the end, only kindness matters. Art and Artists & The Reading Room http://cubits.org/thereadingroom/ |
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| It's a Dutch island, hence the "Netherlands" appelation. It's part of 3 islands at the far end of the Antilles chain: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, sometimes called the ABCs. Just off the coast of Venezuela. It is renowned for diving spots, and crystal clear water. Breathe in, Breathe out...Move on - Jimmy Buffett |
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| One is a sea the other is a set of Islands within that sea as distinguished from the USVI or the BVI or the Caymans or the Grenadines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Caribbea... |
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| Ok, thanks (have the feeling all yall more familiar with caribbean than I am, which ain't hard to be) I've heard this "different" bird in the yard several times, sure wish I could get a good look at it "If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon |
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| LOL, I knew the Caribbean was a body of water - it's the "Netherlands Antilles part I didn't get - thanks, Barb! In the end, only kindness matters. Art and Artists & The Reading Room http://cubits.org/thereadingroom/ |
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 Hope it makes sense, Sheryl. It can be confusing with all the islands having their own identity and "nationality" so to speak. That's what makes it fun, though. There are a few more N.A. islands up at the top of the chain, one of which is two countries in one - Sint Maarten is about 1/2 of the island, and is Dutch, while Saint Martin, the other half, is French, and considered a part of the French West Indies. Breathe in, Breathe out...Move on - Jimmy Buffett |
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| Are any of them still under the European country's rule or are they pretty much independent now? In the end, only kindness matters. Art and Artists & The Reading Room http://cubits.org/thereadingroom/ |
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| I think only a few are independent, but most of them are still considered part of the country under whose flag they live, and they follow French law, Dutch law, British law, etc. Hence the "French West Indies", "Netherlands Antilles" and "British Virgin Islands" nomenclature. And to stay on topic here, they all have beautiful tropical birds to see!  Breathe in, Breathe out...Move on - Jimmy Buffett |
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| Oh, oh yes! In the end, only kindness matters. Art and Artists & The Reading Room http://cubits.org/thereadingroom/ |
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Birds doing bird business "come on out" and out pops another Nothing that's been done can ever be changed. |
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| that 2nd shot is the best!! |
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They are really nice J!  Is that tree completely dead?I saw 5 hawks circling above the pond across the street yesterday. |
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| Cute, J- do you know what thye are? "If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon |
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 , , , Bonaire. So here are a few "NOT" Mid-Atlantic Birds. First Flamingo siting was so exciting. I was gearing up for a dive when my dive partner said what is that bird and pointed. I yelled it's a Flamingo. Yep it was flying just a hundred yards away what a great sight. Most of the ones I saw the next day at the Salt Flats were farther away and didn't get very good pictures of them but I did have my binoculars so a got a really good look at them.     Life is Great! Holly Please visit me and learn more about My Life on the Water a Personal Journey Thread in the MidAtlanticMusings Cubit. http://cubits.org/MidAtlanticMusings/thread/view/5752/ |
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| Welcome back, Holly! (Or are you transmitting from Bonaire?) Whatever, thanks for the flamingo pictures - how exciting to see them in the wild!!! Breathe in, Breathe out...Move on - Jimmy Buffett |
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| Yes I am home, rolled in around 3:30 this morning just starting to catch up. So they had these really nice parrots all around our resort. You could hear them up in the trees but I couldn't get any pictures of them, couldn't even see them as they were up in the high branches. I walked down the road a bit and on the way back two of them flew across the road and into some lower brush right where I could get a good look at them.     Life is Great! Holly Please visit me and learn more about My Life on the Water a Personal Journey Thread in the MidAtlanticMusings Cubit. http://cubits.org/MidAtlanticMusings/thread/view/5752/ |
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Last of the Bird pictures. I think these might be some kind of Plover but I really don't know. They were all over the dining area patio. Just like the Pigeons in Phila.    Life is Great! Holly Please visit me and learn more about My Life on the Water a Personal Journey Thread in the MidAtlanticMusings Cubit. http://cubits.org/MidAtlanticMusings/thread/view/5752/ |
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Holly, how cool to see those birds in their native habitat. It looks so funny to see real live pink birds among the trees. The parrots look surreal sitting there too.  He almost looks like you posed him there. |
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| They are more interesting looking than pigeons, I think. |
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