Tuesday, June 30, 2009

St Maarten (bird)

St. Maarten has 164 recorded bird species and water birds make up a large part of the group. While 39 species are resident and breed locally, the majority of species are migrants that stop-over during the winter. The birds breed, nest and forage among the mangroves wetlands and on rocky islets in the marine park. I believe, but do not know, that this is some kind of warbler. People were feeding them sugar crystals and they were flocking 'round. This photo was taken on Anguilla, an island off the coast of St. Maarten.
photo by me © 2008

9 comments:

  1. Oh, it's so cute! Lovely photo!

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  2. What a fantastic photo! I'm always amazed when animals are so friendly toward humans. Beautiful!

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  3. I love this photo. I have never had a bird sit on my hand, but I would love to experience that!

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  4. What a wonderful experience and a great photo.

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  5. Amazing photo and such a pretty bird.

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  6. Wow...right out of your hand! That's cool!

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  7. wow! that's something, to stand in your hand!

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  8. Very tame bird. I wish that I get that kind of bird here.

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