Day 2: 2 life birds 2 kick off 2017!

Sunday 1 January 2017 82 °F

Today was our first full day on the island of Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands. We spent the day birding, swimming, and snorkeling. Although the snorkeling was slightly disappointing, I found some quality bird species today.

The wifi is very spotty so I will add photos once I have a strong enough connection...

I kicked off the day to a good start with sighting this awesome life-bird MANGROVE CUCKOO which posed oh so nicely just five feet away from me! I thought these were supposed to be elusive!

BANAQUITS, such as these guys, abounded throughout the day:

Male AMERICAN KESTREL:

The resort at which we are staying is located at a beautiful seafront location:

Pretty butterfly:

COMMON GROUND-DOVE:

THICK-BILLED VIREO:

BLACK-FACED GRASSQUIT:

This beautiful PRAIRIE WARBLER was an amazing life bird for me!

Bird-of-the-day goes to the stunning MANGROVE CUCKOO, with runner-up To my other life bird, the PRAIRIE WARBLER. The list for today is attached below.

Brown Pelican
Osprey
American Kestrel
Common Ground-Dove
Dove Sp.
Mangrove Cuckoo***
Smooth-billed Ani
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Thick-billed Vireo
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler***
Bananaquit
Black-faced Grassquit
Passerine Sp.