Monday, 25 March 2013

Black-and-White - Three Dog Night

There is no great gallop to leave
Dominican Republic, so the next day or two will continue to be centered
on the Botanical Gardens where, since the last visit on 02/02/13, there
should be a build up of Yank Warblers passing through at the very least?

A fleeting glimpse of the CAPITAL BUILDING

as we sped past. It is probably of note to say

that throughout this trip the 'driving' has remained the same.

"Everyone is itching to overtake"

The tranquility of the Botanical Garden

and
the first stop to check out the ANTILLEAN PALM SWIFT COLONY and try and
capture a shot or two. These 'tiny' Swifts dart into the fronds at
lighting speed and leave ever faster, so what chance? Neck straining up
into the foliage, glancing down and there were c2 perched on the ground
only 2 feet away from my feet. The lack of an image of any sort tells
the rest of the story!

First to fall to the lend was, not surprisingly, the ubiquitous BANANAQUIT all now in full song and busily nest building.

In quick succession there followed a number of

female AMERICAN REDSTART, the males were also there but not venturing within the mile range scale.

The 'endemic' HISPANIOLAN WOODPECKER were far more obliging

and likely more numerous.

BLACK-CAPPED PALM TANAGER

were less so, but that was made up for adequately by

BLACK-and-WHITE WARBLER

Feast Your Eyes!

There, I told you it was possible to get fed up of BLACK-and-WHITE WARBLER????

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Born Beeston, Notts 1946, my family moved to Dorset 1959. Joined the Royal Navy age 15 years and 50 days serving 10 years. In frigates firstly then over 5 years in Submarines as a Seaman/Diver, reaching the dizzy heights of Leading Seaman before leaving to join the Merchant Service, working in Ocean Salvage and Harbour Tugs, passenger / cargo ships, trials vessels, etc. Qualified as Mate (Chief Officer) in 1976 and as Master (Captain) in 1978. For my final 20 years of 47 I worked in the Offshore Oil Industry initially on the drilling rig Stena Hunter, then the accommodation barge Borgland Dolphin and finally the Floating Production Platform Buchan Alpha. On the rigs I forged a number of long lasting friendships several of whom shared some of my extensive travels. Setting foot on Caymen, Bermuda, Bahamas and The Azores in March 2013 brought my countries total to 147. The best, undoubtedly, was Antarctica, followed by Australia, Mongolia, Belize, Zimbabwe, China and Madagascar, in no particular order. As for my greatest achievement in life, my 2 beautiful daughters bear witness to that. Love to all our readers, your in my thoughts. Bagsy