My Best Bird Pictures and Movies from the Tropics and Near Tropics

A Tropical Bird Collection

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I have here my collection of best bird photos from (1) Costa Rica, (2) the Swamps of Louisiana, ....(3) southern Florida, .... (4)the Bahamas and.....(5) Curacao in the Dutch Antilles Take your time, and I hope you enjoy your visit!

For more creatures on other web pages, CLICK on the following links to see a potpourri of animals, plants and birds from my TROPICAL MARINE ECOLOGY IMAGE COLLECTION....., ...... COSTA RICA IMAGE COLLECTION..... and ..... my OHIO BIRD COLLECTION

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Birds of Costa Rica, Bahamas, Curacao (Dutch Antilles), Everglades, Florida Keys and Louisiana Photo Album

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Birds of Costa Rica, Bahamas, Curacao in the Dutch Antilles, Everglades, and Louisiana: Table of Contents

White Ibis
Tropic Bird Solo
Prothonotary Warbler Perspective
IMG 7151
Bare-eyed Pigeon side view

Costa Rica Fliers: Bats & Birds

Bird and Bat Quicktime Movies

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Birds of the Bahamas, Curacao (Dutch Antilles), Everglades, Florida Keys and Louisiana Photo Album

Just "Click" on the Thumbnails for successively larger images--small, medium and huge!

Birds of Costa Rica, Bahamas, Curacao in the Dutch Antilles, Everglades, and Louisiana: Table of Contents

White Ibis
Tropic Bird Solo
Prothonotary Warbler Perspective
IMG 7151
Bare-eyed Pigeon side view

Birds from San Salvador, Bahamas

  • Here are unedited, uncropped photos of WINTER BIRDS from San Salvador, Bahamas taken in Decemeber 2006.
  • Antillean Nighthawks (Chordeiles gundlachii) were quite active at the Gerace Field Station each and every night! Here is another perspective of an Antillean Nighthawk in flight.
  • At the Gerace Field Station, resident Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) roost behind the field sation above the cachement basin on San Salvador, Bahamas.
  • Gray King Birds (Tyrannus dominicensis) were everywhere at the Gerace Field Station! These noisy and active Flycatchers are beautiful birds!
  • Here is a beautiful profile of a Gray Kingbird
  • Northern mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) are fairly common on San Salvador.
  • For some reason, I always have a difficult time photographing Anis. Here is the best I've been able to do with a Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
  • A Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)and Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)on a near collison course!
  • We encountered a flock of Wilson's Plovers (Charadrius wilsonia) along the eastern shore of San Salvador. Here are two more photos of a Wilson's Plover in-flight! and #2 Wilson's Plover inflight.
  • A Black-necked stilt did an amzing job of distracting me from its nearby nest!
  • An absolutely fantastic in-flight photo of a White-tailed Tropic bird (Phaethon lepturus) Here is another side-view of a White-tailed Tropic bird (Phaethon lepturus). Wow! Here is a head-on view of the same Tropic Bird.
  • Another closeup of a remarkable White-tailed Tropic bird (Phaethon lepturus)
  • What I originally thought was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) turned out to be a Mangrove-Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor), a life first for me! This Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) was spotted near Grotto Beach, San Salvador.
  • Again, in 2005, we encountered, on separate days, White-cheeked Pintail Ducks (Anas bahamensis) in a small, freshwater pond near Storr's Lake on San Salvador.
  • I was lucky to see and photograph three American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) flying over Grahams Harbor, San Salvador, Bahamas in June. Here is another in-flight perpsective of these beautiful birds. They seemed to be flying out to sea.
  • I had a blast photgraphing groups of White-tailed Tropic birds (Phaethon lepturus)..... Here is a Pair of White-tailed Tropic birds in-flight....And, another in-flight perspective.
  • I was able to catch this beautiful American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) in-flight on San Salvador, Bahamas in mid-June.
  • We encountered, on separate days, White-cheeked Pintail Ducks (Anas bahamensis) in a small, freshwater pond near Storr's Lake on San Salvador. These are very beautiful ducks! Here are five White-cheeked Pintail Ducks getting ready to fly away. Here is another set of White-cheeked Pintails swimming among some freshwater vegetation.
  • This Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)was making a "ton of noise" at it landed on an agave flowering