Birds

GREAT EGRET

Great white egret with lizard — Great egret with lizard in its mouth

Egret on mangroves — Great egret riding mangroves in the wind

Great white egret hunting — Great egret hunting in black mangroves

Migrating egrets perched in black mangroves

GREAT BLUE HERON

Great blue heron in black mangroves

Great blue heron in pond — Great blue heron hunting in pond

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

Yellow-crowned night heron roosting

Yellow-crowned night heron talking

Juvenile yellow-crowned night herons — Juvenile yellow-crowned night herons listening to dog barking

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON

Black-crowned night heron roosting — Black-crowned night heron roosting on mangrove tree

Black-crowned night heron in the water

Black-crowned night heron - early morning — Black-crowned night heron – early morning

GREEN HERON

Green-backed heron roosting — Green heron roosting on mangrove branch

Green-backed heron standing tall — Green heron standing tall

Green-backed heron with crest up — Green heron with crest up

LITTLE BLUE HERON

Little Blue Heron in pond — Little Blue Heron wading in pond

Little Blue Heron in black mangroves

Little Blue Heron juvenile hunting — Little Blue Heron juvenile is white for first year. Here hunting for fiddler crabs in mangroves.

Little blue heron juvenile getting blue feathers

Little blue heron perched

SNOWY EGRET

Snowy egret walking in the water

CLAPPER RAIL

Clapper rail in water

Clapper rail in black mangrove roots

Clapper rail roosting — Clapper rail roosting in black mangroves

SORA

BLACK-NECKED STILT

Black-necked stilt wading — Black-necked stilt wading in black mangrove pond

Young black-necked stilt

YELLOWLEGS

Yellowlegs in mangrove roots — Yellowlegs in black mangrove roots

SPOTTED SANDPIPER

Sandpiper on sargassum seaweed in Fish Bay

WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL DUCK

White-cheeked pintail duck — White-cheeked pintail duck in mangrove pond

White-cheeked pintail duck in black mangrove roots

COMMON GALLINULE (MOORHEN)

Common moorhen in mangrove wetlands

MANGROVE CUCKOO

Mangrove cuckoo on branch

Mangrove cuckoo mate

NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH

Northern waterthrush in black mangrove roots

Northern waterthrush

YELLOW WARBLER

Yellow warbler on black mangrove branch

Female yellow warbler with bug

ZENAIDA DOVE

Zenaida dove on black mangrove branch

Zenaida dove preening

WHITE-WINGED DOVE

SCALY-NAPED PIGEON

Scaly-naped pigeon on branch

BRIDLED QUAIL

Bridled quail foraging near mangrove pond

SMOOTH-BILLED ANI

Smooth-billed ani riding black mangroves

Close-up of smooth-billed ani

PEARLY-EYED THRASHER

Pearly-eyed thrasher on black mangrove branch

Pearly-eyed thrasher close-up

GRAY KINGBIRD

Gray kingbird perched — Gray kingbird perched high over the mangroves

Gray kingbird in tree

LESSER ANTILLEAN BULLFINCH

Male Antillean bullfinch

Female Antillean bullfinch gathering nest material

Lesser Antillean bullfinch baby

BANANAQUIT

Bananaquit in acacia tree

Bananaquit feeding baby in nest

BLACK-FACED GRASSQUIT

Male black-faced grassquit

Female black-faced grassquit

ANTILLEAN CRESTED HUMMINGBIRD

Antillean crested hummingbird on nest

Female Antillean crested hummingbird on black mangrove branch

GREEN-THROATED CARIB HUMMINGBIRD

Green-throated carib on branch

Green-throated carib hovering

BLACK WHISKERED VIREO

BROWN PELICAN

Pelican roosting in turpentine tree

Pelican catching fish by filling pouch full of water and letting it drain out, leaving the fish in its mouth

AMERICAN KESTREL

American kestrel perched — American kestrel spotting prey

Kestrel couple

OSPREY

Osprey by Fish Bay

Osprey flying

MAGNIFICANT FRIGATE BIRD

Magnificant frigate bird flying over — Magnificant frigate bird flying over Fish Bay

BELTED KINGFISHER

Belted kingfisher flying over water — Belted kingfisher flying

OYSTER CATCHER

Oyster catcher

RUDDY TURNSTONE

Ruddy turnstones feeding on creatures hidden in the sargassum seaweed washed up on Fish Bay shoreline

St. John, US Virgin Islands