A few from Dominican Republic

[Ed Matuod]

Sneak out a bit after the beach wedding of my niece in Punta Cana, just outside the resort. Can't id almost all of these birds. I used the 30D and 1D2N with the 100-400L IS lens. Wow, Manny Pacquiao is more famous than our president in the place.
Here are my captures and thanks for looking,
Ed























Any help in identification is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Ely Teehankee]

Beautiful birds and some of them are the same as what we have here. I like all your pictures especially the second one which is similar to the Rufous Night Heron. I think the bird is about to reposition the fish so that he can swallow the whole fish head first. Well done Ed. Mabuhay.

[Edu Lorenzo Jr]

all photos are great!!!! my amateur skill can give unsure ID to only a few.
#5 looks like a nutmeg mannakin
#7 like a cattle egret
#8 a black-crowned night heron
#10 a moorhen probably

[Toto Gamboa]

Woooooooooooooooooow. All woooow!

[bartolome"edd" lim c.]

very nice,Ed.. great captures... I think #3,#4 images are of the hummingbirds (but, I could not tell what family...am a newbie and still learning))

[Ed Matuod]

Thank you, guys! First time to capture a hummer-in-flight but not so fortunate since the subject is against the light, darn. Here are some of the few from D.R.

hummingbird


egret


smooth-billed ani


kestrel


cuckoo


palmchat


woodpecker

[bartolome"edd" lim c.]

what a variety of plummages...very beautiful... more pls.

[Bob Kaufman]

subject to sir Steve's confirmation..let me try to name some of them:
1. Bananaquit
2. Green Heron
6. Hispaniolan Parrot
9. Tri-colored heron
10. Common Moorhen
11. Northern Mockingbird
13. Great Egret
16. Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo
17 Hispaniolan woodpecker

Edu already named the others.

[Ed Matuod]

Thank you, Bob! Appreciated well.
By the way, here's an egret building its nest and a Hispaniolan parrot perched on a coco tree

[steve pryor]

Hi Guys,
Will confirm tonight as I get a few minutes.

EDIT:
Here they are.

1. Coereba flaveola bananivora – adult
2. Butorides virescens maculata – adult
3. Anthracothorax dominicus – from what I can see of the coloration of the throat and the head markings – surely a male, probably subadult.
4. Horrible angle. Much is hidden. By exclusion from other possibly ranging hummingbirds on what can be see of the gross morphology, this is most likely a female of the above species.
5. Lonchura punctulata – adult
6. Amazona ventralis – adults
7. Bubulcus ibis ibis
8. Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli – adult
9. Egretta tricolor – adult
10. Gallinula chloropus cerceris – immature
11. Mimus polyglottos orpheus – adult
12. Anthracothorax dominicus – male
13. Ardea alba egretta – adult
14. Crotophaga ani – subadult
15. Falco sparverius dominicensis – adult male
16. Saurothera longirostris longirostris – adult
17. Dulus dominicus – immature
18. Melanerpes striatus – adult female

[Bob Kaufman]

Dec 4, 2009 13:07:47 GMT steve pryor said:

Hi Guys,
Here they are.

1. Coereba flaveola bananivora – adult
2. Butorides virescens maculata – adult
3. Anthracothorax dominicus – from what I can see of the coloration of the throat and the head markings – surely a male, probably subadult.
4. Horrible angle. Much is hidden. By exclusion from other possibly ranging hummingbirds on what can be see of the gross morphology, this is most likely a female of the above species.
5. Lonchura punctulata – adult
6. Amazona ventralis – adults
7. Bubulcus ibis ibis
8. Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli – adult
9. Egretta tricolor – adult
10. Gallinula chloropus cerceris – immature
11. Mimus polyglottos orpheus – adult
12. Anthracothorax dominicus – male
13. Ardea alba egretta – adult
14. Crotophaga ani – subadult
15. Falco sparverius dominicensis – adult male
16. Saurothera longirostris longirostris – adult
17. Dulus dominicus – immature
18. Melanerpes striatus – adult female

May I add the English Names? (Ref: Birds of the World English Names by Gill and Wright, Princeton Univ Press, 2006)
1. Bananaquit
2. Green Heron
3. Antillean Mango
4. same as above
5. Scale-breasted Munia
6. Hispaniolan Amazon
7. Cattle Egret
8. Black-crowned Night Heron
9. Tri-colored Heron
10. Common Moorhen
11. Northern Mockingbird
12. Antillean Mango
13. Great Egret
14. Smooth-billed Ani
15. American Kestrel
16. Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo
17. Palmchat
18. Hispaniolan Woodpecker

[Ed Matuod]

Many thanks to Steve for the id (scientific names) and to Bob (English names). Really...really appreciated. Let me try these ones (in English names), correct me if I'm wrong. Still, some of my bird captures in Dominican Republic.

Bahama Pintail


Greater-Antillean Grackle


Flat-billed vireo (not sure)


Gray kingbird


Black-cowled oriole


Cape may warbler


Common-ground dove? (looks like a mourning dove too, not sure)


and Great Blue Heron

[steve pryor]

Eduardo,
I am satisfied that it is indeed genus Vireo. Not Vireo nanus, however. It does not range here, if this photo has been taken in the same location as you initially stated. Moreover, V. nanus has visible wing-bars, a smaller bill, white lores, and a pale iris (at least as adult). Will have to find a bit of time to figure this one out.

[Jun Gregorio]

Ed, great set. All of them were fantastic.

But I can't help imagining an image of you taking pictures still with your wedding tux (a la James Bond 007) ;D... just kidding....

By the way, have you been following the Calgary weather? It's -18C but the windchill factor is -30C. Maybe it would be wise to extend your vacation and stay in DR for a few more weeks.

[Ed Matuod]

@ Jun, Came back here in Calgary 26th of November. Actually , was wearing a casual wear during the wedding (slacks, Hawaiian shirt and sandals). How I wish I was still in D.R. (27to30C). I even forgot to plug my car's engine block heater, darn. And there's another snowstorm forecast coming this Thursday. Yeheeey....I love Calgary weather. My back's aching now(shoveling snow)...puny#$tang snow 'to!
Hi Steve, waiting for your confirmation on the id of that vireo. The bird intrigues me, I wonder if it's a warbler (Kentucky). Again am not sure.

[Tonji Ramos]

Wow what an amazing side trip from a wedding! Fantastic place with so many birds. What a bountiful wedding harvest!