Friday, March 20, 2015

Dominican Republic Day 4

No new birds for today, but a few cool things happened. I finally found a swift best that I could observe. The Antillean Palm Swifts nest in the thatched roofs of the snack bar and umbrellas. They nest really deep in them, so it was really hard to find a viewable best, even with many known locations. The nest had a swift on it preening and it seemed to be made of silk. Also, I saw a few nest-building Pearly-Eyed Thrashers (I found out I have seen quite a few since I got here). Strangely, I have seen zero migrants so far, with the only warbler size bird being Bananaquit. Another shock was seeing many Mourning Doves here, being the only non-exotic besides Northern Mockingbird that I have seen.

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