Bananaquit in BougainvilleaBananaquit in Bougainvillea – Nikon D200, handheld, f8, 1/640, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light

I’ve struggled with my internet connection issues again this morning so I will make this a brief post instead of the longer one I had planned.

In March of 2009 I spent half a day on Half Moon Cay which is a tiny, beautiful island in the Atlantic Ocean. The birds there were wonderful and I wish I could have spent a couple of days photographing them because the time I did have with them just wasn’t enough.

Bananaquits seemed to be everywhere and they easily outnumbered all the other birds I saw. They were a bit on the skittish side though so when I caught them out in the open I quickly took images of them. I was especially pleased when I found this Bananaquit perched on a colorful Bougainvillea in decent light for a few frames.

Sorry this is short, I grew tired of fighting to stay on line.

Life is good.

Mia