{"id":42577,"date":"2016-10-11T05:35:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T11:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=42577"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:20:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:20:50","slug":"bananaquit-perched-on-bougainvillea-in-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/10\/11\/bananaquit-perched-on-bougainvillea-in-the-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bananaquit Perched On Bougainvillea In The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BananaquitBananaquit in Bougainvillea – Nikon D200, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n

In March of 2009 I spent half a day on Half Moon Cay which is a tiny, beautiful tropical island in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I was especially pleased when I found this Bananaquit perched on a colorful Bougainvillea in decent light for a few frames.<\/p>\n

Sorry this is short, I grew tired of fighting to stay on line.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Bananaquit photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was especially pleased when I found this Bananaquit perched on a colorful Bougainvillea in decent light for a few frames. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1228,1225,27],"tags":[4004,4304,15919,5466,4303,5889,2217,2563,9070,4104,165,15920],"class_list":["post-42577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bahamas","category-bananaquits","category-avian","tag-adult","tag-bananaquit","tag-bananaquits","tag-bougainvillea","tag-corereba-flaveola","tag-flowering-shrub","tag-flowers","tag-half-moon-cay","tag-island","tag-perched","tag-spring","tag-tropical"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t