St. John withdrawal

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:55 am

Came back late tuesday from a glorious 2 weeks of camping at Cinnamon Bay -- and now I have some serious withdrawal issues. Strangely, it's the small things like waking up and crawling out of our tent to find all sorts of wildlife ("our pets", as we would call them). I'd thought I'd share them here.

Green-throated Caribe

Bananaquit

Golden Orb

Kitty cat

Crested Antillian

Mangrove Cuckoo

Deer

Land Crab (at night!)

Bridled Quail

pmk

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:58 am

Last night, I had different withdrawal thoughts of the beach bar.

pk

michigancouple · Post by **michigancouple** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:21 am

pmk... true dat!

mindehankins · Post by **mindehankins** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:38 am

Beautiful pics! Thank you so much for taking the time to post. I was never successful in catching a land crab - they are SO quick!

EagleRayLover · Post by **EagleRayLover** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:38 pm

Thanks- your bird pictures (and Identification skills) are magnificent !! I love bananaquits, to the point of obsession, but would like to get better at photographing other birds as well!

toni · Post by **toni** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:55 pm

Thanks for posting-always appreciate people's different photo perspectives and loved seeing the birds

(and the drinks too!)

ColumbiaSCTraveler · Post by **ColumbiaSCTraveler** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:13 pm

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

cocosmom · Post by **cocosmom** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:57 pm

Wonderful pics, thank you!

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:00 pm

Thank you for the compliments. I'm sort of an off-the-deep-end birdwatcher....

Here are some other birds I shot over the last couple of weeks.

Black-necked Stilt (Salt Pond)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Salt Pond)

Puerto Rican Bullfinch (Vie's)

Semipalmated Plover (Salt Pond)

Green-backed Heron

Little Blue Heron (Waterlemon Bay)

Smooth Billed Ani (John Horn Trail)

Brown Pelican (Waterlemon)

Black-bellied Plover(?) (Salt Pond)

Brown Noddy (shore by Shipwreck Landing)

Cattle Egret

Spotted Eagle Ray (It's sort of like a bird, eh?

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Caw954s · Post by **Caw954s** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:45 pm

Love bird watching and love your pics!

Thanks for posting..

mindehankins · Post by **mindehankins** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:49 pm

Stunning photos! You have a great eye and some terrific skills! The Noddy pic (I've never heard of or seen one) is really, really cool.

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:36 am

This morning I'm missing the drive to Little Lameshure ....

pmk

TouristTrapCheryl · Post by **TouristTrapCheryl** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:59 pm

Amazing photos! Thank you so much for posting! -c

nuendelcapecod · Post by **nuendelcapecod** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:18 pm

You just helped me with my STJ withdrawal by posting those photos. We were campiNg on site 28 from 3/6-3/20. We had hung up a St. Pat's flag on our clothesline. It was our fifth time and we're reserved for next year.
Here's what I did to treat my STJ withdrawal: updated my packing list, emailed some photos tofriends who were there when we were, and went shopping at the Christmas Tree Shop for stuff to wear next year to the St. Pat's parade( the stuff was 75% off!
'Til next year!

mindehankins · Post by **mindehankins** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 3:57 pm

Terrific! I believe that there was an un-altered DIP sign right in town in Cruz Bay, in January. I couldn't think of anything clever enough to add - but I tried!

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