SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY

Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists' Club    Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert    Trinidad & Tobago Rare Bird Committee

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

One of three adults at Sugar Bay Resort, St. Thomas, 6 June 2003 (joined by a fourth on 16 June 2003). Photo © by Floyd Hayes. Possibly only the third record for St. Thomas. This species breeds in St. Croix, where it is locally common.

One of three adults at Caneel Bay, St. John, 10 June 2003. Photo © by Floyd Hayes. Possibly only the second record for St. Thomas, these birds were present at the same time that 3-4 were in St. Thomas.