We arrived in Belize on March 27th 2008. Our first couple of days were in Belize City, staying on the Southern Foreshore. And over our heads were some large birds. So let's start with these.
The aim here is to post photographs of the birds I see, and maybe risk trying to identify them too.
If you know that my identification is wrong (which is quite likely), please let me know. Maybe, over time, I can get to recognize some of the creatures that I share the planet with.
So let's start with these. They are (I think! Actually this is quite nerve-wracking. I'm very probably going to label something disastrously wrong ... ) frigate birds.
I'm assuming that the first two pictures are of males, and the lower two are of juveniles. At this point, of course, it suddenly gets complicated. Because the pictures in the book in front of me suggests that the white patches mean either juvenile, or adult female. The female has a black head and white chest, and the juvenile has white head and chest. (I'm sure there are technical terms, but white patch, head and chest it will be).
As well as seeing lots of birds, we've also heard them. So here also are some recordings of the "dawn chorus" in April in Belize. Click on the link and it should take you to the "Internet archive", where the sound files are stored. Choose "stream" to get them to play, or download if you want to save them to your computer. Enjoy!
Morning birdsong 1
Morning birdsong 2
Evening birdsong 1
Evening birdsong 2
Enjoy!!
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