Today's Wildlife Encounter

[southernsoftie]

Picture the scene: (surprisingly) empty white sands, crystal clear turquoise sea ahead, slurping a smoothie in the shade of a tree, when...

Humming bird hovers overhead, and makes repeated visits back to the same spot. Turns out there was a tiny nest with a couple of chicks just above our heads. At first there were juust a pair of tiny beaks visible above the rim, but towards the end of the holiday, you could see their heads, and eyes too big for the body. Got a cracking pic of the mum in full hover mode, and a not so great shot of the chicks in the nest (bit blurry). Will get them on here if I remember when I get back home.

Also saw: huge pelican, lots of large buzzard type birds circling everywhere (I saw one carrying somethin large off in its talons), another owl outside our room (another pic, but all you can see is the flash reflected in its big round eyes) - research needed on these latter 2 to identify. Owl was between 4-6 inches tall: any ideas?

Huge iguanas on the beach, raccoons, large tail-less rodent like creature, octopus, rays, various colourful tropical fish, fluouurescent sea slugs, moths with nearly 1ft wingspan, large hermit crabs...and a grey squirrel

[Alf]

Picture the scene: (surprisingly) empty white sands, crystal clear turquoise sea ahead, slurping a smoothie in the shade of a tree, when...

Humming bird hovers overhead, and makes repeated visits back to the same spot. Turns out there was a tiny nest with a couple of chicks just above our heads. At first there were juust a pair of tiny beaks visible above the rim, but towards the end of the holiday, you could see their heads, and eyes too big for the body. Got a cracking pic of the mum in full hover mode, and a not so great shot of the chicks in the nest (bit blurry). Will get them on here if I remember when I get back home.

Also saw: huge pelican, lots of large buzzard type birds circling everywhere (I saw one carrying somethin large off in its talons), another owl outside our room (another pic, but all you can see is the flash reflected in its big round eyes) - research needed on these latter 2 to identify. Owl was between 4-6 inches tall: any ideas?

Huge iguanas on the beach, raccoons, large tail-less rodent like creature, octopus, rays, various colourful tropical fish, fluouurescent sea slugs, moths with nearly 1ft wingspan, large hermit crabs...and a grey squirrel

Now what exactly was in that smoothie SS

[IanDarkpeak]

Picture the scene: (surprisingly) empty white sands, crystal clear turquoise sea ahead, slurping a smoothie in the shade of a tree, when...

Humming bird hovers overhead, and makes repeated visits back to the same spot. Turns out there was a tiny nest with a couple of chicks just above our heads. At first there were juust a pair of tiny beaks visible above the rim, but towards the end of the holiday, you could see their heads, and eyes too big for the body. Got a cracking pic of the mum in full hover mode, and a not so great shot of the chicks in the nest (bit blurry). Will get them on here if I remember when I get back home.

Also saw: huge pelican, lots of large buzzard type birds circling everywhere (I saw one carrying somethin large off in its talons), another owl outside our room (another pic, but all you can see is the flash reflected in its big round eyes) - research needed on these latter 2 to identify. Owl was between 4-6 inches tall: any ideas?

Huge iguanas on the beach, raccoons, large tail-less rodent like creature, octopus, rays, various colourful tropical fish, fluouurescent sea slugs, moths with nearly 1ft wingspan, large hermit crabs...and a grey squirrel

It's amazing what one can see in Morecomb bay ?

Yesterday we had more Tits,(blue,great) and Robins on our feeder that I can ever remember.

[southernsoftie]

Now what exactly was in that smoothie SS

It's amazing what one can see in Morecomb bay ?

Very good!