#windwardislands — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #windwardislands, aggregated by home.social.
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Cane Toads, Coconut Water, and the Thrush That Wouldn’t Shut Up
A stormy ferry ride, a toxic toad in the bougainvillea, and the relentless song of a thrush. But it was rum, family, and quiet laughter that lingered longest.
https://islandinthenet.com/cane-toads-coconut-water-and-the-thrush-that-wouldnt-shut-up/
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Red-tailed Pennant and Band-winged Dragonlet on a Tropical Royalblue Waterlily
On our last full day in Bequia, Bhavna and I paused beside a pond at the Bequia Heritage Museum, watching a Red-tailed Pennant and a Band-winged Dragonlet return again and again to the same violet-blue waterlily.
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Antillean Crested Hummingbird in the Ixora
On our last morning in Bequia, Bhavna spotted an Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding among the red Ixora blooms at the Bequia Beach Hotel.
https://islandinthenet.com/antillean-crested-hummingbird-ixora/
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Antillean Crested Hummingbird in the Ixora
On our last morning in Bequia, Bhavna spotted an Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding among the red Ixora blooms at the Bequia Beach Hotel.
https://islandinthenet.com/antillean-crested-hummingbird-ixora/
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Antillean Crested Hummingbird in the Ixora
On our last morning in Bequia, Bhavna spotted an Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding among the red Ixora blooms at the Bequia Beach Hotel.
https://islandinthenet.com/antillean-crested-hummingbird-ixora/
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Antillean Crested Hummingbird in the Ixora
On our last morning in Bequia, Bhavna spotted an Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding among the red Ixora blooms at the Bequia Beach Hotel.
https://islandinthenet.com/antillean-crested-hummingbird-ixora/
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The Last Morning Under the Flamboyant Tree
Our last morning in Bequia unfolded like any other — doves in the grass, the mockingbird in the flamboyant, and Patches climbing the steps for her eggs.
https://islandinthenet.com/the-last-morning-under-the-flamboyant-tree/
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Visiting the Bequia Whaling Museum
From rusted anchors to hand-thrown harpoons, the Bequia Whaling Museum preserves a deeply local story—one of skill, sea, and survival.
https://islandinthenet.com/visiting-the-bequia-whaling-museum/
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A morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.
#Bequia #Grenadines #Birding #Bananaquit #MangroveCuckoo #CaribbeanBirds #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #Birds
https://islandinthenet.com/a-morning-walk-along-friendship-bay/
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A morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.
#Bequia #Grenadines #Birding #Bananaquit #MangroveCuckoo #CaribbeanBirds #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #Birds
https://islandinthenet.com/a-morning-walk-along-friendship-bay/
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A morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.
#Bequia #Grenadines #Birding #Bananaquit #MangroveCuckoo #CaribbeanBirds #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #Birds
https://islandinthenet.com/a-morning-walk-along-friendship-bay/
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Lunch and a Mojito at Sunset
A hidden lunch spot found through a local tip, and an evening of mojitos, music, and easy conversation under the almond trees.
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A Morning Walk Along Friendship Bay
A quiet morning walk along Friendship Road in Bequia with empty beaches, wildflowers, hidden cottages, and two surprise bird sightings—including a lifer Mangrove Cuckoo.
https://islandinthenet.com/a-morning-walk-along-friendship-bay/
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The Long Hopeless Hunt for Lunch
What began as a hopeful search for local food turned into a sweaty odyssey across Princess Margaret Beach, up Heart Attack Hill, and through Lower Bay.
https://islandinthenet.com/the-long-hopeless-hunt-for-lunch/
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I went looking for birds and came back with starfruit, mangoes, golden apples, and the usual question—“Wait… you’re related to them too?”
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #TropicalFruits #BequiaPlum #goldenapple #Starfruit #Mangoes #LesserAntilles #Grenadines #WindwardIslands #MorningWalk
https://islandinthenet.com/starfruit-mangoes-goldenapples-everyones-your-cousin/
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I went looking for birds and came back with starfruit, mangoes, golden apples, and the usual question—“Wait… you’re related to them too?”
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #TropicalFruits #BequiaPlum #goldenapple #Starfruit #Mangoes #LesserAntilles #Grenadines #WindwardIslands #MorningWalk
https://islandinthenet.com/starfruit-mangoes-goldenapples-everyones-your-cousin/
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I went looking for birds and came back with starfruit, mangoes, golden apples, and the usual question—“Wait… you’re related to them too?”
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #TropicalFruits #BequiaPlum #goldenapple #Starfruit #Mangoes #LesserAntilles #Grenadines #WindwardIslands #MorningWalk
https://islandinthenet.com/starfruit-mangoes-goldenapples-everyones-your-cousin/
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Starfruit, Mangoes, Goldenapples and Everyone’s Your Cousin?
I went looking for birds and came back with starfruit, mangoes, golden apples, and the usual question—“Wait… you’re related to them too?”
https://islandinthenet.com/starfruit-mangoes-goldenapples-everyones-your-cousin/
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Female Shiny Cowbird
A field behind a beach cottage. A cowbird I’d never seen before. -
Coconut Water and Drunken Mermaids
We walked to the Sand Bar by way of coconut trees, long-lost cousins, and a round of Drunken Mermaids.
https://islandinthenet.com/coconut-water-and-drunken-mermaids/
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A vivid flash of turquoise stopped us mid-step on the way to Monkey Hill—an Grenadine Ameiva lizard, basking in the Bequia sun.
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines #CaribbeanWildlife #Ameiva #IslandNature #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalReptiles
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A vivid flash of turquoise stopped us mid-step on the way to Monkey Hill—an Grenadine Ameiva lizard, basking in the Bequia sun.
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines #CaribbeanWildlife #Ameiva #IslandNature #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalReptiles
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A vivid flash of turquoise stopped us mid-step on the way to Monkey Hill—an Grenadine Ameiva lizard, basking in the Bequia sun.
#Bequia #FriendshipBay #SaintVincentAndTheGrenadines #CaribbeanWildlife #Ameiva #IslandNature #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalReptiles
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Grenadine Ameiva – A Flash of Blue on the Way to Monkey Hill
A vivid flash of turquoise stopped us mid-step on the way to Monkey Hill—an Grenadine Ameiva lizard, basking in the Bequia sun. -
Pale-vented Pigeon on the Wire
I didn’t even remember taking the photo—until I a look at the Lightroom catalogue showed me a Pale-vented Pigeon I’d missed entirely that morning.
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Ten Minutes With a Tropical Mockingbird
A Tropical Mockingbird doing what it does best—hunting, moving, and ignoring me entirely.
https://islandinthenet.com/ten-minutes-with-a-tropical-mockingbird/
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Sunday at Sugarapple
A quiet Sunday with doves in the grass to rain on the bay—flamboyant trees, bitter melon, and barefoot walks threading the day together.
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Mac’s Pizza & Kitchen
We came for the lobster pizza, stayed for the view, and shared lunch with two opportunistic grackles who clearly knew the routine better than we did. -
An encounter with a Broad-winged Hawk on a rainy Vincentian road.
#Birds #SaintVincent #SaintVincentandTheGrenadines #Hawk #ButeoPlatypterus #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalBirds #IslandBirds
https://islandinthenet.com/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus/
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An encounter with a Broad-winged Hawk on a rainy Vincentian road.
#Birds #SaintVincent #SaintVincentandTheGrenadines #Hawk #ButeoPlatypterus #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalBirds #IslandBirds
https://islandinthenet.com/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus/
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An encounter with a Broad-winged Hawk on a rainy Vincentian road.
#Birds #SaintVincent #SaintVincentandTheGrenadines #Hawk #ButeoPlatypterus #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalBirds #IslandBirds
https://islandinthenet.com/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus/
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An encounter with a Broad-winged Hawk on a rainy Vincentian road.
#Birds #SaintVincent #SaintVincentandTheGrenadines #Hawk #ButeoPlatypterus #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands #TropicalBirds #IslandBirds
https://islandinthenet.com/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus/
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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
An encounter with a Broad-winged Hawk on a rainy Vincentian road.
https://islandinthenet.com/broad-winged-hawk-buteo-platypterus/
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Two quick shots through thorns was all the Carib Grackle gave me—but it’s the clearest I’ve caught so far.
#CaribGrackle #IslandBirds #TropicalBirds #SaintVincent #BackyardBirding #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands
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Two quick shots through thorns was all the Carib Grackle gave me—but it’s the clearest I’ve caught so far.
#CaribGrackle #IslandBirds #TropicalBirds #SaintVincent #BackyardBirding #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands
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Two quick shots through thorns was all the Carib Grackle gave me—but it’s the clearest I’ve caught so far.
#CaribGrackle #IslandBirds #TropicalBirds #SaintVincent #BackyardBirding #BirdsOfTheCaribbean #LesserAntilles #WindwardIslands
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Carib Grackle
Two quick shots through thorns was all the Carib Grackle gave me.
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Mullet captured by my friend Philippe AF
#SXM #Mullet #Home #Caribbean #StMaarten #SintMaarten #SaintMartin #StMartin #Marigot #Philipsburg #Art #Artists #photography #PhilippeAF #Sceafa #TheRock #NorthEastCaribbean #WindwardIslands #Soualiga #Ocean #Rock #Groningen #Grunn #Love