The Easy Path

Izzy

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #1

The eagle-eyed may notice something atop the post on the left in the first two photos:


I am not a birder so I will leave it to others to determine if this is the bird about which JEK posted this in a thread with additional photos:

If it is a gligli, the legend that JEK cited suggests I might consider alerting the walkers of the beach just below the bird's location to the possibility that a gift may be forthcoming...

In regard to the goats, who can blame them for taking a break from all that rock climbing...

 

LMAC

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #2

fun photos - thanks

 

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cec1

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #3

Wonderful local color!

 

GMP62

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #4

Love the photos and the lore... Thanks, Izzy!

 

stbartshopper

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #5

You have an ‘eagle’ eye as I didn’t see what was on top of the post until you alerted us!

 

amyb

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #6

Could it be a North American Kestrel?or small falcon?

 

Reed

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #7

amyb said:

Could it be a North American Kestrel?or small falcon?

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Kona says American Kestrel which is sometimes called a Sparrow Hawk.

 

amyb

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #8

That makes two for Kestrel!

 

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NancySC

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #9

3 for kestrel ! I saw a couple of them about 5-7 yrs ago at our rental villa then that overlooked the harbour & the other kind of gekkoes that are multi color, larger than the other kind, & no not iguanas ! 55 years of Caribbean islands so I can identify some critters ! Happy weekend y'all !

 

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cec1

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #10

Fascinating! Multicolored geckos . . . haven’t seen them. Do you still see them around? Or maybe only after a few extra glasses of Vanilla Rhum? (When I’ve seen some colorful SBH sights!)

 

Izzy

Senior Insider

• Mar 29, 2019

• #11

This seems to clinch it:

(Additional pics in the linked thread)

The short article in the initial post indicates that Gri-gri is a local name for Falco sparverius la Crécerelle d'Amérique (American kestrel)

the King is gone but he's not forgotten...

 

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NancySC

Senior Insider

• Mar 30, 2019

• #12

cec1 said:

Fascinating! Multicolored geckos . . . haven’t seen them. Do you still see them around? Or maybe only after a few extra glasses of Vanilla Rhum? (When I’ve seen some colorful SBH sights!)

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I've seen them where we will be next month again & they're larger than the other kind, a greenish + almost iridiscent couple other colors, pink ? Found the name in a booklet I'd picked up somewhere on the island, wrote it down in my notes now among the missing. No rhum involved !

 

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Bart -my real name-

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• Apr 2, 2019

• #13

amyb said:

Could it be a North American Kestrel?or small falcon?

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I'm late to this, but yes and yes!! Just an American Kestral, which is a type of falcon. This one is female. The one in the newspaper clipping from JEK is a male.

 

amyb

Senior Insider

• Apr 2, 2019

• #14

Bart, my hero!