Birds and bugs
No time to write up the "bad things" post so it'll have to come later. Am in a sweltering hot car with two other girls, parked in the dark outside the house of the neighbor down the road so we can use their wireless internet. It's too hot during the day and too mosquito-y at night to attempt internet without the car. Oh the things we do for internet.
Today I saw three baby parrot chicks in their nest. They were bald-headed (pink like a pinky mouse) with white fluff, and they were SO tiny and beautiful. They peeped at me when I shone a flashlight down and stirred a little, thinking I was the mama bird bringing food. Said mama (and papa) bird was in a tree over my head screaming at me so I had to be quick about it, but it was a wonderful surprise. :)
I also found two new nests the other day, which I think puts me at ten. Unfortunately, it's been damp and rainy this week and I was essentially gang-raped by mosquitoes two mornings in a row (clouds of them. like a horror movie. all over me for hours at a time. nothing could stop them). The itching has reached torturous levels. oh dear lordie let it stop.
We're going to go to another cay on thursday to look for White-tailed tropicbird nests though, so that'll be a fun change of pace! And there may be some snorkeling in the side.
Today I saw three baby parrot chicks in their nest. They were bald-headed (pink like a pinky mouse) with white fluff, and they were SO tiny and beautiful. They peeped at me when I shone a flashlight down and stirred a little, thinking I was the mama bird bringing food. Said mama (and papa) bird was in a tree over my head screaming at me so I had to be quick about it, but it was a wonderful surprise. :)
I also found two new nests the other day, which I think puts me at ten. Unfortunately, it's been damp and rainy this week and I was essentially gang-raped by mosquitoes two mornings in a row (clouds of them. like a horror movie. all over me for hours at a time. nothing could stop them). The itching has reached torturous levels. oh dear lordie let it stop.
We're going to go to another cay on thursday to look for White-tailed tropicbird nests though, so that'll be a fun change of pace! And there may be some snorkeling in the side.