Today saw a Tour of Saint Helena Island an ex-convict prison that operated from 1867. More photos of the Island's historical buildings and landscapes in my seperate post to come (
Click HERE to see my photos of the Island) This post is just of the birds and wildlife that I saw on this short tour of the Island today. J.G.
Bird & Wildlife List at St Helena Island 04/05/12 by J Gray.
Pied Oystercatcher
Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Crested Tern
Silver Gull
Great Egret
White Ibis
White-faced Heron
Brahminy Kite
Unknown Brown Bird of Prey (see Pic Below)
Masked Lapwing (Plover)
Welcome Swallow
Australian Magpie
Crested Pigeon
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Willie Wagtail
Unknown Small Brown Bird in thick grasses
Toresian Crow
Wallabys
Orb-Weaver Spiders
Wanderer Butterfly
Skinks
Dolphin
J.G.
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| Pied Cormorant & Crested Terns at St Helena's Convict Ocean Pool |
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| Beautiful Pied Oystercatchers at St Helena Island |
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| Pied Oystercatchers |
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| Sign at St Helena listing shorebirds and migration routes. |
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| Crested Pigeon having a rest. |
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| Wallaby resting in the doorway of the old convict blacksmiths building. |
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| Unknown Brown Bird of Prey over St Helena |
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| Wallabys resting in the grass |
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| Spectacular Spider Web |
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| Insect on St Helena (ID to come) |
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| Unknown Orb-Weaver Spider at St Helena Island |
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| White Ibis' on the mud flats at St Helena Island |
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| Little Pied Cormorant |
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| Schools of little metallic looking fish from the jetty at St Helena Island. |
Love the seabirds posing on those posts and the oystercatchers look smart too. I reckon the "unknown bird of prey" is a Brown Goshawk. Always an exciting find. The final pic is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you. There was bird life everywhere! I was wishing I had my gum-boots to head off across the mudflats to take photos of other seabirds on the waters edge. I loved the Pied Oystercatchers also, this is only the 3rd time that I have seen them! The last pic of the fish turned out better than I thought it might - they were really very sparkly! Thanks for the id on the bird of prey!
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