Birds and Flowers

Wonderful plants are found in the Grafton Bird Sanctuary. We love walking through the forest on the well groomed paths.

Behind me is a stand of bamboo. Dad is right by it. We have wondered if it grows like the Chinese bamboo.







The Grafton Bird Sanctuary is full of birds, obviously, but they are hard to get close to for pictures. These birds are turkey looking and the guide says they are a relative. During mating they fluff up their tails and then really look like a turkey. You can see the doves eating beside them to get a sense of how big they are.



The flowers were pretty at Arnos Vale because it is heavily forested and they are in the shade. I expected to see a lot more flowers on the island but they don't do well in the direct sunlight. This was also true of Trinidad.


We visited Arnos Vale to check out a snorkeling area and saw these birds. We have become fascinated by the birds here. They are so small; it is hard to get good pictures with my little camera. The hummingbird is the state bird. A hummingbird is sitting next to the yellow bird that are often called sugar birds as they get the nectar like the hummingbirds. These birds were all around the veranda and weren't intimadated by our presence.

We saw these birds at Rovanel's Resort when we were checking it out for Michelle.