Cayo Santa Maria – Bird Life

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Cayo Santa Maria – Bird Life

February 28, 2011 by Andrew McLachlan

On Cayo Santa Maria I found that the bird life was not abundant during my visit, but there were some photogenic and co-operative specimens to be found. There were a few small flocks of Brown Pelicans which for some reason completely disappeared during my last couple of days there. There were numerous Royal Terns, that were a challenge to capture in flight with my slow focusing 80-400 VR lens, however, by tracking them from far down the beach until they were filling the frame my success rate increased considerably. The Great Egrets and Little Blue Herons were a little on the skittish side here and rather difficult to capture. I was able to photograph a rather unique looking heron which will be the subject of an upcoming post.

Juvenile Brown Pelican

Adult Brown Pelican in flight

Bahama Mockingbird

Little Blue Heron

Royal Tern

6 Responses

on February 28, 2011 at 9:06 pm | Reply denise ippolito

Nice collection of images. You did great with the Royal Terns. My fav. is the first one- soo cute!
- on February 28, 2011 at 9:34 pm | Reply andrewmclachlan
  
  Denise, thanks for the kind words. The first one is one of my favorites from the entire trip. They were lots of fun to shoot.
on February 28, 2011 at 9:37 pm | Reply Ray Barlow

very well done Andrew!
- on March 1, 2011 at 7:32 pm | Reply andrewmclachlan
  
  Thanks Ray, I appreciate the comments.
on March 1, 2011 at 6:07 pm | Reply Bob Zeller

Great shots, Andrew. I just found your blog and I am impressed with your talent. I love your Brown Pelican images. We had one spend a few days here in west Texas last year. I guess he got blew in with a storm. I managed a few shots before he left. I also like your Blue Heron. One I’ve never seen.

Bob
- on March 1, 2011 at 7:33 pm | Reply andrewmclachlan
  
  Hi Bob,
  
  Thanks for stopping by and for your kind words. I appreciate them very much.