President’s day
Monday 19th Feb 2018
In the morning, after breakfast, we motored around the Petit
Peton to take up a mooring off the town of Soufriere. A dinghy ride took us to shore for a walk to
the Botanical Gardens. Once inside we
left Mike in pursuit of the perfect hummingbird photos and toured the rest of
the gardens. Our big birding spot was
the gray trembler. Most often when you
spot a new bird you are cataloging its features so that you can try to figure
out the identity as some later stage.
The trembler was something else altogether. No sooner had I looked at its overall colors
and beak shape than I realized that its wings seemed to be shaking or
trembling. That is one well-named bird!
Once we mentioned lunch, we managed to winkle Mike away from
his photo spot. A quick walk to town
brought us to Pier 28 for a “local lunch”.
To avoid the food coma, we took a short walk to the beach at Malgretoute. We strolled back to town and took the dinghy
back to the boat. The ambitious sailors
got ready to go snorkeling, the lazy person tried to keep out of the way.
A group effort on chopping, with excellent stir-fry skills from
Mike, produced an outstanding Szechuan meal.
A short session of star-gazing in the cockpit and boater’s midnight had
arrived.
Lesser Antilean Hummingbird
Lesser Antilean Hummingbird
Lesser Antilean Hummingbird
Bananaquit
Paige
Paige and Stew
Fisherman making repairs to his wooden boat - replacing planks, caulking and painting
Young boy - Soufriere
Kitten - Soufriere. (Sheila - don't uyou think this could be a baby "tiger"?)
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