Thanks to Steve Urchin for this beautiful shot of the Mona Dam, which he named appropriately “Birds at the Bar”. The dam is located in Mona, Kingston, near the University of the West Indies and is a popular spot for walkers, joggers, and the serious runners! In addition to being

This little fellow somehow got trapped in my kitchen…   Then in the light…that was scary!   But he managed to escape to the window…and finally flew free. For more on Jamaican birds see Birding-in-jamaica-birding-on-the-edge    

Here is an interesting video on birding in Jamaica. It’s a great introduction to our great variety of endemic and other bird species (please excuse the few Nikon camera ads). Jamaica is considered a premier birding hotspot for Caribbean birding with 28 endemic bird species (birds that can only be