By: Ed Drewitt Grey Kingbird, Credit: Ed Drewitt When I stay at Anse Chastanet I love listening to the dawn chorus, when everything begins to sing in the half light as I’m waking up. The first birds to sing are the grey kingbirds, followed by the zenaida doves. They are…
By: Ed Drewitt It took me a few attempts to finally see St Lucia Pewees and back on my first visit in 2012 I completely failed to see one, although I think I heard one call. The St Lucia pewee is a small flycatcher and as its name suggest, it…
By: Ed Drewitt I love going to countries where there are endemics, species only found on those islands. They take my imagination back to when the ancestors of these birds were first making land fall on St Lucia hundreds of thousands of years ago if not millions of years ago….
In this series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective highlights a different St Lucia bird each week. In this edition the Grey Trembler By: Ed Drewitt My first recollection of a grey trembler was seeing one coming to Anse Chastanet’s Treehouse Restaurant at breakfast time looking to…
In this series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective highlights a different St Lucia bird each week. In this edition the Broad-winged Hawk By: Ed Drewitt When I see the broad-winged hawks in St Lucia they remind me of our larger common buzzards back at home which…
In this series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective highlights a different St Lucia bird each week. In this edition the St Lucia Warbler By: Ed Drewitt I usually encounter St Lucia warblers when I least expect to. Unlike bananaquits and Lesser Antillean bullfinches, they are less…
By: Tiffany Thornton St Lucia is a birder paradise. The 27-mile-long Caribbean Island is home to 187 bird species including five endemics. Along a windy rocky road past the historic seaside town of Soufriere leads you to a tropical oasis. Anse Chastanet resort is a natural utopia. Even the open…
The elusive and rare Saint Lucia parrot (Amazona versicolor – lovingly referred to as Jacquot on island) can make an appearance on Anse Chastanet‘s Emerald farm in the Soufrière hills. These images were snapped during one of these rare sightings in March of 2019.
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience. In this edition he explores the 3 different hummingbirds that can be found around the 600 acre Anse Chastanet Resort. Lead Photo: Antillean Crested Hummingbird feeding, Credit: Ed Drewitt By:…
In a series of blogs, Ed Drewitt freelance naturalist, broadcaster and wildlife detective takes us through the St Lucia Birding experience. In this edition he takes us over to Anse Mamin Plantation and into the forest. Lead Photo: St Lucia Oriole, Credit: Ed Drewitt By: Ed Drewitt Photo: Anse Mamin is…