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<\/a><\/p>\nAntillean palm swifts were everywhere, though, flying around the resort catching bugs, and nesting in the straw of sun covers near the beach:<\/p>\n Palmchats were ubiquitous and reasonably noisy:<\/p>\n Doves were common, including the Eurasion Collared Dove and the White-winged Dove:<\/p>\n I saw a few Yellow-faced Grassquits running around, most notably this one carrying a stick for its nest:<\/p>\n A triptych:<\/p>\n Hispanolian Woodpeckers were also common, and often loud:<\/p>\n Gray Kingbirds were also fairly common, and I even found a nest (that I thankfully don’t need to get anywhere close to with this giant lens):<\/p>\n Greater flamingos enjoyed sifting through the shallow water:<\/p>\n Bananaquits are as common as one would expect in the Caribbean:<\/p>\n Black-crowned Night Herons were easy enough to spot in the brackish water:<\/p>\n As were Green Herons:<\/p>\n Great Egrets were easy enough to find:<\/p>\n The Common Gallinules had recently-hatched young:<\/p>\n Greater Antillean Grackles were ever-present, and not subtle in the least, with frequent loud, harsh calls. Any available food scrap was quickly snatched up.<\/p>\n White-cheeked Pintails were also reasonably common:<\/p>\n Of course there were House Sparrows:<\/p>\n A few ducks I haven’t been able to identify:<\/p>\n And finally, a bunch of lizards and a butterfly:<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n