Some older photos

Some photos from Little Cayman Island. These are actually some of the first photos I ever took with my telephoto lens. The lizards are Sister Island Iguanas (Cyclura camanensis), a species that was only recently discovered to be distinct from the Cuban iguana.

The secret lives of black skimmers

Sharing a fish. This pair actually pulled the fish in half and each had a piece. 

Before she's even done eating.

A black skimmer hunts by feel, closing their bill when they run into a fish.

These are from a nesting colony of black skimmers. Like many seabirds, they exchange fish before mating. The male in this pair was working an assembly line: he swooped in with another fish every five minutes.

A walk in the woods

Green dragonfly in the middle of the trail

A green anole giving a territorial display; flaring his red throat and doing pushups.

A bird I have still not been able to identify

Another day off excursion: pine beach trail. Most of the birds, including several species I had not seen before, were too far away to get clear pictures, so I resorted to using my telephoto lens as an impromptu macro lens. Note: my camera really can't take reasonable photos through a spotting scope.

Osprey Nest

On my day off I headed right back to the beach to take some photos. This is an osprey nest built on top of an artificial nesting platform.