Tag Archives: Animal

Jan25

Martinique – Pseudosphinx tetrio a.k.a. the frangipani hornworm

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I was wandering around the hotel grounds in Saint’Anne, Martinique, when my gaze was captured by a humungous striped creature hanging in an elegant arc in a bush next to me. I froze: if there’s something I don’t like, it’s larvae. And this was one huge larva. Then I focused behind it… there were more […]

Jan25

Martinique – the Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola

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Apart from the great name (Bananaquit, are you serious?!), the banaquit is very common in Martinique. Loves hanging out in the same bushes as the hummingbirds or at the bar, sipping syrup directly from the bottle! Cute little critter, a pleasure to take photos of.

Jan25

Only in Martinique – the – White-breasted Thrasher, Ramphocinclus brachyurus

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During a random tour of the Martinique last December, we were walking back from the Chateau Dubuc when I heard a foraging noise coming from the forest to the left of the little path that takes from the castle to the parking. I froze – what could it be? I peeked into the dense undergrowth […]

Jul14

Songs, Roars, and Rituals: Communication in Birds, Mammals, and Other Animals by Lesley J. Rogers and Gisela T. Kaplan

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Seeping with scientific data, this book gives a thorough introduction to the evolution and background of communication, mainly in birds but also in mammals. What makes a song effective, what a guttural growl really means, how the flapping of wings came to convey more than “I’m about to fly away”. Interesting for both scientists and […]