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Hummingbird Retreat
Feb 21, 20245 min read
Week 52 - My First Year in Grenada!
Wildlife Wonder- Turtles The local Levera beach is one of the best places to see the leatherback turtle, particularly over the next few...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Feb 14, 20246 min read
Week 51
Wildlife wonder- Scarlet Ibis One of my favourite walks here is to go down to Levera National Park and walk along the beach, passing the...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Feb 7, 20245 min read
Week 50
Wildlife Wonder – Whales This time of year, between about December to April, is the best time to see whales in Grenadian waters. Like the...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Jan 31, 20246 min read
Week 49
Wildlife Wonder – Tropical Mockingbird I was talking to someone recently and then she said that she thought that she could hear a...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Jan 24, 20246 min read
Week 48
Wildlife Wonder – Red-Rumped Agouti My very first pet was a guinea-pig called Checkers who had a black and white checked pattern on his...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Jan 17, 20246 min read
Week 47
Wildlife wonder – Grenada Flycatcher A few weeks ago, I heard a very distinct birdsong that I hadn’t heard before and so I went out onto...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Jan 10, 20245 min read
Week 46
Wildlife wonder – Queen Conch I remember being amazed when I first saw piles of these beautiful, large conch shells on beaches, that you...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Jan 3, 20245 min read
Week 45
Wildlife wonder- Manicou This animal will be celebrating the New Year along with a few other animals in Grenada because the hunting...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 27, 20234 min read
Week 44
Wildlife Wonder- Spices Grenada is known as the Isle of Spice because of the many spices that it grows and exports. Each of these plants...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 20, 20235 min read
Week 43
Wildlife Wonder- Dolphins These must be some of the most cheerful creatures to watch and when you spot them, you can’t help but feel a...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 13, 20236 min read
Week 42
Wildlife wonder- Cactus As we walk around this area, there are a lot of different cacti, such as the ones above which I photographed on a...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 6, 20235 min read
Week 41
Wildlife Wonder- Flying fish Sitting on my balcony, looking out to sea, I was wondering what to focus on for this week’s blog. I then...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 29, 20235 min read
Week 40
Wildlife Wonder- Orange-winged Parrot A while ago I was driving early in the morning, about 6am, and I saw about 4 or 5 of these...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 22, 20236 min read
Week 39
Wildlife Wonder- Nine-Banded Armadillo Sadly, I haven’t seen one of these amazing creatures during my time here so far. It features...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 15, 20235 min read
Week 38
Wildlife Wonder – Air plants I recently drove down the West coastal road of the island and noticed a number of these air plants attached...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 8, 20235 min read
Week 37
Wildlife Wonder- Fireflies A few times at night, I have looked out of the window and have seen a show of little white lights darting...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 1, 20236 min read
Week 36
Wildlife wonder- Smooth-billed Ani I have seen these large birds with shiny black feathers around the garden for a while but it is only...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Oct 25, 20234 min read
Week 35
Wildlife Wonder – Black Witch Moth We keep the balcony lights on at night to keep the bats away but it attracts some amazing moths. This...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Oct 18, 20235 min read
Week 34
Wildlife wonder- Praying Mantis I took this photo as this little fellow walked along the top of my balcony. A praying mantis look very...
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Hummingbird Retreat
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Week 33
Wildlife wonder- Brown Chromis We went swimming last week and noticed a few little friendly nibbles from some fish swimming near us....
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