The Cape May warbler (Setophaga tigrina) is a species of New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding range spans all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, the Great Lakes region, and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with two records in Britain as of October 2013. The English name refers to Cape May, New Jersey, where George Ord collected the specimen later described by Alexander Wilson... more
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Uploaded Jul 26, 2018. Captured Mar 7, 2018 13:49 in Cl. 4 #7-1, San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia.
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As for the islands, what's most striking is the language. They were first colonized by the British, and to this day people mainly speak an English-based creole, and often prefer to speak in English with tourists! So it feels really very different, culturally. San Andres, especially the north, is quite touristy, though almost exclusively for latinos, while Providencia is much more relaxed and genuine, and has some fairly good diving (but it involves an extra flight). I was invited there for a friend's birthday and took a few extra days to explore, look for the few endemic birds and migrant passerines that don't reach the mainland, and do some diving. But if you and Henriette want to do some serious wildlife encounters, I would say that your time would probably be better spent in other parts of the country... Posted 7 years ago