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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Jan 10, 20245 min read
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Week 45
Wildlife wonder- Manicou This animal will be celebrating the New Year along with a few other animals in Grenada because the hunting...

Hummingbird Retreat
Jan 3, 20245 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 27, 20234 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 20, 20235 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 13, 20236 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Dec 6, 20235 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 29, 20235 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 22, 20236 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 15, 20235 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 8, 20235 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Nov 1, 20236 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Oct 25, 20234 min read
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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...

Hummingbird Retreat
Oct 18, 20235 min read
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Week 33
Wildlife wonder- Brown Chromis We went swimming last week and noticed a few little friendly nibbles from some fish swimming near us....

Hummingbird Retreat
Oct 11, 20234 min read
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Week 32
Wildlife Wonder – Laughing gull There have been a few times when I have opened my back door and these birds are circling around the trees...

Hummingbird Retreat
Oct 4, 20234 min read
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Week 31
Wildlife wonder- Black and yellow garden spider I know that many people don’t like spiders and so the photo above is more of a focus on...

Hummingbird Retreat
Sep 27, 20235 min read
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Week 30
Wildlife wonder – Sea grapes When I walked past Bathway Beach last week, I met this family collecting sea grapes. The long, green bunches...

Hummingbird Retreat
Sep 20, 20235 min read
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Week 29
Wildlife wonder – Calabash tree At the end of my road, where my neighbour’s garden meets the bush, is this calabash tree. The tree is...

Hummingbird Retreat
Sep 13, 20235 min read
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Week 28
Wildlife wonder- Mona monkey One of Grenada’s most interesting wildlife wonders is the Mona Monkey which can be found in the wild in the...

Hummingbird Retreat
Sep 6, 20235 min read
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Week 27
Wildlife wonder – Caribbean White Sea urchins When we last visited St Georges we went down to the Carenage (harbour) to see the tropical...

Hummingbird Retreat
Aug 30, 20234 min read
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