https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1 daily 0.75 2019-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554773212701-UEUAS8L829HJIMFHM6W2/Cloud+Forest+%231.jpg Just living it... https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1/2019/3/2/the-road monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554764491656-9THUU3LR7AXUO4WT860R/the_road.jpeg Just living it... - The Road Although it is the peak of the hurricane season, the best months for landscape photography on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean are usually September and October, boasting the clearest views. From certain locations on The Road, you’ll easily spot the islands of St. Eustatius, St. Kitts and Nevis in the background. In rare occasions, even Montserrat can be seen vaguely. ”The Road that could not be built” is an engineering marvel, initiated by the self taught civil engineer and Saba native, Lambert “Lambee” Hassell. A monument in his honor has been placed half way, between the villages of St. John’s and Windwardside. https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1/category/Travel monthly 0.5 https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1/category/Landscapes monthly 0.5 https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1/category/Wildlife monthly 0.5 https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1/tag/The+Road monthly 0.5 https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1/tag/Saba monthly 0.5 https://www.reefguard.net/blog-1/tag/Dutch+Caribbean monthly 0.5 https://www.reefguard.net/about daily 0.75 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552258239820-3A6LZJVZHC4U0AXC1LL2/Kai+Wulf+%231.jpg Kai Wulf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554946047504-672ARMEMCE1841H2R0LS/Kai_video.jpeg Kai Wulf Filming on Tent Reef in Saba in 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552261604669-9ZTFK75F5RJG3RZD7AGJ/Kai+underwater+drilling Kai Wulf Underwater drilling for the installation of yacht moorings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552261604669-9ZTFK75F5RJG3RZD7AGJ/Kai+underwater+drilling Kai Wulf Underwater drilling for the installation of yacht moorings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552258239820-3A6LZJVZHC4U0AXC1LL2/Kai+Wulf+%231.jpg Kai Wulf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554946047504-672ARMEMCE1841H2R0LS/Kai_video.jpeg Kai Wulf Filming on Tent Reef in Saba in 2010 https://www.reefguard.net/contact daily 0.75 2021-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553357065065-FFVFVB3Y555Z9FD0NRYT/Windwardside+%231.jpg Contact My location - Windwardside, Caribbean Netherlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553357065065-FFVFVB3Y555Z9FD0NRYT/Windwardside+%231.jpg Contact My location - Windwardside, Caribbean Netherlands https://www.reefguard.net/reefguard daily 1.0 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1597105314073-KM8TWRPM0APR5Z0H0SH3/Vernissage+%2359.jpg REEFGUARD Vernissage of Heleen Cornet’s 6 piece interpretation of the Elfin Forest image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1597104822840-6JS7SXUD5WDGJZWXAOZQ/Hellen+Cornet+1.jpg REEFGUARD Arts class by Heleen Cornet (left) at Tropics Café, Windwardside, Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1597104464516-X3IAQVVPLL2Z4JU3R6MO/Elfin+Forest+2.jpg REEFGUARD The trail to The Bottom Lookout in the Elfin Forest on top of Mount Scenery, Saba, Dutch Caribbean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1597104464516-X3IAQVVPLL2Z4JU3R6MO/Elfin+Forest+2.jpg REEFGUARD The trail to The Bottom Lookout in the Elfin Forest on top of Mount Scenery, Saba, Dutch Caribbean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230178561-X5E2EC848GEGN1DDPUF8/Pandion+haliaetus+%236.jpg REEFGUARD - Pandion haliaetus Female ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) usually show dark necklace across white breast. They fly with a marked kink in their wings, making an M-shape when seen from below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230212560-X0QZG9WBY9LYXJ6QGFDZ/Pandion+haliaetus+%237.jpg REEFGUARD - Pandion haliaetus Inspecting the hunting ground. Ospreys are very large (53cm - 61cm in lenght), distinctively shaped hawks. Despite their size, their bodies are slender, with long, narrow wings and long legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230089401-IT7J3LIXL0YFANQP8501/Pandion+haliaetus+%231.jpg REEFGUARD - Pandion haliaetus Well blended into its surroundings. Ospreys are brown above and white below, and overall they are whiter than most raptors. From below, the wings are mostly white with a prominent dark patch at the wrists. The head is white with a broad brown stripe through the eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1597105314073-KM8TWRPM0APR5Z0H0SH3/Vernissage+%2359.jpg REEFGUARD Vernissage of Heleen Cornet’s 6 piece interpretation of the Elfin Forest image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1597104822840-6JS7SXUD5WDGJZWXAOZQ/Hellen+Cornet+1.jpg REEFGUARD Arts class by Heleen Cornet (left) at Tropics Café, Windwardside, Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1614467628240-TB2RU867N805X1WCOGA6/Web+Banner+12.jpg REEFGUARD https://www.reefguard.net/about-intro-mojave daily 0.75 2021-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56e049e08a65e26059119cd5/1460489042652-1Y6DERCYU4NPNC9UJSTP/EmptyName-48.jpg About Intro https://www.reefguard.net/our-mission-and-goals-mojave daily 0.75 2021-10-31 https://www.reefguard.net/tropicbird daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552842992989-Q1TNF6NQQS5RNH9N8C24/Tropicbird+%234.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed Tropicbird (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbird Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) near Green Island on Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552843072374-2G3LATD2LPPTNL012GH8/Tropicbird+%231.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed Tropicbird (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbird Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) near Green Island on Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552843057530-U7ZHPL735WGTXS0V17L2/Tropicbird+%235.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed Tropicbird (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbird Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) near Green Island on Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552843141385-XFFQELVNR8H9AVPL11UR/Tropicbird+%232.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed Tropicbird (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbird Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) attempting to land at it’s nest in the Pirate Cliffs on Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552843154579-H1OAY4QSCRND7352BJSP/Phaethon+aethereus+%231.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed Tropicbirds (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbirds Red-billed tropicbirds (Phaethon aethereus) at Great Level on Saba, one of their main nesting sites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552843205970-9U8OAUM1W93NNQNUEHN0/Phaethon+aethereus+%232.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed Tropicbirds (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbirds Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) above Fort Bay Harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552843234078-BBIU0IMOWBG0U0EIPQ9X/Phaethon+aethereus+%233.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed Tropicbirds (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbirds Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) above Fort Bay Harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552843261925-R1STS5OKCFE6LLEQVOWF/Phaethon+aethereus+%234.jpg Red Billed Tropicbird - Red-billed tropicbird (Copy) Red-billed tropicbird Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) above Fort Bay Harbor. https://www.reefguard.net/goats daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512953391-TT1IXGS3J2NA30ACTGVH/Goats.jpg Goats of Saba - Kelbey's Ridge (Copy) Kelbey's Ridge Goat herders “Froggy” and “Hard Times” on the hunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568510957211-SOHZG71S5OYHSO0892OZ/Goats-2.jpg Goats of Saba - Kelbey's Ridge (Copy) Kelbey's Ridge Goat hunting at Kelbey's Ridge: the animals know something is coming up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512546950-OOJHSWH5ACFEDCQX0C2W/Goats-7.jpg Goats of Saba - Kelbey's Ridge (Copy) Kelbey's Ridge Froggy and Hardtimes are checking for a target. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568510815444-77H1YZNHTU2GWXZS5O19/Goats-3.jpg Goats of Saba - Kelbey's Ridge (Copy) Kelbey's Ridge Goat stalking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512513460-D3NEQL0VZ8UFUX1NU4O4/Goats-5.jpg Goats of Saba - Kelbey's Ridge (Copy) Kelbey's Ridge Successful hunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512511143-H2F6EVRZD4X7UHIXLM9R/Goats-6.jpg Goats of Saba - Kelbey's Ridge (Copy) Kelbey's Ridge Carrying up the goat can tiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512568858-ZXHZ0UA1F40ZFZHT5DQD/Goats-8.jpg Goats of Saba - Spring Bay (Copy) Spring Bay Curious goats or expecting to be fed? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512818218-VX62U29UFJSGR36WAWZM/Goats-15.jpg Goats of Saba - Spring Bay (Copy) Spring Bay Mother and calf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512848324-UQ34F6XC8L57NVDWWS89/Goats-16.jpg Goats of Saba - Spring Bay (Copy) Spring Bay Expecting possy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512914347-7M9LDKWBU6XA2V7KM10S/Goats-17.jpg Goats of Saba - Spring Bay (Copy) Spring Bay Cautious https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512728044-KTKE8JECE32SYZYT0Z0R/Goats-14.jpg Goats of Saba - Spring Bay (Copy) Spring Bay Almost dying of thirst during severe draught. Watering station at Spring Bay Flat, near the ruins of and old sugar plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512915946-XVQKPB961MUHX300IJ1R/Goats-18.jpg Goats of Saba - Old Booby Hill (Copy) Old Booby Hill The extend of a severe draught in 2019. Many goats did not survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512574249-JMGIJLIV2ILS70QMQPHX/Goats-9.jpg Goats of Saba - Sulfur Mine (Copy) Sulfur Mine Savages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512602859-CW4ADGMIT9J8F5ARR9Z0/Goats-10.jpg Goats of Saba - Sulfur Mine (Copy) Sulfur Mine Wary goat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512627418-HSDDJ2X6BZ07J2CT7KGG/Goats-11.jpg Goats of Saba - Spring Bay (Copy) Spring Bay Better run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512626834-EOSJSVF0PDH6HRGH07SI/Goats-12.jpg Goats of Saba - Sulfur Mine (Copy) Sulfur Mine The boss https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1568512735391-V0C2RCCYVFJF0WD9HBX2/Goats-13.jpg Goats of Saba - Buds Mountain (Copy) Buds Mountain Herd grazing https://www.reefguard.net/birdlife daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552234954642-K638QHJFZHH3RU78J3D5/Falco+sparverius+%231.jpg Birdlife - Falco sparverius (Copy) Falco sparverius American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) in Windwardside, Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553045929823-U597W6EM9W8XGGLHNC1Y/Great+Egret+%232.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233848954-4GOZ5OSL5489KBUTLFXC/Great+Egret+%231.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233903501-X97EW6OPJA04TV7APZ5Z/Haematopus+palliatus+%232.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233913676-P15JKXDYC39HMEYA9QJQ/Ardea+herodias+%231.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233953220-6SKUBZG5KW196MFUHB7T/Puffinus+lherminieri+%231.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552234009648-7GQFNQ6EB7M69NPBPPLY/Fregata+magnificens+%231.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552244961683-USS8D44NQM17EBVEIJ23/Pelecanus+occidentalis+%232.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552244970875-XV9BA2ZI4GSKBPF0E7RC/Pelecanus+occidentalis+%231.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552252581871-9M0Y79DIWRCKYRUY94EZ/Booby+Rock+%231.jpg Birdlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1555871084823-45U1CRT0NP0JKXLVJTVS/Bananaquit+%231.jpg Birdlife - Bananaquit (Copy) Bananaquit Bananaquits (Coereba flaveola) are very common on Saba. In comparison to other subspecies in the Caribbean, they have a dark throat, like their cousin in Martinique. Its nickname, sugar bird, comes from their affinity for bowls or bird feeders stocked with granular sugar, a common method of attracting these birds in the Caribbean. You’ll find them mostly in Saba’s villages, but also on the top of Mount Scenery. Bananaquits are very common in and around gardens where exotic flowers are abundant. https://www.reefguard.net/hiking daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552263900179-RPU1UCATR2BU42GZVYMX/Rest+Shed+%231.jpg Hiking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552263599221-WJTM7N94QVM2B36TIXAU/Carlas+Bench+%231.jpg Hiking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552263558071-91IKDFONX6LR8DTIGB89/Parish+Hill+%231.jpg Hiking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552263901386-O0C4C3STN3ZYN8QYSQOK/Sulfur+Mine+%232.jpg Hiking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552262293413-ONDF05Y7ZMZPHI9COQ0C/Hole+in+the+Corner+Well+%231.jpg Hiking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1551555870116-MZG4RZRISENHGQS1RHLU/Elfin+Forest+%231.jpg Hiking - Bottom Lookout Trail (Copy) Bottom Lookout Trail Muddy side trail to the Bottom Lookout on top of Mt. Scenery on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552263804646-G3Z7LSWMXZOF62KABIER/Parish+Hill+1.jpg Hiking https://www.reefguard.net/mobile-phone daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553046090698-8WTAP3A9HHDEK4JY3AVJ/Well%27s+Bay+Pano+%232.jpg Mobile Phone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553046126865-3JDMCB1CSGHLEQ6QEK0I/Saba+Pano+%231.jpg Mobile Phone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553046165439-G4M2GGY31L9D7NKUSL35/iPhone+%231.jpg Mobile Phone https://www.reefguard.net/hurricane daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259331085-FADT1SAL8XOEWG22WD98/Hurricane+%2312.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259256210-ZWIB29JPV4Q5PDFCCJGJ/Hurricane+%234.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259170043-A98W5NUWSY5VJLUWY1AY/Hurricane+%233.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259179847-TLAV4AB66BCCLL8D6T63/Hurricane+%237.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259256509-3EBRGMYLM891TW8JJC1K/Hurricane+%235.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259095696-PT1KF7YROYMTUZ2ZPOVN/Hurricane+%231.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259414691-EDXR7DT25D4FQK2XV567/Hurricane+%238.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259097102-O4O04FR8H0QECQ112Z8A/Hurricane+%232.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552259398850-N9QRYUIN6WYH9XULRT10/Hurricane+%2311.jpg Hurricane Irma & Maria https://www.reefguard.net/osprey daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230178561-X5E2EC848GEGN1DDPUF8/Pandion+haliaetus+%236.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Female ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) usually show dark necklace across white breast. They fly with a marked kink in their wings, making an M-shape when seen from below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230212560-X0QZG9WBY9LYXJ6QGFDZ/Pandion+haliaetus+%237.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Inspecting the hunting ground. Ospreys are very large (53cm - 61cm in lenght), distinctively shaped hawks. Despite their size, their bodies are slender, with long, narrow wings and long legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230089401-IT7J3LIXL0YFANQP8501/Pandion+haliaetus+%231.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Well blended into its surroundings. Ospreys are brown above and white below, and overall they are whiter than most raptors. From below, the wings are mostly white with a prominent dark patch at the wrists. The head is white with a broad brown stripe through the eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230143302-V0FIPWNSIBVYAMQ6O4VW/Pandion+haliaetus+%235.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Too many distractions. Juvenile shows buffy chest and darker orange eyes than adults. Her pale scaling on back and wings fades to dark as she ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552250527966-1A6NZLJQQNG7UYLZ2PJ5/Osprey+%231.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Location change. Juvenile ospreys have white spots on the back and buffy shading on the breast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230121679-R433209UH7LD7KVVP3EO/Pandion+haliaetus+%233.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Attacking prey. Live fish account for about 99% of their diet. Barbed pads on the soles of its feet help it grip slippery fish. When an Osprey takes a large fish to its nest, it carries the fish headfirst to make it as aerodynamic as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230069623-N63JFE13SN2PX1OBEXM8/Pandion+haliaetus+%232.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus The Osprey species name, Pandion haliaetus, is derived from the Greek "hals" (salt or sea) and "aetos", eagle, is the only bird of prey that feeds exclusively on live fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230282146-UPEO30JNRL1DYRRGX6H2/Pandion+haliaetus+%239.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Our young Osprey lady, lets call her Irma, after a successful hunt for a trumpet fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230256750-0A3LEVVFP5J9JFDEXL42/Pandion+haliaetus+%238.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Found prospective prey. Her outer toe is reversible so that it can grasp with three toes forward and one toe backward or with two forward and two backward, which provides a more stable grip in flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230337908-S9E4A0PHAGFP0D6KLPBA/Pandion+haliaetus+%2310.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus A well deserved meal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230352316-BDAONLWPDQQ3BON9MBFS/Pandion+haliaetus+%2311.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus A tidal spray crab (Plagusia depressa) is testing how close it can get to steal a piece of the catch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230393572-W2VOR1W1RN9TCSG8D4V5/Pandion+haliaetus+%2312.jpg Osprey - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Crabs sneaking in from behind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552230369114-VKDWWMVETEDDDYUN8DB6/Pandion+haliaetus+%2313.jpg Osprey - Tidal Spray Crab (Copy) Tidal Spray Crab Successful heist! 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habitat and that is a cause for concern. 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Diamond Rock and Torrens Point are featured in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553046463187-6V6K3GCJOZBGS4JLQJG0/Bimini+Landing+%231.jpg Work - Travel - Bimini (Copy) Bimini Landing on Bimini in the Bahamas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556493099000-59BNGWEXLE4QF7FGTNK0/Bimini++%231.jpg Work - Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556578003068-97S04TXGVIUVS5TM0I58/Dr+Gruber+%235.jpg Work - Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556577952744-JVV77TY1YFS75O56HX90/Medellin+%232.jpg Work - Travel - Peldar Bridge (Copy) Peldar Bridge Peldar bridge, Envigado, Medellin, Colombia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556505591521-SL27SKMVCXF5GN54746B/Colombia+%231.jpg Work - Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556505770792-DHTGU0SHENRQL91MMML4/Colombia+%238.jpg Work - Travel - Church of N.Sra del Perpetuo Socorro (Copy) Church of N.Sra del Perpetuo Socorro Church of N.Sra del Perpetuo Socorro, Medellin, Colombia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556505673824-M1F3GQXMG6MOQ4XT5PX8/Colombia+%236.jpg Work - Travel - Peñon de Guatapé (Copy) Peñon de Guatapé View from Peñon de Guatapé, Antioquia, Colombia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556505753032-XCJPADAT751BY2RTCJVI/Colombia+%237.jpg Work - Travel - Colombian Bus (Copy) Colombian Bus Colombian Bus in Peñon de Guatapé https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1574558465664-08EH5JO0MGM9X1KIBI6F/Freedom+of+the+Seas+1.jpg Work - Travel - Freedom of the Seas (Copy) Freedom of the Seas Cruiseship approaching Kralendijk, Bonaire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1574558425502-72CG8TMIY9IQSU69VBSA/Bonaire+1.jpg Work - Travel - Kralendijk (Copy) Kralendijk Cruiseship docking in Kralendijk, Bonaire https://www.reefguard.net/work/culture-nm2h2 monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1557100168790-4IYXNPE77XAMUNMWE2GT/Saba+Carnival+2012+%231.jpg Work - Island Life - Saba Carnival (Copy) Saba Carnival Saba Carnival Parade in 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552240300458-0F19GFP3L6J74D66X710/Saba+Carnival+%2311.jpg Work - Island Life - Teen Revelers (Copy) Teen Revelers Saba carnival 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552240289399-COJ2Q3D8TUWX04NP4CB6/Saba+Carnival+%2312.jpg Work - Island Life - Reveler (Copy) Reveler Saba Carnival 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553370832967-793R6O4QXGE4Y0ZY1WOU/Fireworks+%234.jpg Work - Island Life - Fireworks (Copy) Fireworks Public fireworks at Cove Bay on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553370891082-Z94OMJ8K0PBBNTZ7Z30S/Fireworks+%232.jpg Work - Island Life - Fireworks (Copy) Fireworks New Year’s fireworks at Tropics Café in Windwardside, Saba, Dutch Caribbean. Sabans are proud of this longtime tradition. A full video can be seen here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554765999120-SB9DW9SS198F37APD7YT/Helen+Cornet+%231.jpg Work - Island Life - Art Class (Copy) Art Class “Corks & Canvas art class with reknowned local artist, Helen Cornet, at Tropics Café in Windwardside. https://www.reefguard.net/work/flora-7fxcb monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554944196531-F6LWG4QI65TO5014280Q/Bromeliad+Seeds+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Flora - Bromeliad (Copy) Bromeliad Bromeliad seeds dispersing with the wind on the Sandy Cruz trail on the island of Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553369207585-MXRN6NFNTE3ORYKQAVBE/Delonix+regia+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Flora - Flamboyant (Copy) Flamboyant Flamboyant tree (Delonix Regia) on the Fort Bay road on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. It is locally known as July Tree, because it usually blooms during that month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1569181940138-8Y65IR7XADXOYVXXBHCK/Giant+Bell.jpg Work - Caribbean Flora - Giant Bell (Copy) Giant Bell Giant Bell (Hillia parasitica) is a rare flowering plant in the family Rubicae. It is indigenous to the tropical Americas named by Nicolaus Jacquin in 1760. It was named for the English botanist John Hill (1716-1775). You’ll find this viny shrub, often epiphytic or on rocks, of semi-open spots near the summit of Mount Scenery and in semi-open spots at all level of the rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1607193304769-1QW4STN8SVI5BWILNJJV/Philippine+Ground+Orchid+1.jpg Work - Caribbean Flora - Spathoglottis plicata (Copy) Spathoglottis plicata Rare Philippine Ground Orchid (Spathoglottis plicata) found on top of Mt. Scenery on November 25th, 2020. The image has been assembled using a technique called focus stacking, because it is impossible to get all parts of the orchid into focus at once with a macro lens. Hence, I used many photos of the different flower parts and blended them together to get this result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1607193496655-V7TFJ2H0S6GH06Z981NG/Dutchman%27s+Pipe+1.jpg Work - Caribbean Flora - Aristolochia littoralis (Copy) Aristolochia littoralis Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia littoralis), commonly called calico flower, is a tropical twining evergreen vine that produces unusual flowers, each of which resembles a dutchman’s pipe suspended on a thin stalk. It is native to Brazil, but has naturalized on some islands in the Caribbean. On Saba it can be found near the Medical School in The Bottom and on Troy HIll. Plants produce slender stems clad with alternate, simple, heart- or kidney-shaped, glossy light green leaves that are gray-green beneath. Leaves are malodorous when bruised. Each flower is shaped like a curved pipe, hence the common name. Flower color is creamy white densely mottled with deep purple-brown. Vines primarily bloom in summer and fall, but in warm climates are free flowering. Flowers are pollinated by flies. Genus name comes from the Greek words aristos meaning best and locheia meaning childbirth or delivery in reference to the fact that plants of some species within this genus have a flower structure which more closely resembles a human fetus in the womb than a pipe, and served in the past as the source of ancient plant preparations used for treatment of pain and infections incident to childbirth. Source: Missouri Boatanical Garden https://www.reefguard.net/work/fauna-8braa monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552254728896-Q1PZANOX9XG2ZH1OYKUU/Booby+Rock+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Booby Rock (Copy) Booby Rock The Juancho Yrausquin Airport is visible between Booby Rock and Old Booby Hill. As you can see, the landmarks got their name for a reason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1551555258595-OCHXUT6BUGGWQ0G4QWVD/Brown+Boobies+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Brown Boobies (Copy) Brown Boobies Brown Boobies following the Dawn II ferry from Saba to St. Maarten in anticipation of a quick catch in the wake of the boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552842996609-EU2MGEVL9R40MT72LHQB/Tropicbird+%233.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Red-billed Tropicbird (Copy) Red-billed Tropicbird Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) with the island of St. Maarten in the background. More images of tropicbirds can be found in a separate album. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552245004027-680SKZJ29BKCXWM16MFB/Pelecanus+occidentalis+%233.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1555946335327-T9MD2Q28SG076JHS3AWE/Pelican+Islet+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Pelican Brief (Copy) Pelican Brief The eyes are on you! A dead, partly submerged tree provides a crowded refuge for a squadron of juvenile brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in a freshwater pond rookery near Philipsburg in St. Maarten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233988899-9CVKBYMLOZHV6RK92MKN/Fregata+magnificens+%232.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552250534092-5ISGWUTDBES1P2F8YJBD/Osprey+%232.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Pandion haliaetus (Copy) Pandion haliaetus Graceful flight. Ospreys search for fish by flying on steady wingbeats and bowed wings or circling high in the sky over relatively shallow water. They often hover briefly before diving, feet first, to grab a fish. More images of the osprey can be found here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553045695213-T88A62ZZ8H5JQKRUUZAJ/Great+Egret+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552234975342-4OF7NL46I33V0782LXF6/Falco+sparverius+%232.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Falco sparverius (Copy) Falco sparverius American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) near Kelbey’s Ridge on Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552235013638-7KCFFM6N6M4RWPS4IRWA/Eulampis+jugularis+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Eulampis jugularis (Copy) Eulampis jugularis Purple Throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis) at the Trail Shop in Windwardside, Saba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1590342230146-N1D50RBMJ5BOOQRHH1PT/Green-throated+Carib+1.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus) (Copy) Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus) This large hummingbird has a somewhat down-curved bill. Though iridescent green, it appears black in mediocre to poor light. Most easily distinguished from Purple-throated Carib by its dull wings (wings are iridescent green in Purple-throated) and less curved bill. Common in much of its range, where it frequents forests but also visits gardens and parks. Calls include “chewp” and a variety of twitters (source: ebird.org). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1555871113490-53IQANCS8L534V48NGB3/Bananaquit+%234.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Bananaquit (Copy) Bananaquit Bananaquits (Coereba flaveola) are very common on Saba. In comparison to other subspecies in the Caribbean, they have a dark throat, like their cousin in Martinique. Its nickname, sugar bird, comes from their affinity for bowls or bird feeders stocked with granular sugar, a common method of attracting these birds in the Caribbean. You’ll find them mostly in Saba’s villages, but also on the top of Mount Scenery. Bananaquits are very common in and around gardens where exotic flowers are abundant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1558055821161-EHLZYLP5HHD26LFYHSDB/Nutmeg+Mannikin+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata) (Copy) Scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata) Like many of the small waxbills, Lonchura punctulata has multiple English names in reasonably common usage; the Nutmeg Mannikin is also regularly known as the Spotted Munia or Scaly-breasted Munia. Its plumage is principally dark brown, but the pale posterior underparts are heavily scalloped darker in adults. This species has a widespread natural range across South and South-East Asia, as well as in Indonesia and the Philippines, while in our region it is now reasonably widespread through the Greater Antilles, having been introduced to Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, as well as on Guadeloupe and Dominica, in the Lesser Antilles, where it arrived in the mid 1980s. The initial introductions came on Puerto Rico in the 1960s, and the species thereafter appeared to spread naturally, having also reached St. Croix, in the Virgin Islands, in the 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1556152457703-C88TJSVJQP4IQDV0FJYV/Grey+Kingbird+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Gray Kingbird (Copy) Gray Kingbird A watchful Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis) at the Spring Bay flat on the island of Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. The Gray Kingbird is also know as a Pitirre. These birds aggressively defend their territory against intruders, including mammals and much larger birds such as kestrels or hawks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1603718823901-D0GF3RM14P5J7W4KS6IG/Coccyzus+americanus+1.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Yellow-billed Cockoo (Copy) Yellow-billed Cockoo Yellow-billed Cockoos (Coccyzus americanus) have not previously been recorded on Saba. Though, this unusual visitor seemed to enjoy a good meal, before continuing the migration to its winter residence in South America. As one of few bird species able to eat hairy caterpillars, they can catch as many as 100 in one sitting. Yellow-billed Cuckoos sometimes lay their eggs in other birds’ nests—although they don’t do this nearly as often as the Common Cuckoo of Eurasia, which made the behavior famous. Source: All About Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1580495462487-LLBTAQ2CSI9TLQI5E8TE/Ascia+Monuste+1.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Ascia monuste (Copy) Ascia monuste feeding on nectar at Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) butterfly feeding on nectar at Kelbey’s Ridge, Saba. Not taken with a macro, but a 600 mm telephoto lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1558055697366-WUSQUZXM3CVONRTSJ83Q/Caribbean+Elenia+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Caribbean Elaenia (Copy) Caribbean Elaenia A Caribbean Elaenia (Elaenia martinica) near Le Gosier in Guadeloupe. It is a rather drab and inconspicuous flycatcher of tropical woodland, semi-open areas with bushes and trees. The Caribbean Elaenia is often found at fruiting trees, where it eats small berries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1558055734280-5XOR3K0HJG1C0YPRX8UY/Lesser+Antillean+Bullfinch+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Copy) Lesser Antillean Bullfinch The Lesser Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis) is an abundant and widespread resident of the Lesser Antilles except for the Grenadines. This species is a common inhabitant of many habitats at all elevations, from dry forest and gardens to mangroves and rainforest, and can be easily seen in yard and bird feeders in towns all the way through pristine rainforest. This species is sexually dimorphic, as opposed to the recently split Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis), which is monomorphic on the female type plumage. The male plumage is all black, with a reddish throat and lores. The undertail coverts can vary between all black and all red. The underwings are white, but also variable. The female plumage is a warm gray, with reddish brown wings, tail, and undertail coverts. The song is given often, and is a fast, clear warbling song consisting of three to four short full 'quip' notes, followed by four or five rising whistles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553044413510-W6YYUSAGYG7UEI1C4FG1/Haematopus+palliatus+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - American Oystercatcher (Copy) American Oystercatcher American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) in the early morning at Cove Bay, Saba, in the Dutch Caribbean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553044258272-LVTF3GQQM9GYXVFAHH27/Haematopus+palliatus+%232.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - American Oystercatcher (Copy) American Oystercatcher American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) in the early morning at Cove Bay, Saba, in the Dutch Caribbean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553041314309-A1TFK742V8XHXFO0WD8D/Coenobita+clypeatus+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Soldier Crab (Copy) Soldier Crab A Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) locally know as “soldier crab” with a beautiful King’s helmet shell in Windwardside on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553041231382-40QOIHZUMEF4TXKRKCFW/Agraulis+Vanillae+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Gulf Fritillary (Copy) Gulf Fritillary Mating Gulf fritillary butterflies (Agraulis Vanillae) near Laborie in St. Lucia, West Indies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1558060406765-J8G3A6W84AQ1PZZ5LFMW/Guadeloupe+Iguana+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1560205231225-G5G1R7EUARH854TJHITJ/Saba+Iguana+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1586113755121-EZ7CHNO3356DLJB7RKU8/Alsophis+rufiventris+3.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Alsophis rufiventris (Copy) Alsophis rufiventris The Saba Racer (Alsophis rufiventris) is a small snake found only on Sint Eustatius and Saba. It is brown with black markings on its back and a pink throat. It kills its prey (small reptiles, rodents) by injecting them with weak venom and swallowing them whole. Due to increasing threats, it is being considered endangered. More images of the osprey can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554836207696-BRFVP1ZAQGXCP0ZO07UY/Miracle+%234.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Chelonia mydas (Copy) Chelonia mydas Large green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Cove Bay on Saba. Kids named her “Miracle” and she successfully nested in September 2015. The eggs hatched 63 days later. The video of Miracle’s story can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1554836205482-IE8XHSEMWYCUKHTMX0KK/Miracle+%233.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Chelonia mydas (Copy) Chelonia mydas Large green turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Cove Bay on Saba. Kids named her “Miracle” and she successfully nested in September 2015. The eggs hatched 63 days later. The video of Miracle’s story can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553010272764-H0ER30RXYGFPE1RGYCBZ/Humpbacks+1.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife - Humpback Whales (Copy) Humpback Whales Humpback whales feeding near Cape Cod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553040769463-9LSOVM5XX2PJ20UIX53C/Humpback+%231.jpg Work - Caribbean Wildlife https://www.reefguard.net/work/landscapes-nkyek monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1558194825396-6A6T6Q5VPHB131VOJKW4/Saba+North+Coast+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - Saba (Copy) Saba View of Saba’s north coast during an exceptionally calm day at sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552262936321-3VQKUKNGODE0X9SY7HE0/Wells+Bay+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - Well's Bay (Copy) Well's Bay View of Torrens Point and Diamond Rock from Well’s Bay on Saba in the Dutch Caribbeans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552252424126-RNH6R4ZIFGC0SK9PVR3Z/The+Ladder+%232.jpg Work - Landscapes - The Ladder (Copy) The Ladder The original steps that Sabans used to access the island are known as The Ladder. Prior to the building of the Fort Bay harbour, goods were brought by boat to the rocky shore of the leeward coast. Sabans carried the cargo to the village by foot up the nearly vertical stairway, which consists of 524 steep and narrow steps. The steps were hand-hewn from stone, and they were the only way to get from the sea to the island villages for many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552253731885-UADV5VLHHPEV9WDEPGTF/Tide+Pools+%232.jpg Work - Landscapes - Tide Pools (Copy) Tide Pools Excerpt from the new Saba Trail Guide by Tom van't Hof: The Tidepools Access: From the road below the airport to Cove Bay. Time: 30 minutes Degree of difficulty: an easy walk to the bluff overlooking the tidepools; a steep scramble over rocks to get down to the pools Special features: lava flows; colorful saltwater pools with abundant marine life; ruins of indigo boiling house WARNING: Only get close to the tidepools when the ocean is calm. Every so often there will be a couple of larger waves (waves travel in groups) and you don’t want to be surprised by those! Viewing the tidepools from above is fairly easy. Going down to the tidepools, however, is for the more adventurous with good footwear only. The trail starts in an open area with low scrubby vegetation. The only large tree at the beginning is a White Cedar. Along the trail are some Seagrape trees and among the shrubs you find Bay Withe and Black Cherry with its sharp spines. When the trail forks bear left and stay high up along the airport fence. This will take you to a vantage point with a lookout to the Northeast over the first tidepool (it’s also a good place to see the planes taking off). To go down to this pool retrace your steps, descend towards the sign and bear left. There is no trail and it’s a scramble over rocks. To look at the other pools go back to where the trail forks and bear right (Southeast). Follow the paint blazes on the rocks. The stone wall on the left of the trail is the ruin of a boiling house, most likely for processing indigo. What is left is the so-called train where the fires were stoked. At the top of the hill you will have a view of the second pond. Follow the trail to the last paint blaze, go down on the left side of this rock and scramble down until you have a view of the third pool. This one has most life in it, lots of sea urchins in particular. It is possible to go all the way down to this pool but it is not for the faint-hearted! On your way back you can pass between the old stone walled pens (probably used as cattle pens in the past) for a relaxed view of Cove Bay, Kelbey’s Ridge, Spring Bay and Old Booby Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552246352948-98FQ2GTMOOH7FVGZ43CT/Tidepools+rough+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - Tide Pools (Copy) Tide Pools The tide pools near the airport on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. Don’t get too close, because waves can be unpredictable, especially during rough seas in the winter months, usually from November to March. It is not a good area for a swim as dangerous rip current are common in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552244477664-HCEUADNOY3YSYX07AAMB/Montserrat+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - The Road (Copy) The Road View of the neighboring islands St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat from The Road on Saba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553698422733-FUQYHMK54Z9USEGB87IF/Statia-View-1-140904.jpg Work - Landscapes - Giles Quarter (Copy) Giles Quarter View of Giles Quarter on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. You can see parts of The Road and St. Eustatius in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1551555114534-FCBABNYFJDPPH29B0PWB/Spring+Bay+Trail+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - Spring Bay (Copy) Spring Bay Morning hike on the Spring Bay Trail on Saba with St. Eustatius in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552839864135-LW124DV0GQO95J19MV5N/Mary%27s+Point+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553040873954-V08WGCM7PENREBXZSUY0/Hell%27s+Gate+%232.jpg Work - Landscapes - Hell's Gate (Copy) Hell's Gate The village of Upper Hell’s Gate, nowadays Zion’s Hill, on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233315912-NPWO853APKMFDGN1AB74/Mt+Scenery+Steps+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - Mount Scenery Steps (Copy) Mount Scenery Steps In 1967, a concrete stairway of 1064 steps was built to the top of Mt. Scenery, which is the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The trail was upgraded in 2017 and fitted with hand-railings at the steepest parts for additional safety. This trail meanders through secondary rain forest to the almost-pristine Elfin Forest at its peak. The lower slopes are characterized by cactus species, Sea Grape trees, and a wide variety of wild flowers. Higher on the mountain are Mountain Palms and several species of Tree Ferns. Elephant Ears and wild banana trees are also abundant at this altitude. The Elfin Forest at the summit is a climax vegetation community with Mountain Mahogany as the dominant species. The climb up Mt. Scenery can be strenuous, but the natural beauty along the way is rewarding. Aside from the very rich vegetation bird life is plentiful along the trail and reptiles and amphibians can also be seen. Mt. Scenery is one of Saba's best-known hiking adventures. The trail begins in Windwardside at 400m (1300ft) and the peak is 877m (2877ft) above sea level. Views of the neighboring islands and Saba's beautiful villages are highlights once you reach the top of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1578229415360-EWU4ZH84P83S2PNQXYBE/Terpentine+Trees+1.jpg Work - Landscapes - Turpentine Trees (Bursea simaruba) (Copy) Turpentine Trees (Bursea simaruba) Turpentine trees are a dry forest species that easily grow up to 18 meters (60 feet). Their reddish bark peels off in thin sheets. Hence the nickname “tourist tree” - always red and peeling . The wood is soft and contains a resin, which has numerous medicinal properties. It is used as gum substitute, glue and a natural insect repellent. Their leaves can be boiled as a tea substitute. Branches sometimes act as live fences: you stick them in the ground and they will root and grow quickly. Furthermore, their deep roots prevent soil erosion and are planted to stabilize steep slopes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552867440327-YUEWIGR8QHOZWO3H3H9G/Mount+Scenery+View+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - Mount Scenery (Copy) Mount Scenery Vie of St. John’s and Thais Hill from the Windwardside Lookout on top of Mt. Scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233372727-R8ADEPHSJ5GUJIR9BSP4/Mt+Scnery+Summit+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes - Mount Scenery (Copy) Mount Scenery Cloud shrouded summit of Mt. Scenery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552246327485-OVLYJ4D65TRD7ZM2YW1U/Elfin+Forest+%232.jpg Work - Landscapes - Elfin Forest (Copy) Elfin Forest Vines and lush vegetation in the Elfin Forest on Mount Scenery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1551554899680-330OEFXY9WTOTBJV4WSQ/Buds+Mountain+16x9.jpg Work - Landscapes - Buds Mountain (Copy) Buds Mountain Part of the Buds Mountain trail, near the Elfin Forest on Saba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1555946547509-IT6P6L01CFU735H1NGKN/Mount+Scenery+%231.jpg Work - Landscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1607192192040-FGWYZKX5JT9OHQ6QUM9N/Mt+Scenery+Sunset+1.jpg Work - Landscapes - Sunset from the top of the Dutch Kingdom (Copy) Sunset from the top of the Dutch Kingdom Few person hike to the top of Mt. Scenery to experience the iconic Caribbean sunsets. The way back down can be treacherous in the dark and very slippery when wet. Hence, it is recommended to return to the village before last day’s light. This is a lesser issue during the summer time, but the sunsets in the winter are usually more dramatic. Camera equipment: Nikon D850 with Tokina 24-70 mm lens. Shot taken on December 1st, 2020 Exposure: 1/400 sec at f / 9,0; ISO 250 Focal length: 24 mm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1607879217449-NM9SE8P89597ROYVJIF9/Statia+Sunrise+Web+1.jpg Work - Landscapes - Statia Sunrise (Copy) Statia Sunrise The festive season in the Caribbean is also the time of dramatic sunrises. View of Statia, St. Kitt’s & Nevis. https://www.reefguard.net/work/aerial-tsnsn monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552244398027-W99WTUKJBCECB2QQQSQU/Giles+Quarter+%231.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Giles Quarter (Copy) Giles Quarter An aerial view of Saba from the south coast, which reveals the relatively young history of the island in geomorphology terms. The last volcanic eruption occurred as recent as 1640, based on charcoal samples found in a pit at The Bottom, the capital of Saba. The early European settlers choose the island because of the fertile green meadows they found in the area, which confirms that theory. This photo clearly shows the pyroclastic flows and eroded tuff, which formed the deep, V and U shaped ravines, locally called “guts”. The village of St. John’s is to the left and Windwardside can bee seen on the upper right of the image. More detailed information about Saba’s geomorphology can be found in the publication by John Robool and Alan Smith, entitled Volcanology of Saba and St. Eustatius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1580661374028-NGYEI48L5AVBREG80QL8/saba-nw-coast-jan-2020+1.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Torrens Point (Copy) Torrens Point Torrens Point on Saba’s North West coast with Diamond Rock in the foreground. You can still see the impact of the northerly swells at Cave of Rum Bay, where a sandy beach is building up. The sea is unusually calm for the end of January, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553112539022-73LUOE6A2TIFO3DS8IKP/Saba+Yachting+1.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Saba's West Coast (Copy) Saba's West Coast The heart of Saba’s National Marine Park. Aerial view of Diamond Rock and Well’s Bay, lit by the sun in the mid-morning. Mount Scenery dominates in the background. Ladder Bay and Great Hill can be seen to the south-east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552241680457-GRJAWJE0FOUQPWM95COH/Saba+%233.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Saba (Copy) Saba Aerial view of Saba‘s south coast. Fort Bay Harbor, the villages of The Bottom, St. John’s and Windwardside are easily identifiable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1575488848379-YPSMTLZUZ6VBHJQUZOHE/Saba+South+Coast+1.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Saba South Coast (Copy) Saba South Coast Aerial of Saba from the south on December 1st, 2019. Notice the large sea cable laying ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1586111103089-J5LBM6HQN3C2RFEW8UGD/Saba+ESE+Coast+1.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Saba Island (Copy) Saba Island View of Saba’s east coast. Old Booby Hill can be seen in the foreground. It is an important seabird breeding ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553044936323-T66G8II5M74JSKUAEXO2/St.+John%27s+%232.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - St. John's and The Bottom (Copy) St. John's and The Bottom The villages of St. John’s and The Bottom at sunset on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean. The “Sleeping Whale” between Parish Hill and Great Hill is visible in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552244481893-DTPH59T0STTKW6CROMV1/Wells+Bay+%2311.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Well's Bay (Copy) Well's Bay Aerial view of Well’s Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552244398726-T22PJETR7PB1KN1Q66AS/Torrens+POint+%231.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Torrens Point (Copy) Torrens Point Aerial view of Torrens Point in Well’s Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552246315810-T64YREP3FY2NIS8BXEK9/The+Ladder+%231.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - The Ladder (Copy) The Ladder Until the early 20th century, goods were carried from the shore via The Ladder to The Bottom, which is actually at an elevation of about 300 meters. Even a piano and the Dutch Queen were brought up on the shoulders of strong Sabans, males and females alike. The Custom‘s House is located half way up the steep meandering path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1552233346562-LPUXIDGR1DZD8TT8053I/Mt+Scenery+%233.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Mount Scenery (Copy) Mount Scenery The summit of Mt. Scenery on Saba in the Dutch Caribbean one year after the devestating hurricanes Irma an Maria in September 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c519f83cef372b8a8623ae5/1553010322385-8NY54RKL2XOWI9YKM0EI/Mountain+Mahogany+1.jpg Work - Saba Aerials - Mountain Mahogany (Copy) Mountain Mahogany The Mountain Mahogany (Freziera undulata) can be found on Saba, where it mostly grows within the elfin forest on top of Mount Scenery. Its common name often leads to confusion, as this tree is not a true mahogany species but belongs to the tea family (Theaceae). While usually uncommon or absent in elfin/cloud forests on other Caribbean islands, it is not only the dominant tree species in Saba’s elfin forest, but here it grows to a height of 15 metres (~50 feet), while normally canopy height in other cloud forests rarely exceeds 6 metres (~20 feet). The reason for the abundant growth is that Saba’s elfin forest is typically shrouded in clouds, giving the forest, and the Mountain Mahogany trees, plenty of moisture. Although not listed on any of the major international species conservation lists (e.g. SPAW, CITES, IUCN Red List), the Mountain Mahogany is endemic to the Lesser Antilles; it is found on Saba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Vincent. These special characteristics make the Mountain Mahogany a unique addition to Saba’s higher plant biodiversity. The Mountain Mahogany is shrub to tree-like with simple, serrated leaves and small flowers that have five petals. The evergreen plant has glossy green leaves, the flowers are white to light pink, and the small fruit is dark with dark red seeds. The branches of the trees are usually covered with mosses, liverworts, ferns, bromeliads and orchids. In the 1960s, a hurricane destroyed many of Saba’s Mountain Mahogany trees. After recovery, in 1998 hurricane Georges caused more significant damage to the trees. While the hurricane itself did not knock over many trees themselves, it is believed that wind damage to tree roots combined with overexposure to sunlight caused the death of many Mountain Mahoganies within three months of the hurricane. The growth of recovered trees is now carefully monitored by the Saba Conservation Foundation, which has actively managed the Saba Terrestrial Park since 1999.