We went to the Hartman plantation (lower track) to search for the national bird of Grenada, the Grenada Dove, which is going extinct, completely unnoticed by the government of Grenada.
And we didn't see it. Well, one of us says he saw it, and some of us claim we heard it, but all in all, pretty disappointing. We did see a Grenada flycatcher.
and a Mangrove Cuckoo
and an Eared Dove
and a Grenada tree anole.
...but the dove was a bust. Also, ground doves, yellow-bellied elaenia, and the usual shite.
So, it was off to the big pond, the Grand Etang, up on the mountain, the long upper track on the map, which we mostly drove. There we saw the non-indigeous Mona Monkey, which is beyond-all-your-personal-boundaries friendly.
And bats. Pallas's Mastiff Bat. Roosting under the eaves of the visitor center.
And a rufous bellied hummingbird.
..and I bought some killer curry powder, and nutmegs and huge slabs of cinnamon bark.
There were no birds I could see on the Grand Etang.
But we did see: Scaly-naped Pigeon, Mangrove Cuckoo, Green-throated Carib, Gray Kingbird, Cocoa Thrush, Lesser Antillean Tanager, Bananaquit, and Lesser Antillean Bullfinch.
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