While you are pondering on me diving into GM's pool under the Caribbean sun, here are some photos...
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Olveston House, George Martin's home where we had the pleasure of staying (I had Sir George's bedroom!)
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Iguana grazing before he went to check out the poolside
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An iguana enjoying the edge of George Martin's pool at Olveston House
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Young American Kestrels in the garden of Olveston House
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View south from Olveston House (the big volcano is hidden in cloud behind this smaller hill)
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George Martin's Air Studios were housed in the building in the middle left of this photo (I think...)
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A sort of darter, I believe
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New housing in the north of the island
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Long-tailed Skipper
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A Jack Spaniard wasp. The locals seem to use this name for all wasps we saw...
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Bridled Quail-dove
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A pipe-living lizard
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Our first Montserrat Oriole was on our guide Scriber's car...
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Trails
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This bug came to visit us at Ziggy's Restaurant on our last night
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Scriber congratulates his cousin Stephen Daly on yet another excellent flight shot
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Scaly-breasted Thrasher
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Some kind of spiny fruit
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Brown Trembler on its nest stump
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A grass
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Ground orchid
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Elephant ears
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A grasshopper at the cliffs in the north
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Scriber scans the cliffs for Red-billed Tropicbirds
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There were three Red-billed Tropicbirds past these cliffs when we arrived, but they didn't reappear
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Scaly-naped Pigeon. In Antigua, White-crowned Pigeons were dominant, but on Montserrat Scaly-naped Pigeons were much commoner
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The rainbow of hope
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Magnificent Frigatebirds
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Our boat trip south to see Plymouth (see above) was with Troy of Green Monkey Dive Shop at Little Bay Beach
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