Our neighbor, Oswen from Caribbean Paddling, rescued an immature tropicbird that was stranded at Orient Beach, unable to fly. It’s resting in the shade at the moment until he can bring it to the vet’s office when it opens up after lunch. As you can see, this bird doesn’t have its distinctive, long tail feathers yet. I am guessing that it is a red-billed tropicbird, since those are much more common around here, but apparently the immature white-tailed tropicbird is also very similar in appearance. Feel free to tell me which one it is.
