This beautiful blue pea plant was growing on Mansa's farm, although it seemed to be a weed rather than a deliberate planting.

I don't know whether this is Clitoria ternatea, or another species in the same genus.

The flame tree in full flower in one of the two town squares. This is where we would wait for the bus back to where we were staying.

You can see the dormant volcano, Nevis Peak, in the background of this shot.

This wild alligator was roaming around a suburban neighborhood which backs up to a lake and to a nature park (Flatwoods Park). He was first found in a garage and later next door before he settled in a front lawn for the night. The weather was sunny and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. This has been identified as the American alligator because of its location (geographically and habitat-wise), overlapped jaws, wide snout, and distinctive dark coloration.

David Ringer took this great photo.

On this sunny Sunday, David and I went for a nature walk of sorts, along the Esplanade from 75th to 87th.

I had brought with me a little stale bread to give to the gulls.

The lighthouse on Roosevelt Island is visible in the background of this shot.

It looked although a Nighthawk was attacked and probably killed by a predator. I say that because there were quite a lot of feathers strewn over a fairly big area, and they all appeared to have been from one bird.