Ramier Refuge

With the dry season fully upon on us here in Barbados, the Ramiers are looking for water and food.   They get water in the cups of these Bromeliads and also eat the Bromeliad flowers.  Officially known as the Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa) the yellow band under the eye shows that these are females. They're commonly known as Wilies(?) in Barbados, but as Ramier in Grenada and St. Lucia which is probably a french derived name.

These Pigeons made good eating and were hunted extensively in Grenada. We have dozens of them nesting in the Mahogany trees around the house, but I haven't tried them out in a pot yet...