Topic: Pic of the week

The Grand Cayman Parrot, along with the Cayman Brac Parrot, are endemic to the Cayman Islands and protected species. Recently Brianna Solomon was surprised to find one such parrot joined her and her dog on a daily afternoon walk.

This flower is a night-blooming cactus, the 'Queen of the Night', named after the god Selene, who was known for her pale, radiant beauty and her tragically fleeting love affair with the mortal Endymion, who she saw on only a single visit each year under the cover of darkness.

The plume of Saharan dust that moved across the western Caribbean this week caused many people to stay indoors due to reduced air quality. However, the effects made for a special sunset as captured this week off of West Bay.

Known as wading birds, egrets are regular visitors to the Cayman Islands. Usually these birds prefer freshwater ponds, mangrove lagoons and fringing reefs.

The rock iguanas found on the Sister Islands are on the Cayman Islands’ endemic species list and considered critically endangered. Often, they like to bask on the roads, and have been granted the right of way throughout the islands. This beauty came forward to say hello during a recent tour of Little Cayman.

This image was taken on Seven Mile Beach close to Grandview condominiums. It conveys not only the beauty of our oceans, but the peaceful calm of being on the water - and a reminder that it is quite literally possible to sail off into the sunset when in the Cayman Islands.

There are some things that are worth waiting for each day in the Cayman Islands, and the consistency of our beautiful sunsets is one of them. Many people also watch for the infamous ‘green flash’– an optical phenmenon that occurs just as the sun dips below the horizon, creating a vivid emerald light, which is particularly noticable here due to our clear skies and open ocean views.

There are 11 species of herons in the Cayman Islands, including the green heron.  These little birds can be found throughout the Islands and frequent both salt and fresh water.

Austin Conolly Drive in East End offered a magical view on a recent Sunday evening as a mother and daughter were on a drive.

This photo, taken by visiting professional photographer Leah Gray, shows the blue iguana named ‘Forrest’ in the Blue Iguana Conversation Facility at Queen Elizabeth...