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A Near Conjunction

10,000 Birds

The sky cracked open as we ascended into the modest hills of Trinidad’s Northern Range. Alas, he was gone before I had a chance to lift my camera. Getting a visual of Trinidad’s largest hummingbird wasn’t going to be easy in the darkness of the undergrowth, though. As we say here, de road wash ‘wey.

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Uncharacteristically Wet

10,000 Birds

Bear in mind that the year thus far is supposed to be the dry season, as outlined previously. Alas, nothing showed until there was a brief break in the shower and a Golden-crowned Warbler materialized in the leaf litter just in front of me. Not only that, but we were under our third adverse weather advisory for the year.

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