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Creepers in the Forest

10,000 Birds

As a child, poring through the pages of the Encyclopedia of Animal Life (I was gifted this 25 years before I appeared in Audubon magazine myself) birds gripped my attention. But this book taught me about eagles, owls, storks and herons. Four of those are resident on Trinidad, and one is found only on Tobago.

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Forest Bathing

10,000 Birds

It had been some months since we had been in the hills of Trinidad’s Northern Range, and let it be known that all forests are very different. We heard some animal trundling through the bushes but got no visual. Any day one sees an Ornate Hawk-Eagle is a great day. You can view the eBird list here.

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Soda Lake Shorbs

10,000 Birds

Obliging species like Grey-headed Kingfisher , Long-crested Eagle , and even a pair of Greater Blue-eared Starlings ensured we didn’t get anywhere quickly. The first post I ever prepared for this blog centred around a search for a vagrant Curlew Sandpiper here in my native Trinidad.

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