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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. Many friends and guests enjoyed seeing this particular bird soar, hunt, or even sit for hours in the valley. Getting a visual of Trinidad’s largest hummingbird wasn’t going to be easy in the darkness of the undergrowth, though.

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Recently Received

10,000 Birds

Being based on this island for the better part of this year has afforded me the opportunity (for the first time) to bear witness to the movement of bodies through these quarters – and it continues to be exhilarating. I’ve seen them many times on Trinidad but they are much rarer on Tobago. Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

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