10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2023

In southern Trinidad, however, there is much more at play than what is immediately discernible. While the P-a-P Wildfowl Trust’s main thrust is the breeding and release of five duck species, the habitat encourages a number of native wetland birds to inhabit and proliferate the area.

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Trinidad Birds Ducks Fish 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2022

I say unceremoniously – but I am using the human metric by which we decide what makes noise and what doesn’t. This Black-bellied Whistling Duck was on its way to visit its mate and young brood further afield in the same pond but made a detour. Without so much as a splash, it slipped into the water. Spotted Sandpiper.

Elephants 276

Elephants Ducks Humane Family 276

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ducks and grebes paddled around, Anhingas swam beneath the surface, occasionally appearing with a skewered fish. I had been visiting the ponds for the ducks, but stayed for the general ambience. These small crocodilians pose no threat to humans, but I had never before seen one in these ponds.

Ducks 147

Ducks Fish Humane Species 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Comb Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Comb Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101