Remove Experiments Remove Humane Remove Hunting Remove Trinidad
article thumbnail

Owling in Trinidad & Tobago

10,000 Birds

Today, Barn Owls can be found across both islands, hunting open fields at twilight or comfortably resting in abandoned relics of the sugar cane industry. They are sometimes chased by superstitious resident humans, believing them to be harbingers of doom or even the souls of the departed. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Perhaps heard?

Trinidad 268
article thumbnail

Birding in a Refinery

10,000 Birds

In southern Trinidad, however, there is much more at play than what is immediately discernible. Last visit we enjoyed superb views of a trio of Masked Cardinals , interrupted by the arrival of a Green Kingfisher that was so intent on hunting, it hardly even cast an eye in our direction.

Trinidad 257