10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2022

While preparing an article this week for a local newspaper on the nighttime denizens of Tobago, it crossed my mind that I never considered owls as a group, far less target species for any particular outing (except for a select few, upon which I shall expound here). involve owls. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

During a two-year long moratorium on hunting in T&T, I had some of the most incredible birding experiences. 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. The tiny terror, a rather annoyed Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

My first experience was with a nesting pair, one bird was out at the time and the other was comfortably sitting quite low in the nest. These all added to the overarching foreboding feeling of the moment – after all it was the 59th anniversary of the independence of Trinidad & Tobago. I photographed it some more.

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Birds Owls Litter Trinidad 248

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2021

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls will also sometimes do so.). You truly cannot experience the Gray-barred Wren without hearing the raucous calls shared among group members of this highly-social species. But it is a favorite of mine for one reason: it is one bird that will happily dialog with me if I whistle its song.

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Trinidad Emotional Transported Mexico 187

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

.’ Not every species has a GV section, and the amount of description allocated in each section varies from a brief notation on color differences (most species) to the uncertainty of how voice variations relates to color morphs (Vermiculated Screech-Owl).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. Horned Guan by Adam Riley Mike was tempted to go with a guan as well, since he had the good fortune to encounter the Trinidad Piping Guan in the only country it can be found. I wrote about the experience here.

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