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). Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. I couldn’t believe it.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) 3) What was the best guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago? 2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)
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10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2023
The southern forests of the island of Trinidad are home to the much-maligned Moruga Grasshopper. International organisations have provided “assistance” to the government of Trinidad & Tobago over the years to placate residents and aggrieved farmers. But little has been said about its ecological function.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Many of these species are declining in number, having to share their limited geographical range with an expanding human population without a doubt impedes their ability to proliferate as needed. While the rest of the group huddled around the scope and eagerly scanned the surrounding forest, we utilised a different tactic.
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. As far as I am aware, these practices have always involved a member of the family group, the flock – at the very least a member of the same species. Without so much as a splash, it slipped into the water.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
The inside front covers are the start of four-page pictorial guides to bird families/groups and the pages where they can be found, a quick, easy entry to the identification process (see image above). The Species Accounts follow the ‘modern guide’ format, with illustrations clearly labeled and arranged in species groupings.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2024
It was a Black-headed Parrot , a species that I had meagrely attempted to see in Trinidad once without success. A couple bends along the trail and it seemed as if we were out of human contact by a thousand miles. Familiar, but beautiful regardless: Blue-headed Parrot Another small parrot species landed on a tree in the distance.
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