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). I couldn’t believe it.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2024
Cocoi Heron Pied Plover Black Skimmer Coming across a pair of Red-capped Cardinals was exciting – resembling the Masked Cardinal that we were accustomed to in Trinidad but a little stretched out, as if pulled gently by the tail and bill simultaneously. Striated Heron , a routine sighting in many places I’ve been.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2022
The exploration of triads within the avifauna of Trinidad and Tobago has taken me through various families and species groups on this blog. On the smaller island of Tobago there are three species of woodpeckers and three species of woodcreepers – one of each is found on Tobago but not Trinidad. Golden-olive Woodpecker.
10,000 Birds
JULY 12, 2023
This time, we are back in Trinidad and have relocated to a picturesque lodge in the very heart of the island. Swifts are aplenty, one is likely to see Gray-rumped , Band-rumped , or Short-tailed Swift hunting insects each morning. The thick melodies of Cocoa and Spectacled Thrushes tend to be the first sounds under the lightening sky.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2022
I’ve been leading a small but faithful group on Trinidad for several years to count birds within a livestock farm that is generally restricted to the public (you can read about some of those shenanigans here ); this was the first time I was to embark on a CBC on the smaller island of Tobago. Anyway, I digress. Mangrove Cuckoo.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Last weekend we headed into the mountains of northern Trinidad – the concept of mountains is surely a relative one, although it is the highest conglomeration of hills in the country (and the northernmost outcrop of the Andes) the Northern Range never crosses 1,000m above sea level.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
While the rest of the group huddled around the scope and eagerly scanned the surrounding forest, we utilised a different tactic. Our final bird for this trip was a Common Black Hawk – a routine sighting for me in Trinidad but the largest and most impressive raptor we saw throughout the Lesser Antilles.
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