10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2024

The millions of stars and galaxies twinkling over the Rupununi Savanna in Guyana seem to reluctantly fade into a gradually lightening sky as the eastern horizon reddens. But we are on the lookout for one of Guyana’s famed giants, the Giant Anteater – which uncharacteristically never showed.

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Guyana Giraffes Brazil Trinidad 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, a quaint, sprawling network of roads and waterways is a regulated introduction to the country’s 800+ species of birds. Great Kiskadees are ubiquitous in Trinidad and Guyana, this bird’s proportions were slightly different, however.

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Guyana Parrots Birds South America 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2021

Here in Trinidad & Tobago we live up to our reputation of being a comfortable introduction to the world of Neotropical birding – we only have ten (out of a staggering three hundred) furnariids. Life is simple with ten furnariids – neighboring Guyana has 44! All three spinetails vocalize repeatedly.

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Trinidad Litter Guyana Family 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ardent readers of this blog would realise by now that I have been chronicling a few days spent in Guyana last year – I felt that a single post or two would invariably exclude far too many sightings of note. It was a Black-headed Parrot , a species that I had meagrely attempted to see in Trinidad once without success.

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Guyana Parrots Trinidad Woodpeckers 211

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2013

Hidden away in that boatyard is an amazingly good spot to buy roti, which rivaled doubles as my favorite food that I sampled while in Trinidad and Tobago. This happened in Trinidad and Guyana in the urban areas to make it easier and faster to eat the items, as the individuals’ hands would not get as dirty.

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Trinidad Guyana Chickens Reptiles 178

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2023

After leaving our hotel in the dark, we arrived at the small dock about half hour after sunrise – making one of many salient points about birding in Guyana: the country is vast! The main target as we drifted downriver was the enigmatic and prehistoric Hoatzin – national bird of Guyana and an absolute treat for the eyes.

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Guyana Trinidad Bats Falcons 143

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Being relatively close to the city is a bit misleading, as this may lead one to think that the area is devoid of life – but let this be a gentle reminder that Guyana is 85% forested! Also an uncommonly seen bird in Guyana, there is only a single record of this species on Trinidad – and that bird was only seen once.

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Farming Guyana Birds South America 221