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A Near Conjunction

10,000 Birds

The sky cracked open as we ascended into the modest hills of Trinidad’s Northern Range. Many friends and guests enjoyed seeing this particular bird soar, hunt, or even sit for hours in the valley. It glared at something in the leaf litter (is there any other way raptors look at anything?) But certainly not impossible.

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CBC in Paradise

10,000 Birds

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.

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