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Trinidad’s Coastal Forest

10,000 Birds

Running end-to-end across the northernmost section of the island, Trinidad’s Northern Range is the final outcrop of the mighty Andes after it bends eastward through Venezuela. Heavily forested, the Northern Range feeds several major rivers from its gentle south-facing slopes. Crimson-crested Woodpecker.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”. Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. He is now a director of the Phelps Foundation.

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