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More Encouragement to Bird at Home

10,000 Birds

These all added to the overarching foreboding feeling of the moment – after all it was the 59th anniversary of the independence of Trinidad & Tobago. We had shared our porch with a bold Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl the night before, so the expectation was there. Eventually the birds lost interest and left.

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Into Guyana’s Interior

10,000 Birds

On Trinidad, the banks of the largest rivers are never more than a stone’s throw apart. Driving slowly along the entrance road to the lodge we came upon a lone Marail Guan dabbling in the leaf litter nearby. Go owling, naturally! As an islander, the river crossing was truly remarkable.

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