10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2021
Some species opt for the traditional oven-shaped nest (hence the family name), others use tunnels in embankments, some species build advanced and complicated structures to deter brood parasites. The third spinetail is a complete forest denizen and spends its time hopping through leaf litter, searching for arthropods.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2021
Life behind a screen for this birding guide involves delving into the extensive list of birds of Trinidad & Tobago , answering questions about the birds and possible itineraries and so on. In T&T – or more specifically on Trinidad only as none of these can be found on Tobago – there are three species of resident warblers.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2023
It seems almost insulting, sure it allows some insight into the abundance of the particular species in a particular area at a point in time, but all birds are rare and exotic somewhere. Throughout the island of Trinidad they can be heard almost every night yet seeing one can prove a little tricky.
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.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The sky cracked open as we ascended into the modest hills of Trinidad’s Northern Range. Cocoa Woodcreepers are the largest species of woodcreeper in T&T, and they have a proportionately massive bill. It glared at something in the leaf litter (is there any other way raptors look at anything?) And so, we continued.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Now, although I have seen this species several times before, we have a unique relationship. Discerning both species is relatively straightforward if they are seen together, if the observer concentrates enough on feeding pattern. Nothing could move around in the leaf litter without full attention from this Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2024
Although by this time we had already clocked around a hundred species after a day and a half in Guyana, we were understandably eager to explore the famous rugged interior of the country. It was only after reading up on the species I realised that it was not only me who thought this way. Unless, of course, a small aircraft is involved.
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