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Secrets of the Swamps

10,000 Birds

Some days ago I had the opportunity to explore the grossly underbirded southeastern corner of Trinidad. The Nariva Swamp is the largest wetland on Trinidad, giving to and taking from the relentless Atlantic Ocean on its eastern boundary. We managed to see both species of monkey, though – so we were ultimately well satiated.

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Familiar Faces in Guyana

10,000 Birds

It was a Black-headed Parrot , a species that I had meagrely attempted to see in Trinidad once without success. Double-toothed Kite The overlap in avifauna between Trinidad and Guyana is significant at one end and unavoidable at the other. Suddenly, I felt as if I had been transported to a hundred million years prior.

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