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Getting the Guan (Pawi Edition)

10,000 Birds

The island paradise of Trinidad boasts three bands of mountains running east to west. But Blue-headed Parrots were certainly special, as were raptors like Short-tailed Hawk and Common Black-hawk among the endless vultures. I blame Larry, who took pains to prepare us to not see Trinidad’s only non-motmot endemic.

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