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The Blackbird that is a Meadowlark – Red-breasted Blackbird in Trinidad

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However the Red-breasted Blackbird ended up with its appellation doesn’t matter as much as how great a bird it is, well worth a trip to Trinidad and Tobago to see. It was on the island of Trinidad, at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station, where all of these photographs were taken. female Red-breasted Blackbird.

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

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There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) 3) What was the best guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago? 2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

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Binocular snobbery

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Soon afterwards I flew to Trinidad and Tobago to research for an article, and was hugely impressed with the small Swarovskis when I used them to watch tanagers and toucans in the rainforest. Fast forward to 2022, and a bird-photographer friend raved to me about the new Swarovski NL Pure binoculars he had tried at the Birdfair.

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My 2013 Birding Year in Review (With My Top Ten Birding Moments!)

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I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. Checking out Red-breasted Blackbirds at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station. The Scarlet Ibis show at Caroni Swamp.

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Tragically Beautiful?

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Seeing that it was actively hunting and operating like an otherwise normal Green Heron , I opted to photograph it, research it and possibly return and continue observing the bird. Closer looks revealed a plumage I couldn’t have imagined even if I was deep into a hallucinogenic journey. I revisited my oiled theory.

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A Guide to Some Possible Bird Species Splits in Costa Rica

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Bird species that require further research. Black-faced Antthrush : Just as the Maya Antthrush sounds different from the birds in Costa Rica, so do the birds in Amazonia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Guyanas. Bird species that require further research and for which we need recordings. A Black-faced Antthrush from the Amazon.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” American Herring Gull is “Smithsonian Gull,” a separate species from its European counterpart. ” These are just some examples.