in his full splendor. Here are 3 more drawings commemorating Trinidad that I used in our 1998 Card :
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24k Blue-crowned motmot; Purple honeycreepers; Oropendola & Bare-eyed thrush; Jacamar
Nesting & flying Red-billed tropicbird; Magnificent frigatebird; White-necked jacobin
We were a group of 13 <51k>, affiliated with the Cape Cod Bird Club. Our leader Don Scott <20k> engaged local guides Rudal Ramlal <49k>, Sheldon Driggs <45k>, Frank <30k>, and Adolphus James <60k>,
We spent 5 nights at the Asa Wright Nature Center in the mountains of Trinidad, then 3 nights right on a snorkelling beach at the Blue Water Inn near Speyside on the island of Tobago. Both places had all modern conveniences and great food.
Birders overdressed for the beach & dressed for the beach; Locals; Pool at Asa Wright
Scarlet ibis watching at Caroni swamp; Birding is a stop & go activity; E(still),J(in motion)
Our Group <49k>, in alphabetical order
Barbara <21k>
Bill <38k>
Diane (29k)
Don <71k>
Eva (17k)
Glenn (36k)
Herman (31k)
Jane (48k)
Janet (35k)
John (17k)
Lynn (28k)
Shirley <29k>
Susan <8k>
Hummingbird at dawn. (4K)
Roufous-tailed jacamar, same individual as above (34k)
Blue-crowned motmot , tail view (19k) Motmots sculpt their distinctive tails.
Purple honeycreeper & white-necked jacobin(9k)
Anhinga (37k)
Red-bellied macaws (24k) come to roost at sundown
Ruddy turnstone (17k)
Bananaquit & Male Green honeycreeper (10k)
Pied water-tyrant (6k)
American pygmy kingfisher (5k) through a scope
Cocoa Thrush ( 18k)
Male purple honeycreeper (2k)
Oropendola nests (53k), Crested oropendola on nest (31k), Oropendola (10k)
Male & female White-lined tanagers w. Palm tanager between (29k)
Female white-lined tanager (14k)
Male silver-beaked tanager (19k)
Common potoo (17k) Cheating. I photographed a photograph in the tobago airport. We did see a Potoo in Caroni swamp.
Scarlet ibis (17k) Cheating. Same source. Scarlet ibis galore roost at dusk at Caroni.
89-98 Butterfly (9k)
Unidentified Butterfly (7k)
Helliconia (18k)
Frog & impression (45k)
Lizard (25k)
orchid (18k) at Asa Wright
bat (27k) clinging to a tree at the edge of the mangrove swamp
agouti (14k) The agouti is a LOT bigger than a mouse.
crabs (24k) in Caroni swamp
Cooks tree boa (28k) locally called Cascabel, in Caroni swamp
Cashews (33k), one nut per fruit, on a tree at Asa Wright
Geology (46k) Pool 5 min. from the dining room at Asa Wright
Glass bottom boat(40k) interior
On the trail(49k)
Watching a woodpecker (45k)
I only have a few digital images, because I did not get the idea of including architecture until I got home. Plus, we never went to Port of Spain or Scarborough, the largest cities on Trinidad & Tobago respectively. Most of the houses were raised. That is, suburban houses differed from American suburban houses in that there was a car port under the whole house.
Garage (30k) where we had our van tuned up.
The facilities at Caroni Swamp <52k>
Signage <25K>
The Porch at Asa Wright <40k>
Farmhouse with Parrot <30k>
Zoom onto Parrot <33k>
Bridge (44k)
Nature photos by Roger Neckles
Eco-tourism
Birding Massachusetts 2018
Birding Massachusetts 2015-2017
Birding Massachusetts 2014
Birding Massachusetts 2013
Birding Massachusetts 2012
Birding Massachusetts 2011
Birding Massachusetts 2010
Birding France 2019
Birding Phoenix 2018
Birding Ireland 2016
Birding Yellowstone and northern Utah 2015
Birding Hawaii 2011
Birding Arizona 2010
Birding Utah 2009
Birding Guatemala 2008
Birding Kansas April, 2008
Birding Mexico 2007
Birding Florida 2006
Birding Panama 2005
Birding Texas 2005
Birding Belize 2002
Nantucket Annually, at New Year's
Birding Colorado 2001
Birds Seen in Ecuador 1999
Butterflies Seen in Ecuador
Go & Birds in New Mexico
Birding Peru 1995
Herman's Birding Page
Wildlife sketches
Herman's Home Page
Eva's Home Page
Last revised: Aug. 27, 2019
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