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Can Palm Trees and Fig Trees Actually Get Along?
A strange phenomenon unfolded during my recent visit to Cleaver Woods Recreational Park, a Natural…
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The Regal Greatstreak
The Regal Greatstreak (Evenus regalis) is not often seen in Trinidad, however this particular individual…
![Farewell to Familiar Friends: A Loss at the Aranguez Savanna](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Figure-3-480x360.png)
Farewell to Familiar Friends: A Loss at the Aranguez Savanna
Trekking through the waterways, lying on the cold, lush green grass, and gazing through the…
![Palm Puzzle: the Case of the Confused Coconut (and How to Save It!)](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Picture2lee-480x360.png)
Palm Puzzle: the Case of the Confused Coconut (and How to Save It!)
Last week we encountered a strange-looking Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera). All the leaves from this…
![The Elusive Monarch Chrysalis](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/moth2-480x360.jpg)
The Elusive Monarch Chrysalis
Since discovering my first Tropical Milkweed just walking distance from my home a couple of…
![Rare Return: The Rediscovery of the Sungrebe in Trinidad After Three Decades](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sungrebe-2-480x360.jpg)
Rare Return: The Rediscovery of the Sungrebe in Trinidad After Three Decades
The Sungrebe, a bird that had not been observed in Trinidad and Tobago since 1991,…
When Catching Fish is Literally Getting a Bite!
It’s not always smooth sailing for Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) when fishing. Not only can they…
![Fugitive on the Crawl](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/RedHead-480x360.jpg)
Fugitive on the Crawl
Red-eared Slider in the Caroni Swamp” A Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in Caroni Swamp…
![An extremely rare visiting Sungrebe sets the record straight!](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sungrebe1-480x360.jpg)
An extremely rare visiting Sungrebe sets the record straight!
Two members of the birdwatching community (Chelsea Sampson & Davis Gunn) stumbled on a rare…
Photo Gallery by Jerome Foster
Breeding Crested Caracaras: A Growing Presence in Trinidad Crested caracaras (Caracara cheriway) are still considered…
![Chillin Under the AC: The Cane Toad’s Ingenious Heat Escape](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cooling-amphibian3-480x360.jpg)
Chillin Under the AC: The Cane Toad’s Ingenious Heat Escape
Amidst the scorching Trinidadian heat during what seems to be another hot spell, a fascinating…
Resilience of the Tambran Tree on Farallon Rock, South Trinidad
As a child, I often pondered the enduring presence of a lone tree on Farallon…
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“Dos Amigos”
The painting “Dos Amigos” by Dennis de la Rosa is based on a landscape scene…
Coastal Erosion in La Lune (South Trinidad)
Paradise Beach is a secluded haven where one can immerse themselves in the serenity of…
![Cocoa Thrush with partial leucism](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_2400-1-480x360.jpg)
Cocoa Thrush with partial leucism
Cocoa Thrush (Turdus fumigatus) with partial leucism seen at the Royal Botanical Gardens on Sunday…
The Trinidad Piping-Guan and Chicks
Locally known as the Pawi is a bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family…
![Green Kingfisher “courtship feeding”](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Courtship-Feeding-DSC_7332-480x360.jpg)
Green Kingfisher “courtship feeding”
The Green Kingfisher is an agile and efficient fisher. From its perch, kingfishers are often…
![Moriche Palms are mass flowering in Trinidad](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC_0807-480x360.jpg)
Moriche Palms are mass flowering in Trinidad
Synchronous patterns in Moriche palms (Mauritia flexuosa-Calamoideae) at the landscape-level scale are well known on…
![Psiguria mistaken for Chinese Ginseng in Tobago by locals](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSCN3154-1024x768-1-480x360.jpg)
Psiguria mistaken for Chinese Ginseng in Tobago by locals
Farmers and local bushmen were amazed to learn that what they believe was the Chinese…
![Cowbird befriending an Oropendola](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC_5871-480x360.jpg)
Cowbird befriending an Oropendola
Giant Cowbirds are frequently seen around the colony of Crested Oropendola attempting to lay their…
![Angiopolybia pallens wasp feeding on a dead earthworm](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screenshot-2022-03-09-102739-1-480x360.png)
Angiopolybia pallens wasp feeding on a dead earthworm
Angiopolybia pallens wasp feeding on a dead earthworm. Date: 22 March 2015Location: Rio Claro Wasps…
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Bamboo Flowers at St Ann’s Plateau
While traversing through the lower montane/disturbed forest along the St. Ann’s to Santa Cruz trail…
Tropical Mockingbird attacking a Parrot Snake
The Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla), being a good climber, was observed stealing eggs from the…
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Why is this diurnal lizard active at night?
The streak or striped gecko (Gonatodes vittatus) is perhaps one of the most common native…
![A Grey-lined Hawk with its prey of a Giant Ameiva](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Grey-Lined-Hawk-with-prey-1024x768-1-480x360.jpg)
A Grey-lined Hawk with its prey of a Giant Ameiva
A Grey-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus) observed on a roadway near the Caroni Bird Sanctuary on…
![Trinidad Black-Back Snake consuming a Skink](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC_4370-683x1024-2-480x360.jpg)
Trinidad Black-Back Snake consuming a Skink
The Trinidad Black-Back Snake or Erythrolamprus melanotus nesos is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. In…
![Bamboo Flowering: a 150-year old natural spectacle](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220123_163932-rotated.jpg)
Bamboo Flowering: a 150-year old natural spectacle
A Common Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris) clump, situated along a hiking trail in the Bamboo Cathedral,…
![Nest pirates](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC_3459-1024x1024-1-480x360.jpg)
Nest pirates
The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) does not build a nest of its own. Instead, it…
![Up close and personal with a Wandering Spider](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/PSX_20181003_085212.jpg)
Up close and personal with a Wandering Spider
An adult male Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria sp.) sits still while being photographed in Salybia,…
![Flowering Miconia stenostachya observed on the summit of El Tucuche, Trinidad, WI.](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-28-at-7.04.39-PM-1-768x1024-1-480x360.jpeg)
Flowering Miconia stenostachya observed on the summit of El Tucuche, Trinidad, WI.
Numerous Miconia stenostachya plants were observed during a hike to the top. Before this, members…
![Botany Trip to the Mt. Tamana, Central Range, Trinidad.](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-2-480x360.jpg)
Botany Trip to the Mt. Tamana, Central Range, Trinidad.
Members of the botany group (from left to right: Shane Manchouck, Linton Arneaud, Chantal Leotaud,…
![Fasciation in Manilkara Zapota L. (Sapotaceae), Trinidad](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/image-1-903x1024-1-480x360.png)
Fasciation in Manilkara Zapota L. (Sapotaceae), Trinidad
Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) tree one year after a termite nest was burnt.(A) Normal long shoot…
![Gulf Fritillary on Sulfur Cosmos flower](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Monarch-Butterfly2-1-949x1024-1-480x360.jpeg)
Gulf Fritillary on Sulfur Cosmos flower
A Gulf fritillary (Dione vanillae) was spotted in my flower garden gracefully sitting on a beautiful…
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Kiskadee stealing nesting material
The Great Kiskadee -always the opportunist- is captured here stealing material from the nest of a…
![Growing the Nipa palm](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG-20210708-WA0002-1-480x360.jpg)
Growing the Nipa palm
Nuts of the nipa palm (Nypa fruticans) are regularly found on our beaches, especially on…
![White Lined Tanager feeding on Balisier](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0435-1024x683-1-480x360.jpg)
White Lined Tanager feeding on Balisier
White Lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) eating the real flower of the Balisier plucked from the…
![Caracara raiding a bird’s nest](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DSC_0701-683x1024-1-480x360.jpg)
Caracara raiding a bird’s nest
Yellow-Headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) caught in the act of piercing the nest of a Yellow…
One year in, one year to go
While I have been experimenting with camera traps in south Trinidad for several years now,…
![The Moth Trap](https://community.ttfnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tolype-primitiva-Trinidad-moths.jpg)
The Moth Trap
Unfortunately I have not been able to spend as much time on this website as…
Asa Wright’s Legacy
One of my fond memories as a child was reading an article written by Williams…
A Tale of Two Forests
Forest environments vary widely in their capacity to attract and sustain wildlife. From the dry…
Known Unknowns
“We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are…
Treasures in the bush
For the last few weeks I have been spending most of my free time in…
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The 2011 Christmas Bird Count
The annual Christmas Bird Count was held in Trinidad and Tobago on 2 January 2012….
Unfamiliar faces
It took me just about 15 minutes to drive to the South Oropouche Lagoon (SOL)…