Category: Birds
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…
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…
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”
The Green Kingfisher is an agile and efficient fisher. From its perch, kingfishers are often…
Cowbird befriending an Oropendola
Giant Cowbirds are frequently seen around the colony of Crested Oropendola attempting to lay their…
Tropical Mockingbird attacking a Parrot Snake
The Parrot Snake (Leptophis ahaetulla), being a good climber, was observed stealing eggs from the…
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…
Nest pirates
The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) does not build a nest of its own. Instead, it…
Kiskadee stealing nesting material
The Great Kiskadee -always the opportunist- is captured here stealing material from the nest of a…
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,…
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…
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)…
