Trinidad and Tobago – March 30 to April 5, 2013
Rating: 5-6 – strenuous to life threatening at times.
Brethren present: Brett, Mackenzie, Nicoll
Cost: $1077.19/person
Flight – 247.50
Vehicle – 2013 Hyundai Tuscon – $449.08 – $149.69 each
Accommodation – $200
Food – $210
Incidentals – Gasoline, Ferry, Little Tobago, Caroni Swamp – $200
Notable Mentions: Striped Owl, Scaly-naped Pigeon, Scaled Antpitta, Black-faced Antthrush, Red-billed Tropicbird, Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus), Wood Stork, Blackburnian and Cape May Warbler.
WARNING: Finding REAL coffee is very difficult! Be careful driving – windy, narrow roads, Roti is not as easy as you’d think to find 24/7,
I don’t know why this was funny – “there are only so many ways you can cook pasta” FIN, April 6, 2013.
Notable Misses: Any DUCK!
Species Total: 205 ‘ish’
Trip Report: Download the complete trip report here – Trinidad and Tobago_ANoUS_2013
Photo Archive:
Look for this on Gilpin Trace!!!
God damn Woodcreepers…
Pinneated Bittern – Variva Swamp
Blanchisseuse Road
Starry Sky at Brasso Seco
Birding the Northern Range with Carl.
Built FERG Tough!
One of many Caroni Boas
Harlequin Beetle at Simla
Ferg has crabs.
Little Tobago Crab
Gilpin Trace Tobago
Yet to be identified snake – probably of the subfamnily Colubrinae and genus Chironius ???
109 steps to bed!
Ferg’s Spider
THE ROCK LOBSTER – at Birdwatcher’s Restaurant
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Damn I miss that lobster