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    Trinidad forest elaenia?

    I would not vote against that identification.
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    Gardening for Trinidad birds

    Gardens for T&T Not sure what you're asking. List of birds from the Botanical Gardens in Port-of-Spain? Plants that would attract birds if planted in a Trinidad garden? Please clarify.
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    Tobago IDs (2)

    Tough IDs Though these aren't the best shots, I believe they are 1) Broad-winged Hawk -- light, nearly unmarked underwings and much smaller bill than GBH. Can't quite make out the species in its crop, but that's one happy well-fed hawk 2) Fuscous Flycatcher, for sure. Pale yellowish...
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    Tobago IDs (1)

    I concur John hit them all perfectly: 1. White-lined Tanager male 2. House Wren 3. Tropical Kingbird 4. Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, female Black-throated Mango, Bananaquit 5. Female Black-faced Grassquit (rather than female Blue-black Grassquit I think)
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    Birds of Trinidad & Tabago

    Trinidad & Tobago You might find my "Trinidad Birding" website interesting -- http://www.birderbill.us -Bill Murphy, Indianapolis, Indiana USA
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    Birding in Tobago August

    You can view a list of species we saw in August 1992 at http://www.birderbill.us/tt_8_92.htm Unfortunately I didn't note in the list which species were seen on which island (only just learning HTML back then), but we usually see about 70 spp. on Tobago and about 175 on Trinidad, with a total of...
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    saying hello from trinidad and tobago

    A hearty welcome to you, zoomedic12, from another lover of things Trinbagonian -- will be back down your way in January, my 53rd birding trip (excluding non-tour trips). Have you checked out http://www.wow.net/ttfnc/ yet -- the Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists Club? It's the oldest natural...
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    Birding at the Asa Wright Centre

    Birdwatcher's Guide to Trinidad & Tobago Hi DJA, October is a fine month for birding in Trinidad, with migrants arriving from North America. I've prepared an entire website called Trinidad Birding at http://www.birderbill.us -- lots of information about that subject as well as about Tobago...
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    Ivory-billed Woodpecker Re discovered ?

    Ivory-billed Woodpecker rediscovered in Arkansas I thought this was a hoax, but it's starting to look more and more like the real thing http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=46500 This Nature Conservancy page is being prepared for tomorrow's announcement...
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    Silvered Antbird ?

    Yes, indeed -- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (U.S. birders would like to spell it "Ocher"). I found the former common name to be almost as descriptive -- Pale-bellied Pipromorpha. I'm not a Latin scholar, but I think that the specific name "oleagineus" refers to butter, margarine, or fat of some...
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    Tobago Finch ID help please

    I agree -- Black-faced Grassquit. --Bill Murphy, Indianapolis Author of "A Birderwatcher's Guide to Trinidad & Tobago" http://birderbill.us
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    Trinidad

    Trip Report 1/24-2/3/2005 Trinidad & Tobago Just uploaded a narrative of our 1/24-2/3/2005 birding trip to http://www.birderbill.us/tt_1_05.htm Hope you enjoy it! --Bill Murphy, Indianapolis
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    Most needed field guide?

    Most needed field guide I concur completely with you, Niels. When I learned that the current edition of ffrench would be published in a larger format than previously, I urged the publisher to use the extra space to separate confusing species pairs, especially the hummingbirds. Alas, they...
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    Birding Tobago

    Happy to make your acquaintance, Rashid. Three of my friends bird extensively in your area -- Martyn Kenefick, Courtenay Rooks, and Graham White. If you don't know them, perhaps you could give them a ring and meet them. We're all on the T&T Rare Bird Committee, a motley crew indeed.
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    Birding Tobago

    Hi... What's your name?! You're from Chaguanas? I go through there sometimes when I'm birding the rice fields. To answer your question, yes. Here's the Table of Contents: Introduction How to Use This Book History Environment Geography Natural History Pre-Tour...
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