GREEN-THROATED MANGO WITH TAIL SPREAD, CARONI NATIONAL PARK, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   This hummingbird was identified by our birding guide as a Green-throated Mango.  We have not added it to our Photographic Life List because it is not a recognizable photo, due to it being silhouetted.   However, I thought it was an interesting enough photo to put on the blog.

FEMALE BLACK-THROATED MANGO, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

WHITE-TIPPED DOVE, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this dove as a White-tipped Dove by its blue eye-ring,  yellow iris, red legs, black bill, brown upperparts and wings, whitish underparts, white forehead and rufous underwing coverts.  It should be noted that the eye-ring is typically red in most of the White-tipped Dove's range, but is blue in most of the Amazon, Northern South America and Trinidad & Tobago. 

   The White-tipped Dove is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 591.

PALE-VENTED PIGEON, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this pigeon as a Pale-vented Pigeon by its overall dull pink wash, dull purple head, gray lower underparts and reddish eye ring.

   The Pale-vented Pigeon is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 590.

RUDDY TURNSTONE, BLUE WATERS INN, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   Although this Ruddy Turnstone is mostly in nonbreeding plumage, it is just starting to molt into breeding plumage.  You can see the chestnut color of the breeding plumage starting to appear.

ADULT STREAKED FLYCATCHER & CHICK AT NEST IN ELECTRIC POLE, SPEYSIDE, TOBAGO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

      This Streaked Flycatcher picked an interesting place to put its nest: the hollow top of a electric pole.  The flycatcher probably built it's nest on top of the bolt just below the top of the pole.  In the first photo you can see the adult flycatcher on top of the pole and the beak of the chick sticking out of the top of the pole.  In the second photo you can see the beaak and top of the head sticking out.

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TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST RESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

  After driving into the Main Ridge Forest Reserve we came across the sign in the second photo.   The James Path of the second photo was named after our Tobago birding guide's (our guide's name was Gladwyn James) father.   Further along we stopped, after lunch, at the Gilpin Trace trail.  This is one of the main trails in the reserve for sighting birds.

FEMALE RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

BLUE-BACKED MANAKIN, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

    We can ID this bird as a male Blue-backed Manakin by its generally black color with a scarlet V-shaped patch on crown and a sky blue mantle.
   The Blue-backed Manakin is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 589a.

STREAKED FLYCATCHER, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

MALE SHINY COWBIRD, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

LAUGHING GULLS IN FLIGHT, BATTEAUX BAY, SPEYSIDE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

SEABIRDS IN FLIGHT, BATTEAUX BAY, SPEYSIDE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   In these photos we can see Roseate Terns, Laughing Gulls and other seabirds in flight.

BIRDERS & VIEWS AT LITTLE TOBAGO ISLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   The first two photos show all the birders on this birding trip to Trinidad & Tobago (from left to right): Ed, Eleanor, Bill, Dan, Sharon and George.  The third photo shows our local guide, Ed and Dan.  In the fourth and fifth photos, Bill is taking photos of a nest with chicks.  The last photo shows the boat we came in.

TROPICBIRD CHICKS & NEST, LITTLE TOBAGO ISLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

RED-FOOTED BOOBY, LITTLE TOBAGO ISLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID these seabirds as Red-footed Bobbies.   There are two morphs shown in these photos: the white morph and the brown morph.  Both morphs have red legs and bluish bills.  The white morph is generally white with the primaries and tips of secondaries black.  The brown morph is generally brownish, but depending on the light it can appear gray, etc.

   The Red-footed Booby is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 589.

RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD IN FLIGHT, LITTLE TOBAGO ISLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this bird as a Red-billed Tropicbird by its very long tail feathers, generally white color with a dark stripe through eye, reddish bill and white wings with some black on the outer primaries. 

   The Red-billed Tropicbird is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 588.

LAUGHING GULLS, LITTLE TOBAGO ISLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER, LITTLE TOBAGO ISLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

      We can ID this bird as a Brown-crested Flycatcher by its grayish-brown upperparts, darker brown head, rufous on tail, pale gray throat, large heavy bill, short brown crest and two wing bars  (you can just make out small portions of the wing bars on the left and right of the bird).

   The Brown-headed Flycatcher is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 587.

   

GIANT ANTHURIUM, LITTLE TOBAGO ISLAND, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   The Giant Anthurium is a herbaceous epiphyte.