RFI Trinidad and Tobago in November

[Laurie Foss]

Birdchatters,
I have organized a group of my friends to take a trip to Trinidad and Tobago
over Thanksgiving this year. That's rapidly approaching!
I've done a bunch of Google searches for trip reports in that time frame, as
well as done an eBird search for the same. I've come up with only scant
information for that time frame and I wondered if any of you have experience
to offer?
We're doing the usual tours of Asa Wright on Trinidad and their fieldtrips,
then Cuffie River Lodge on Tobago and theirs. Do any of you want to offer
insights or advice for the trip? Any and all would be appreciated.

Thanks a bunch
Laurie Foss
Austin, TX

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[Gail Mackiernan]

Hi --

We went to Trinidad and Tobago in November, that was a dozen years ago but I
am sure the birding will be very similar. The only negative about the time
was that the Red-billed Tropicbirds were on Little Tobago island. We stayed
for some time at Asa Wright, then went over to Tobago and stayed at Blue
Waters Inn, then back to Trinidad and stayed then at the PAX Guest House for
a few days. This is because PAX is close to the main road and better for
accessing sites such as Nariva Swamp.

Since we were in Trinidad, there is a new lodge on the north coast where you
can stay and see the Trinidad Piping Guan, the only endemic species. There
are other good birds there as well.

Assume you have a copy of Bill Murphy's bird-finding guide to T&T. It will
get you everywhere you want to go!

Gail Mackiernan
Silver Spring, MD

on 10/26/2009 3:52 PM, Laurie Foss at lauriefoss@... wrote:

> Birdchatters,
> I have organized a group of my friends to take a trip to Trinidad and Tobago
> over Thanksgiving this year. That's rapidly approaching!
> I've done a bunch of Google searches for trip reports in that time frame, as
> well as done an eBird search for the same. I've come up with only scant
> information for that time frame and I wondered if any of you have experience
> to offer?
> We're doing the usual tours of Asa Wright on Trinidad and their fieldtrips,
> then Cuffie River Lodge on Tobago and theirs. Do any of you want to offer
> insights or advice for the trip? Any and all would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks a bunch
> Laurie Foss
> Austin, TX
>
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[David M. Gascoigne]

 We visited Trinidad and Tobago in November 2004, staying at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on Trinidad and at the Blue Waters Inn on Tobago. Unfortunately I didn't write a trip report but we had great birding on both islands. On Tobago we journeyed over to Little Tobago and had wonderful views of Red-billed Tropicbird. I am sure that you will have an enjoyable time. The guides we used on Trinidad were Rudal and Dave Ramlal, a father and son team. Dave picked us up at about 03:00h one morning to go up to Grande Riviere where we saw four Trinidad Piping Guans. Both guides were superb. Our guide on Tobago was quite mediochre and lacking in personality. Not surprisingly I cannot remember his name!

 

David M. Gascoigne, 606 Osprey Drive, Waterloo, ON Canada N2V 2A5 519 725-0866, Fax [phone], blog: travelswithbirds.blogspot.com

> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:52:42 -0500
> From: lauriefoss@...
> Subject: [BIRDCHAT] RFI Trinidad and Tobago in November
> To: BIRDCHAT@...
>
> Birdchatters,
> I have organized a group of my friends to take a trip to Trinidad and Tobago
> over Thanksgiving this year. That's rapidly approaching!
> I've done a bunch of Google searches for trip reports in that time frame, as
> well as done an eBird search for the same. I've come up with only scant
> information for that time frame and I wondered if any of you have experience
> to offer?
> We're doing the usual tours of Asa Wright on Trinidad and their fieldtrips,
> then Cuffie River Lodge on Tobago and theirs. Do any of you want to offer
> insights or advice for the trip? Any and all would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks a bunch
> Laurie Foss
> Austin, TX
>
> BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
> Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html

     
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