A Trip to Trinidad & Tobago

A few pictures from a birding trip to Trinidad and Tobago from February 25-March 4, 2004 with a fabulous group. Organized by Pat Ward of the Birding Tour Company, most of our group are members of the Illinois Audubon Society. We began our trip with a few days at the Asa Wright Lodge on Trinidad, taking a few day (and night) tours to various locations in addition to birding the grounds of the lodge, and then on to Tobago for several more days. These pictures only capture a couple of the more than 200 species seen on the trip. The variety, indeed the whole experience, is difficult to capture in words or pictures, but here's a few I got. Simply click on each of the smaller images to see a larger version. Good memories, but no pictures of those red howler monkeys, agoutis, tropical fish, ...rum punches, Pat stories, laffs...

Click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger picture.


Trinidad

View from
the verandah

Female Tufted
Coquette (really!)

Lodge Lizard

A Stand of Bamboo

Roadside View

Bamboo Closeup

Oropendola Nest

The Oropendola
Community

Same nest
up close

Heliconia

Rainforest
Walk

Roadside Stop
w/superb guide, Rudal Ramlal

View of
Caroni Swamp

Red Ibis (red specks-really!)
Roost at Caroni

Terri
in the jungle

Rainforest
plant

Beach near
Nariva Swamp

Immortelle Tree

Royal Palms
(and macaw roost)

On to Tobago!

Beach View

View from Room
Blue Waters Inn

Little Tobago
Island

Little Tobago guide
Frank

Little Tobago
Roosting Site

Red-billed
Tropic Birds

Dos
Tropic Birds

Another
TB

Bay and Immortelles
Pat's Retirement Home