How to see/spot/ get the double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad? (ok, to end the suspense: it is a rare bird in TT, so please continue reading for content, and sorry the photo is down below, thanks much, kisses…) Well, of course you don’t go looking… Continue Reading “How to ‘get’ a double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, Photography, Science, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Asa wright Nature center, Bearded bell-bird, birding, Blue-headed parrots, Caroni Swamp, endangered species, Grand Riviere, Honeycreeper, Hummingbirds, Indian diaspora, Leather-back turtles, Mt. Plaisir, Nannan tours, nature, Nature photography, Owls, Pawi, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Scarlet Ibis, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago, wildlife, Winston Nannan
We went back to Trinidad after 5 yrs and stayed at the Asa wright nature center, Arima, again. A lot of things have changed there in 5 yrs, all of it for the better at the center. One thing hadn’t changed much, the… Continue Reading “Rain trance”
Category: Environment, Phlog, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birdsTags: Asa wright Nature center, birding, birds, Dance, Hummingbirds, Nature photography, Rain, Rainforest, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, White-necked jacobin, Wildlife art, Wildlife photography
Posted on March 16, 2016
by neuroticphilosopher
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Here are some of the birds we saw in CR, these look like they were in the middle of a thought..
Category: Environment, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: birding, Birding tour, birds, Boat-billed heron, Bright-rumped attila, Costa Rica, Crested Guan, Emerald toucanette, Endangered birds, Great Curassow, Green Honeycreeper, Green kingfisher, Green violetear hummingbird, Herons, Honeycreepers, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Laughing Falcon, Nature tour, Northern Jacana, Olive throated parrot, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Rarely seen, Trogons, tropical birds, Vulnerable birds, Wildlife photography, Woodpeckers
Posted on February 26, 2016
by neuroticphilosopher
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For my trip to Costa Rica, I am relegating my trip experience to the photos I took…..As in any tropical country, the jungles made me feel alive and the birds and animals, much closer than I have usually seen, reminded me of Trinidad more… Continue Reading “CR stories #1: Marvin Rockwell, a pioneer, a businessman, naturalist, paramedic, rockstar-superman!”
Category: Environment, I think.., Photography, Travelogue, World CultureTags: Adventure, Airstrip, Cheese, Children's Eternal forest, Cloud Forest, conservation, Costa Rica, happiness, Hummingbirds, Marvin Rockwell, Monteverde, nature, Orchids, Pan-American highway, Pioneers, Professions, Quakers, Rainforest, stories, Success, Superman, Tour-guide
Posted on November 9, 2012
by neuroticphilosopher
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This image are from Trinidad and either just after or during it was raining! The hummingbirds, especially the White necked Jacobins ( like the one above) frolick around in the rain, as if to show off that unlike other birds, hummingbirds are not afraid… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal”