Re:

>Anyone have any experience/ recommendations/ suggestions with field
guides
>for Trinidad and Tobago?
>John Chandler
>Alandale Training Corporation
>Richmond, BC, Canada
>604-274-8777

I haven't been to T&T nor used this book, but it appears to be
satisfactory. It was written by a respected author, sponsored by the
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and published by the Asa Wright
Nature Center:

A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
ffrench, Richard P. 1980
Harrowwood Books
3934 N. Providence Rd.
Newtown Square, PA 19073

470 pgs (but not overly heavy nor bulky); 28 color plates
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