Subject: Re: Trinidad & Tobago field guide
Date: Oct 06 12:07:08 1996
From: "Z. Thompson" - zath at u.washington.edu


John Chandler wrote:
>
> Anyone have any experience/ recommendations/ suggestions with field guides
> for Trinidad and Tobago?
> John Chandler
> Alandale Training Corporation
> Richmond, BC, Canada
> 604-274-8777My girlfreind and I went to T & T this spring. You will definitely want
to pick up a copy of "A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago" by
Richard ffrench (yes, this is the correct spelling.) I know that the ABA
sells this field guide. Contact them at 1-800-634-7736 and ask for Item
#712.
In addition to the ASA Wright Nature Center that Mickey informed you
of, you might also consider staying at the PAX Guest House in the
mountains. The gentleman who runs the place, Girard, is an extremely
knowledgeable birder who will set up all day birding adventures in the
Caroni Swamp vicinity or the east coast of Trinidad to see the
Red-bellied Macaws that regularly come to roost in the Palm trees. And,
as a bonus, Girard will charge you no more than pocket change.
In Tobago you might consider staying at the Kariwak Village. From there
you can take day trips from a gentleman named David Rooks (P.O. Box 348,
Scarborough, Tobago, West Indies; Tel:/Fax: 1-809-639-4276.) Rooks is a
well known ornithologist and activist throughout the West Indies. He
offers trips to Little Tobago, where you can stand in the exact same
vantage that they filmed "Trials of Life" about the Magnificent
Frigatebird and Red-billed Tropicbird, and the central rainforest of
Tobago, where he will find the White-tailed Sabrewing--once thought to
be extinct. At the far end of Tobago, tou might consider staying at the
Blue Waters Inn ($$$) or the less expensive Man-O-War Bay Cottages.
If you have any further inquiry please contact me. Hope you have fun.
We saw 135 species in a little less than two weeks.

Zachariah Thompson
Seattle, WA
zath at u.washington.edu