Re: Tobago
Tyler Bell (bell@say.acnatsci.org)
Tue, 03 Mar 1998 15:22:38 -0800
Just to get on the gravy train here...
Jane and I went to T&T several years ago and had the ffrench Birds of
Trinidad and Tobago as well as the Murphy birdfinding book. Both were
excellent on Tobago but the de Schauensee Birds of Venezuala came in
handy on Trinidad. The illustrations in ffrench were not always
excellent, as was commented by a previous poster, but were usable. Some
of the flycatcher pix left a little to be desired for separation in the
field.
You may also want to take along a Peterson's Eastern or National
Geographic for some of the more common birds that also appear in the US.
They are not covered well in ffrench.
If you can, make a layover in Trinidad and have lunch on the veranda at
Asa Wright. The hummers and honeycreepers at arms length make eating
difficult!
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Joseph j Halpin wrote:
>
> My wife and I signed up for the Tobago trip that was cited on this
> listserv about a month ago. Now I have a question about the birds of
> this area. The group leader is proposing that we get together to get a
> discount on a book-The Birds of the West Indies. But when I looked over
> this book at the CMBO store, the area of coverage of the book seems to
> exclude Trinidad and Tobago. However, they had another book which was
> exclusively for T&T, not cheap ($35) and not the kind of pictures and
> layout of the National Geographic Guide.
>
> Does anyone have any knowledge/experience in this area to know whether a
> guide to the West Indies or South American Birds would be good enough and
> yet more useful for future trips to other areas? How about a bird
> checklist for this area? Any ideas where one can be picked up from the
> Internet? I checked several websites without any luck?