Tobago 2018 |
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View from the Firefly room at Castara Retreats, Castara, Tobago |
Sunset at the restaurant at Castara Retreats |
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The Firefly Room at Castara Retreats |
Firefly room at Castara Retreats. OK room, but no proper balcony with sea breeze |
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Main office, Castara Retreats |
Castara town |
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Had breakfast at Cheno's Coffee Shop in the morning |
Cheno's Coffee Shop |
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Castara town |
"Milk", my private driver on Tobago. He drove me around on the island several days, and was also responsible for the airport transport |
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) and Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), Castara |
Brown Pelican |
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Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), Castara |
Laughing Gull, Castara |
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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius), Little Tobago |
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) |
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A juvenile Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Castara |
Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Castara |
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Red-crowned Woodpecker - male (Melanerpes rubricapillus), Tobago |
Red-crowned Woodpecker - female, Tobago |
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Hummingbird tongue, White-tailed Sabrewing flicking it's tongue out, Tobago |
Male Ruby-topaz Hummingbird in flight. The most spectacular hummer on Tobago |
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Hummingbird feeder. I visited three different feeding sites. Best place for hummer photography |
Charlotteville |
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Charlotteville |
North of Speyside |
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On the boat to Little Tobago. Departing from a resort north of Speyside. It took 20 min over to the protected island |
Goat Island - Toward Little Tobago |
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Melon Cactus (Melocactus broadwayi), Little Tobago |
Cactus (Pilosocereus lanuginosus), Little Tobago |
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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster ssp. leucogaster), Little Tobago |
Red-footed Booby, white-tailed brown morph (Sula sula ssp. sula), Little Tobago |
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One of the main reasons to visit Little Tobago is to see the Red-billed Tropicbird |
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus ssp. mesonauta), Little Tobago |
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Red-billed Tropicbird |
The Red-billed Tropicbird is breeding on Little Tobago |
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Eastern side of Little Tobago, Saint Giles Island in the background |
On Little Tobago. Towards Speyside and Tobago |
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Common Ground Lizard (Ameiva atrigularis), Little Tobago |
Guided tour on Little Tobago. Looking at several species of booby. The guide in yellow shirt |
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Roxborough, Tobago |
Roxborough, Tobago |
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Trinidad Motmot (Momotus bahamensis), Little Tobago |
Trinidad Motmot, Castara |
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White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi) |
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) |
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Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis), Castara Retreats |
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Barred Antshrike - female (Thamnophilus doliatus), Castara Retreats |
Barred Antshrike - male, Castara Retreats |
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Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica), Castara |
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus) |
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The national bird of Tobago, the Cocrico (Rufous-vented Chachalaca or Red-tailed Guan) (Ortalis ruficauda) |
Rufous-vented Chachalaca. Often hunted for the meat by the locals. It tastes great, according to my driver ... |
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Hibiscus flower, maybe Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Castara |
Flower (Aphelandra pulcherrima), Little Tobago |
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Indian Dwarf Banana (Musa laterita), Tobago |
Banana tree, Castara |
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Common Ground Lizard (Ameiva ameiva / atrigularis), Castara |
Richard's Anole (Anolis richardii), Castara |
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Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima), Castara
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Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus), Little Tobago |
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Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Little Tobago |
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Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus), Castara |
Blue-grey Tanager |
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Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum), Castara |
Palm Tanager |
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White-lined Tanager - female (Tachyphonus rufus) |
White-lined Tanager - male |
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Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) |
Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus) - on a cow |
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´ Spectacled Thrush (Turdus nudigenis ssp. nudigenis) |
Carib Grackle - female (Quiscalus lugubris) |
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Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus tobagensis), a subspecies only found in Trinidad and Tobago |
Tropical Mockingbird tobagensis |
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Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster), Castara |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
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Probably Brown Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus), Little Tobago |
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), the most common bird species on Tobago? |
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus), Castara |
Poor image of a Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola), Tobago rainforest |
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda), Tobago rainforest |
Rufous-tailed Jacamar |
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Fern species (Adiantum?), Tobago rainforest |
Maybe Cocoa Tree (Theobroma cacao), Castara |
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Southern Stingray (Dasyatis americana). I was shocked when this massive stingray swam under me. It must have been almost 1.5 meter wide. Certainly the biggest ray I have ever seen. I learned later that they are common in Castara Bay, and that the local fishermen feed them |
Sea urchin in Castara Bay |
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White Encrusting Zoanthid (Palythoa caribaeorum) in Castara Bay |
Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) (orange) with White Encrusting Zoanthid (cream-colored). Castara Bay |
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Having a couple of beers with a Canadian and a local rastafarian in Castara |
Junior Thomas, a local bird guide on Tobago. He helped me find the Jacamar on my last day on the island |
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Local fish dish at Glasgow Bar / Paradise Point, Tobago |
Afternoon shower in Castara |
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