Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Asa Wright Nature Centre - A Birder's Paradise With more than 430 recorded types of birds Trinidad & Tobago ranks among the world's best bird watching. Over 170 species of birds have been recorded for the Arima Valley where the Asa Wright centre is located. Situated within the grounds is the most accessible colony of nocturnal oilbirds in the world. While at the centre the birds we sighted were: the bearded bellbird, a channel billed toucan, numerous hummingbirds including the tufted coquette, ruby topaz and white crested emerald Jacobin, red-legged honeycreeper, green honeycreeper, blue gray tanager, male and female white lined tanager, silver beaked tanager, yellow oriole, blue crowned Motmot, crested orapendula and bananaquit, as well as many others we didn't identify. We didn't sight, but did hear the endangered oilbirds and a pygmy owl. The feeders were an absolute delight to view as a great profusion of birds of every colour imaginable gathered.

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