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  1. njlarsen

    Birding in Tobago August

    I would assume ( I am sitting without my copy of Murphy at the moment) that tropicbirds would be really difficult in August, and possibly also sooty tern. Frigatebirds and brown booby, I have seen those in any month of the year, and I am living just a couple of islands further north. Niels
  2. njlarsen

    Birding in Tobago August

    There has been several other threads on T&T recently with good advice, and I hope you have read these. To repeat a couple of items: I don't think there is a really bad time to visit. Get Murphy's book on birding in T&T for site and abundance information. There is a new field guide out for T&T...
  3. njlarsen

    Birding in Tobago August

    My previous post was written without access to my books. I have now looked in Bill Murphy's book, and chiggers are mentioned for Trinidad, with nothing for Tobago, so you are probably right on that. Leeches are not mentioned at all. I had the impression that leeches was a problem in Africa and...
  4. njlarsen

    Birding in Tobago August

    In Tobago ??? Red bugs or chiggers maybe, but ?
  5. njlarsen

    Birding in Tobago August

    Someone would have to pay me well to wear wellies, so I am probably not the right person to ask. It rained a little while on the main ridge, and I made do with sturdy walking shoes, so a lot is up to personal preference. Cheers Niels
  6. njlarsen

    Birding in Tobago August

    A link to a report in Audubon magazine on Trinidad http://magazine.audubon.org/features0507/trinidad.html Niels
  7. njlarsen

    Birding in Tobago August

    I visited Trinidad and Tobago 9 days in April/May last year, so no specific info on August. The Murphy book is definitely worth the effort as that has bar graphs with variation of bird availability throughout the year and directions to a lot of locations; look at http://www.birderbill.us/...
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