TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST RESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

  After driving into the Main Ridge Forest Reserve we came across the sign in the second photo.   The James Path of the second photo was named after our Tobago birding guide's (our guide's name was Gladwyn James) father.   Further along we stopped, after lunch, at the Gilpin Trace trail.  This is one of the main trails in the reserve for sighting birds.

FEMALE RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

BLUE-BACKED MANAKIN, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

    We can ID this bird as a male Blue-backed Manakin by its generally black color with a scarlet V-shaped patch on crown and a sky blue mantle.
   The Blue-backed Manakin is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 589a.

STREAKED FLYCATCHER, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

MALE SHINY COWBIRD, TOBAGO MAIN RIDGE FOREST PRESERVE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

LAUGHING GULLS IN FLIGHT, BATTEAUX BAY, SPEYSIDE, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO