BIRDING NEWS :- a quiet week, this week with not much activity in the field.
In the northern range of Trinidad, a hike along Las Lapas ridge and trace on 29th June produced ORNATE HAWK-EAGLE, LONG BILLED STARTHROAT, 2 WHITE TAILED TROGONS, 2 COLLARED TROGONS, 3 CHANNEL BILLED TOUCANS, 2 BLUE CROWNED MOTMOTS, BLACK FACED ANT-THRUSH, WHITE THROATED SPADEBILL, EULER'S FLYCATCHER, 2 DUSKY CAPPED FLYCATCHERS and a SOOTY GRASSQUIT.
From Dominica, on 21st June, 5 GREATER SHEARWATERS, (historically very rare in coastal waters), 10 RED FOOTED BOOBIES, 15 BROWN BOOBIES, 1 SOOTY TERN, and 3 probable POMARINE JAEGARS were found attracted to the fish displaced by schools of dolphins.