7/17/2011

Bird Watching In Tobago

By Zachary Justice


Once you catch birding fever, it will overtake your entire life. One great way to get hooked is to start planning a trip so that you can start bird watching in Tobago.

About Watching Birds In Tobago

There are many positive things that can be said about Tobago bird watching, and one of those things is exotic - you won't regret taking time out for this. Tobago is the smaller island of the Trinidad and Tobago nation, the southern most island of the Caribbean, located off the East Coast of Venezuela.

Tobago bird watching focus on the marine environment and coral reefs as an unusual setting for bird watching. Some of the birds you could find in these islands are Red-footed Boobies, Red-Billed Tropicbirds and Magnificent Frigate birds, just to name a few. Tobago is the place where introduction to birding in South American began.

Tobago has around 150 to 200 bird species of the 467 recorded in both Trinidad and Tobago. Take note, though, that Tobago is drier and located further offshore than Trinidad. It offers great birding with species not found anywhere else in Central America, including specialty birds, such as the Caribbean Martin, White-fringed Antwren, and Pale-vented Pigeon.

Birds of Tobago are not usually seen on Trinidad, the reason why it is convenient to take one of the many local tours, or schedule a bird watching activity with your actual tour operator. Another advantage of ecotourism and bird watching at Trinidad and Tobago is migration.

Some bird watching ventures are scheduled around the dates when birds form North America and other Caribbean Islands migrate to Tobago, adding a rewarding experience to bird watching. Among the birds migrating are cocricos, hummingbirds, jacamars and peregrine falcons - so why not book yourself a tour during migration period and see what you can find?

However, you can simply travel to Tobago pretty much any time of the year for good birding. Once there, planning a bird watching excursion is easy, particularly with the help of islanders who know better than anyone else where the best birding viewpoints are located. Just ask hotel and resort owners - they themselves believe it is best to have one of the locals help you out in your birding excursion.




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