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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Birdwatching and Tropical Nature
led by Mark Smith
and regional naturalists
March 13-22, 2009
Trinidad and Tobago provide a delightful introduction to tropical ecology and birdwatching. Ten miles from Venezuela, Trinidad has an essentially South American fauna and flora; all the classic South American bird families and plant families are represented on the island, but the bird diversity, at 400 species, is not overwhelming. This is especially true because for five leisurely days we are at one idyllic site, the famous Asa Wright Nature Center. The Center, located at 1200 feet in Trinidad's Northern Range and surrounded by forest and plantations, has been the site of many important discoveries in tropical ecology. The center combines comfortable accommodations within the forest with some of the easiest tropical birdwatching anywhere.
Just 15 minutes flight from Trinidad lies Tobago, an island ringed by beach and Cocoa Palms. Tobago is physically as well as biologically more like the other West Indian islands than is the larger Trinidad.
Join me on this relaxed introduction to the Neotropics!
March 13-22, 2009
GROUND COST: $2885 (includes Tobago flights)
LEADER: Mark Smith & Regional Naturalists
LIMIT: 14
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