Off we went this morning to Trinidad's beach on the Atlantic Ocean. Yesterday we saw the Caribbean Sea from the lookout on the way to Brasso Secco Paria. Again it was hot and sunny. We stopped at a couple of places and found a Pearl Kite sitting on a nest. Smooth-billed Anis were plentiful. Green-rumped Parrolets were also seen flying around and finally we saw some on a roof. A Red-breasted Meadowlark was spectacular.
At Nariva Swamp there was an abundance of birds including Gray-breasted Martin, Savannah Hawk, Tropical Mockingbird, Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Black-crested Antshrike, Straitiated Heron and Cocoi Heron. We had the White-headed Marsh Tyrant and the Pied Water Tyrant.
Here are a couple of photos of the birds. There is a lotus flower which grows from 2 feet in diameter lotus pads. There is also the Crimson Crested Woodpecker which is as big as our Pileated Woodpecker. There is also a Wattled Jacana and a local cow with Cattle Egret friends.
It was a super day and we returned to Asa Wright at dusk.
We had a bit of excitement on the drive up today. Each of us got to dance to Caribbean Music. We stopped at a rest stop bar to use the washroom in the morning and people in the bar saw us and cranked up the music and a lady from the bar had each of dance our way out of the bar!!
We had a lovely picnic lunch at the beach and it was real windy and the tide was coming in and we had to hold onto our plates. After the long afternoon at the marsh, we had Rum Punch time at the beach on the return journey. Gosh we are doing so much eating these days. It was really hot today but the good thing was the steady breeze.
The Blanchisseuses Road had some wash-outs last week with the rain and the county is fixing the real mud-side areas which we have to travel through. Today was particularly worrisome as at some curves there was very little space to drive with four wheels on the ground and it is along way down. At one turn, we all leaned to one side, as if to help Mahase negotiate the curve safely!
We had excitement in our minibus also. At the march, our guide got out to talk with a fisherman as we had asked what the fisherman was catching. Mahase brought over the bucket of fish and took one out to show us. The fish was slithery and jumped out of his hand and in a big arc jump, we all screamed at the flying fish and it landed in Brenda's lap!! The fish was caught and put back in the pail and returned to the fisherman. Then the tissues came out to help Brenda with the clean-up.
Peggy and Barbr are doing great too. These ladies had their room changed from up the hill to a room/little cabin close by the main building. It was a hard walk up up there for them. Barbr had told the manager that the walk up would kill her! So their room was changed once there was a free room. This new room has a long tiled bathroom along with a long tiled shower room. It was double the size of our shower which was slippery because of the smooth tiles but we had hand rails and a shower mat in ours. Barbr and Peggy's new shower had no safety bars and neither of them wanted an unfortunate accident to happen. They alerted the manager that hand rails were missing, thinking that at least management was aware of it. They came back from the outing and behold!!! Safety hand rails had been installed!!! Asa Wright was quick to respond. Thank you!
This selfie was taken at the beach. As you can see... Happy Faces.
At Nariva Swamp there was an abundance of birds including Gray-breasted Martin, Savannah Hawk, Tropical Mockingbird, Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Black-crested Antshrike, Straitiated Heron and Cocoi Heron. We had the White-headed Marsh Tyrant and the Pied Water Tyrant.
Here are a couple of photos of the birds. There is a lotus flower which grows from 2 feet in diameter lotus pads. There is also the Crimson Crested Woodpecker which is as big as our Pileated Woodpecker. There is also a Wattled Jacana and a local cow with Cattle Egret friends.
It was a super day and we returned to Asa Wright at dusk.
We had a bit of excitement on the drive up today. Each of us got to dance to Caribbean Music. We stopped at a rest stop bar to use the washroom in the morning and people in the bar saw us and cranked up the music and a lady from the bar had each of dance our way out of the bar!!
We had a lovely picnic lunch at the beach and it was real windy and the tide was coming in and we had to hold onto our plates. After the long afternoon at the marsh, we had Rum Punch time at the beach on the return journey. Gosh we are doing so much eating these days. It was really hot today but the good thing was the steady breeze.
The Blanchisseuses Road had some wash-outs last week with the rain and the county is fixing the real mud-side areas which we have to travel through. Today was particularly worrisome as at some curves there was very little space to drive with four wheels on the ground and it is along way down. At one turn, we all leaned to one side, as if to help Mahase negotiate the curve safely!
We had excitement in our minibus also. At the march, our guide got out to talk with a fisherman as we had asked what the fisherman was catching. Mahase brought over the bucket of fish and took one out to show us. The fish was slithery and jumped out of his hand and in a big arc jump, we all screamed at the flying fish and it landed in Brenda's lap!! The fish was caught and put back in the pail and returned to the fisherman. Then the tissues came out to help Brenda with the clean-up.
Peggy and Barbr are doing great too. These ladies had their room changed from up the hill to a room/little cabin close by the main building. It was a hard walk up up there for them. Barbr had told the manager that the walk up would kill her! So their room was changed once there was a free room. This new room has a long tiled bathroom along with a long tiled shower room. It was double the size of our shower which was slippery because of the smooth tiles but we had hand rails and a shower mat in ours. Barbr and Peggy's new shower had no safety bars and neither of them wanted an unfortunate accident to happen. They alerted the manager that hand rails were missing, thinking that at least management was aware of it. They came back from the outing and behold!!! Safety hand rails had been installed!!! Asa Wright was quick to respond. Thank you!
This selfie was taken at the beach. As you can see... Happy Faces.
Barbs, Brenda & Peggy ( all photos here are Barbc's)
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