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The Reptilian Interloper
28 days ago | By 10,000 Birds
I would say it was just another mundane morning at the treatment ponds in SW Tobago - but this wouldn't be true no matter how convenient the framing would be to set the stage for this post. Several migratory species were around - I'll touch on these in a subsequent post - but all was quiet and calm nevertheless.
Ducks and grebes paddled around, Anhingas swam beneath the surface, occasionally appearing with a skewered fish. A Black Skimmer drifted from one end of the pond to the other, oftentimes coming into such proximity that the swishing of its feathers was audible. I had been visiting...
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