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Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert The Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert is
published weekly on the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club website, and is also
available via email. Its aim is to promote birding and ornithology in the southeastern
Caribbean by fostering communication among resident and visiting birders. The primary functions of the TTRBC are 1. to ascertain which records of rare birds in Trinidad and Tobago are acceptable beyond reasonable doubt 2. to publish periodic reports on TTRBC decisions 3. to maintain an official list of the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. The TTRBC cannot consider records that are not submitted- even if the observer has communicated his/her sightings to the Southern Caribbean Bird Alert (SCBA). Indeed the SCBA is a tool for communication and does not function as a means of reporting or verifying records. The table below indicates all species reported in the SCBA which are on the TTRBC rare bird list, but for which we have received no official reports. Recipients of the SCBA who have made these observations are urged to fill out the report form so that the records may be considered. Forms may be submitted to the secretary, TTRBC.
Date of SCBA Species Reported 1999 January 6
Summer tanager, Marbled godwit, little egret, Rufescent 17 Black hawk-eagle, Hook Billed kite 24 Rufous-necked woodrail
28 American Oystercatcher, golden-winged warbler, February 5
White-eyed vireo, ring-necked duck, Eurasian whimbrel, 9 American coot (tgo), Caribbean coot (Tgo), little egret 18 Herring gull March 16 Hook-billed kite, blackpoll warbler 24 King vulture April 1 Cliff swallow, bank swallow
8 6 little egrets, northern shoveler, lesser scaup,
13 Cory's shearwater, manx shearwater, parasitic
22 Caribbean martin, white-faced whistlingduck, green 28 Black-throated green warbler May 6 Rufous shafted woodstar (mount) 13 Azure gallinule, bank swallow 19 Red-billed tropicbird June 8 Ringed turtle dove 23 Rufous-shafted woodstar AWNC July 2 White-faced whistlingduck 8 Hook-billed kite, Caribbean coot, little egret August 10 Long-tailed jaeger, zone-tailed hawk (tgo) 18 Ruddy-breasted seedeater, white-tailed goldenthroat 25 Little egret, blue grounddove, yellow-bellied seedeater September 10 Bank swallow 15 Black hawk-eagle, little egret, aplomado falcon 22 White-tailed tropicbird (tgo), black hawk-eagle 30 Bank swallow, red-capped cardinal (nesting) October 7 Ruff, aplomado falcon, pawi 15 Bobolink, yellow-breasted seedeater 21 Blackpoll warbler November 3 Swainson's hawk
11 Rufous-necked woodrail, lesser swallow-tailed swift 19 Glossy ibis, white ibis
26 Summer tanager, blue-headed parrot (Tgo.) lesser seed December 3 Baltimore oriole, blue-headed euphonia 8 American oystercatcher, Rose-breasted grossbeak
17 Purple heron (Tgo), white-tailed hawk, blue hooded
24 Ruddy-breasted seedeater, moriche oriole, 2000 January 7 American Kestrel
28 Scaled Antpitta, Hook-billed kite, Scarlet macaw, February 18 M. Godwit,
little egret, bank swallow, ruddy-breasted 25 Blackpol warbler, yellow grossbeak March 3 Grey heron. M. godwit 17 Swallow tanager, black and white warbler 24 Spotted tody-flycatcher (Claxton bay), Roadside hawk April 7 Swainsons flycatcher 14 Red-footed booby, Parasitic Jaeger, Caribbean Martin
21 Scarlet tanager, rufous shafted woodstar (Morne bleu), 28 Masked booby, little egret May 5 Red-billed tropicbird, Parasitic Jaeger (10)
12 Scaled antpitta, Scarlet Tanager (little tobago), Black 19 Scarlet tanager, glossy Ibis
26 Buff-breasted sandpiper, little egret, ringed turtle June
2 Caribbean martin, scaled antpitta, cory's 23 Moriche oriole |
