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Field Trip Report, Sunday 27 November, 2016 CAURA JUMBIE CAVE by Nicholas See Wai Quarterly Bulletin of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club January – March 2017 Issue No: 1/2017 Field Trip Report, Sunday 27 November, 2016 CAURA JUMBIE CAVE by Nicholas See Wai A group of fifteen members of the Trinidad and group made their way down the Churchill Roosevelt Tobago Field Naturalists Club gathered at the south Highway and then into the Caura Valley. The group entrance of The University Of The West Indies on stopped on a quiet road that was surrounded by th the morning of Sunday 27 of November 2016. Their destination was the Caura Jumbie Cave. The (Continued on page 3) Dan Jaggernauth briefs the group before they begin to hike to the cave Photo by Jeffrey Wong Sang Page 2 THE FIELD NATURALIST Issue No. 1/2017 Inside This Issue FIELD TRIP REPORT 1 CAURA JUMBIE CAVE - Nicholas See Wai Quarterly Bulletin of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club 4 ‘NATURALIST IN’ SERIES IN THE NEW NEW WORLD January - March 2017 - Christopher K Starr Editors 7 BIRD GROUP REPORT Amy Deacon, Renoir Auguste, CALTOO TRACE Associate Editor: Rupert Mends - Kamal Mahabir 8 STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE Contributing writers Christopher K. Starr, Hans Boos, Kris Sookdeo, Stephanie - Amy Deacon Warren-Gittens, Nicholas See Wai, Katrina Khan, Kamal 9 YOUR IDEAS AND OBSERVATIONS Mahabir, Reginald Potter, Jeffrey Wong Sang, Matt Kelly. 10 GEOLOGY TRIP REPORT Photographs OILSANDS Amy Deacon, Jeffrey Wong Sang, Hans Boos, Kris Sookdeo, Christopher K. Starr, Lawrence - Reginald Potter James, Stephanie Warren-Gittens, Katrina Khan, Stefanie 13 BIRD GROUP REPORT White, Kamal Mahabir, Mike Rutherford. MT ST BENEDICT - Matt Kelly Design and Layout 16 FIELD TRIP REPORT Eddison Baptiste and Amy Deacon RIO SECO - Stephanie Warren Gittens 18 NATURE IN THE NEWS Compiled by Kris Sookdeo 19 BUG PROFILES The Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club WASP is a non-profit, non-governmental organization - Christopher K. Starr Management Committee 2016/2017 20 ART SHOWCASE SHINING SHADOWS President ……………... Darshan Narang 678-6291 - Katrina Khan Vice-President ……….. Palaash Narase 751-3672 22 DISCOVERING FUNGI BIODIVERSITY OF T&T Treasurer…………….. Selwyn Gomes 624-8017 -Jeffrey Wong Sang Secretary ………...…... Amy Deacon 390-0826 25 COMMENTARY Assist-Secretary ……... Renoir Auguste 761-9197 LA VACHE CAVE - Hans Boos Committee members ... Dan Jaggernauth 659-2795 Kris Sookdeo 647-5556 27 Management Notices Danielle Morong 28 Notes to Contributors Contact us! Email: [email protected] Website: www.ttfnc.org Editors’ note : Many thanks to all who contributed and Facebook: www.facebook.com/ttfieldnaturalistsclub assisted with articles and photographs. YouTube: www.tinyurl.com/ttfnc Disclaimer : The views expressed in this bulletin are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion and views Postal: The Secretary, TTFNC, c/o P.O. Box 642, of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Page 3 THE FIELD NATURALIST Issue No. 2/2017 FIELD TRIP REPORT - CAURA CAVE 2017 (Continued from page 1) agricultural crops such as eggplant, ochro and paw paw. The group was also greeted by the sound of a striped cuckoo (Tapera naevia). In Trinidad and Tobago, the striped cuckoo is also known as ‘wife sick’. After a briefing by trip leader Dan Jaggernauth the group set off on their journey to the cave. As the group made their way into the forest, a turkey Tracks at the start of the trail. Suspected ocelot vulture (Cathartes aura) was seen perched at the top (left) and crab-eating raccoon. By Amy Deacon of a Tree. The bois canot tree is also known as large sharp rocks were seen. After climbing over the cecropia (Cecropia glaziovii). Cecropia is used to rocks, the group arrived at the entrance of the cave. make musical instruments such as flutes and guitars. Dan then cautioned people to be quiet, since the The tree is also planted in areas that are prone to cave is home to Africanized bees (Apis mellifera erosion. Cecropia is also used for medicinal scutellata). Africanized bees or ‘killer bees,’ as they purposes. The leaves are used in the treatment of are called, are a subspecies of the western honey illnesses such as pneumonia and asthma. The leaves bee. Africanized bees are feared by many people can be used to treat Parkinson’s disease. Moving on because of their sting. When they are provoked, a little further, another large bird was seen perched they have been known to chase people for long in a tall tree. This time, it was a grey headed kite distances. The presence of the bees discouraged (Leptodon cayanensis). This species can be seen in many people from entering the cave. Dan and Mike areas of open woodland and swamp forests. Its Rutherford were the only two brave souls who range stretches from Mexico to Trinidad, and parts entered the cave. When Dan returned, he said the of southern South America such as Peru and smell of guano was very strong. He also said that the Argentina. layout of the cave was very confusing, since there Once in the forest, Dan took a slight detour. He were many chambers inside the cave, and one can led the group to some large rocks. Some members easily get lost. After leaving the cave we returned to got closer while others watched from a distance. the cars by a different route. After the large rocks the trail went uphill. The Dan then led us to a plot of land that was being ground was slippery, which caused many members used to grow crops such as portugals. After crossing to tread carefully. Upon approaching the cave, some a shallow stream the group made their way to the top of a small hill. At the top of the hill, the members came upon a lovely view of the surrounding area. Smooth-billed anis (Crotophaga ani) and crested oropendolas (Psaracolius decumanus) were seen. After a short rest the group returned to the cars, thus bringing another successful field trip to an end. Dan Jaggernauth and Mike Rutherford find an encyclopedia entry on caves in the bus shelter. By Amy Deacon Page 4 THE FIELD NATURALIST Issue No. 1/2017 ‘Naturalist In’ Series IN THE NEW NEW WORLD A Review by Christopher K. Starr A Review of: Philip Henry Gosse 1851. A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. This piece is 42nd in a series on 'Naturalist In' books. Previous reviews can be accessed at www.ckstarr.net/reviews_of_naturalist.htm Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) was born in England into insecure circumstances. His early life was marked by hardship and often dire poverty. Because he had to go to work at an early age, Gosse had little formal schooling. However, there was much reading and writing at home at a time when the British working class was becoming increasingly literate and publishing was an expanding industry. Gosse was physically sound and a thorough field naturalist, never happier than when out collecting and observing. He continued his excursions almost to the end of his life. He was a proficient writer of both popular science books and original natural history, illustrated with his own precise drawings and plates. His son, Edmund Gosse (1890, 1907), wrote two biographical accounts of P.H. Gosse, whom he said was "less in sympathy with the literary and scientific movement of our age than, perhaps, any writer or observer of equal distinction." In 1832, at the age of 22, Gosse underwent a sharpening of his overall outlook that included a desire to devote himself to both natural history and religion. His life from that point was marked by Gosse with his son Edmund in 1857 definite purpose and, as expected, his writings were firmly in the natural-theology tradition. He became a special creation of all species -- remained in fruitful stalwart of the Plymouth Brethren, whom his son communication with Darwin even after the called "a byword of bigotry and unlovely prejudice." appearance of On the Origin of Species. They were regarded by the general public of that time Likewise, his scientific attitude was solid. This latter much as the Jehovah's Witnesses are today, although is seen in his approach to the lock-and-key with less warmth. explanation of insect genitalia. It had often been This all makes Gosse sound like a dreadfully remarked that these tend to be both complex (at least compromised naturalist, yet that is far from the case. on the male side) and species-specific, so that in His observations were rigorous and reliable, as principle one could identify species in many groups evidenced by his correspondence with Charles according to genitalia alone. This gave rise to the Darwin, who utilized some of Gosse's observations in hypothesis — widely accepted until recently — that the service of his theory of evolution. For his part, species specificity provides a mechanical guard against Gosse -- although a biblical literalist committed to the wasteful false mating. Even as he endorsed this Page 5 THE FIELD NATURALIST Issue No. 1/2017 800 species of plants, mostly new species. Sloane's personal collections later formed the nucleus of the British Museum (Natural History). As expected, Jamaica was a rich hunting ground for Gosse, and he established a daily collecting routine. During the early period he was impressed by one novelty after another on a daily basis. His main attention was to the birds, leading to a book (Gosse 1847) that brought knowledge of the birds of Jamaica to a new level, including definite records of almost 200 species. The present book, then, is mainly about animals other than birds. In another respect, Jamaica was a disappointment.
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