I just came off an interview with WESN about my latest tribute to the Main Ridge Forest Reserve, during which I was asked about the various birding sites on Tobago, and the threats faced by the flora and fauna of the island. That got me going on the disproportionate effects of climate change – the well-known phenomenon of small-island states like Tobago bearing the brunt of warming seas and irregular weather despite not being a major contributor to the carbon emissions that a

Recently I made a post on my Instagram account with a caption that mentioned perspective shifts as a necessary tool of realisations. Not Realisation, but realisations. Realisation as a proper noun is the pathless path and is not the topic of this article. It was this post, with its sentiments lingering in the corners of my psyche, combined with the preparation of another article on bird migration that really got me thinking about the words we use to describe the birds we love