Costa Rica has featured in my wildlife plotting for many years. I have dreamed of coming here and as we continue our journey south we are finally here. We added a few birds in El Salvador and Nicaragua but here birding was not really the focus. In fact in Nicaragua we were without our binocularsContinueContinue reading “Monteverde Cloud Forest”
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Macaw Mountain, Copan Ruinas
We are now in Honduras and today we visited Macaw Mountain near Copan Ruinas. The Scarlet Macaw is the national bird of Honduras and this bird has frequently been taken as a pet or for that matter featured in movies (often accompanying a pirate or two). The Macaw Mountain project was set up to careContinueContinue reading “Macaw Mountain, Copan Ruinas”
Birding Tikal & Lake Atitlan
We have been in Guatemala for about 10 days and the birding has been fairly slow mainly because we haven’t been able to find a local guide. We reached out to several online but none came back to us. At Tikal we added about 10 new birds over two full days but it was frustratingContinueContinue reading “Birding Tikal & Lake Atitlan”
Birding Mountain Pine Ridge
Some times I have a great day birding and I have great photos to go with each step of the way. I saw a great bird in great light, I enjoyed it and then I took a decent photo of it. This was not one of those days. I do have some decent photos from the day, particularlyContinueContinue reading “Birding Mountain Pine Ridge”
Birding at Crooked Tree
So, we have just had three days birding in the marvellous Crooked Tree area of Belize. The lagoon was quite high so some of the trails were blocked so we had to be imaginative in our excursions. There were plenty of new birds and opportunity to strengthen our ID skills on birds we half knew fromContinueContinue reading “Birding at Crooked Tree”
Diving and Visiting Half Moon Caye
This is a “from above and from below” post. We took a diving trip to the Blue Hole with Frenchies Diving. The blue hole was a great dive but that isn’t really the focus of this blog as not much wildlife more about the rock formations. But on this trip we also had lunch at Half Moon CayeContinueContinue reading “Diving and Visiting Half Moon Caye”
Snorkelling Hol Chan Marine Reserve
So followers of this blog will know that I have started diving again recently after a 20 year gap since being a keen diver before. I dive to get closer to the marine life but to be honest today’s snorkelling trip with Cave Man Snorkelling Tours, Caye Caulker Belize questioned this logic. I saw more marine lifeContinueContinue reading “Snorkelling Hol Chan Marine Reserve”
Diving with Bull Sharks
So let me say upfront, today’s activity was not for everybody but for me, it was the highlight of my adventure so far. Today I went diving with Bull Sharks, 4m long adults. Not one or two but at least 16 were counted at one time. In my humble opinion sharks have an undeserved reputation. A natural fearContinueContinue reading “Diving with Bull Sharks”
Birding Muyil, Sian Ka’an
So our time in Mexico is soon to come to and end as we are about to move on to Belize but I was keen for one last birding outing with a guide and Sian Ka’an has a good reputation. We found a local bird guide called Eddy (Facebook, WhatsApp +52 983 809 7203), and again Eddy wasContinueContinue reading “Birding Muyil, Sian Ka’an”
Monkeys at Punta Laguna
So today we headed out to the Punta Laguna Spider Monkey Reserve in the hope of seeing, eh Spider Monkeys. To be honest we had a slight hope of seeing Howler Monkeys albeit the website says these are much harder to see. We paid our entrance fee 200 pesos (about £9) and were off. We did haveContinueContinue reading “Monkeys at Punta Laguna”
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