If you go to an excellent restaurant you might find a dish on the menu which is Pork/Beef/Carrot/Asparagus (take your pick) “served three ways”. One or more of the offerings will look and taste nothing like the aforementioned ingredient which apparantly shows how clever the chef must be. Well in this post I offer theContinueContinue reading “Carara served three ways”
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Birding the Talamanca Highlands
Moving on through the natural wonderland of Costa Rica we have moved into the Talamanca Mountains and the area around Los Quetzales National Park and the San Gerado D’ota Valley. These mountains which form the southern spine of Costa Rica and continue into Panama have a high number of regional endemics, birds only found hereContinueContinue reading “Birding the Talamanca Highlands”
Monteverde Cloud Forest
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”
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”
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”
Birding at Rio Lagartos
Two things stood out today. The first is how friendly people can be, and the second is how friendly wildlife can be. So, before I came to Mexico I had marked Rio Lagartos as somewhere I wanted to visit and in particular go birding. The best way to see it is from the water and that meansContinueContinue reading “Birding at Rio Lagartos”
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