Before I left home I had spent a happy few hours scanning ebird hotspots and looking at some of the places I might visit. A rash of red spots crossing the central Panama belt caught my attention and led me to investigate Pipeline Road. An area close to Panama City but rich in resident andContinueContinue reading “Birding Pipeline Road”
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Birding Bocas del Torro
We have moved on to Panama and just had a week diving the wrecks and reefs here. But we also took a day out to go birding visiting three key locations by boat – Changuinola Canal, Boca del Rio Changuinola and Isla Pajaros (Bird Island). We had arranged a boat captain (Enrique) and guide (Stacey)ContinueContinue reading “Birding Bocas del Torro”
Rich wildlife around Arenal
Our last post from the rich nature wonderland of Costa Rica focuses on birding around the Arenal Volcano. We had quite mixed weather including lots of rain but we were still pleased to see a range of birds and other wildlife. Arenal Observatory Lodge We had a very wet soggy morning at Arenal Observatory Lodge.ContinueContinue reading “Rich wildlife around Arenal”
Photography Feeders of North East Costa Rica
We continue our adventure through Costa Rica and this time we are travelling through the Arenal and La Selva birding regions. This region is particularly rich in photography hide setups so I will be reviewing a few of these in this post. A great resource for Costa Rica is Ground Cuckoo Hotspots although I bookedContinueContinue reading “Photography Feeders of North East Costa Rica”
Carara served three ways
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”
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”
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