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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”

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 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”

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”