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Honduras Birds

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A week-long family vacation to Honduras is sadly over. This one was in Cayos Cochinos, the small island chain off of Honduras. Hopefully, you liked this brief look into the Honduras birds I saw. Make sure to come back for lots more Honduras birds! Fortunately, we made lots of great memories and took lots of photos.

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Guide to the Birds of Honduras Translation Project

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I first met Robert Gallardo in 2009, when I made my first visit to the Neotropics for the Mesoamerican Bird Festival in Honduras. Robert arrived in Honduras with Peace Corps in 1993 and has been a resident ever since. How many of us have gone bird watching in a country where the native language is not English?

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Birding in Honduras, Part I: Highlands

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In September, I had the fantastic opportunity to travel to an increasingly popular destination for birding: Honduras. As one who is perennially interested in biogeography, the birds found in the upper elevations of Honduras were of particular interest to me. In short, the mountain birding in Honduras promised a slew of cool new birds.

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Birding Honduras–The Cryptic Birds

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Honduras was finally a reality. Excellent 10,000 Birds posts have been written about Pico Bonito and Honduras by Corey and Carlos , so I’m going to focus on some of my most memorable experiences. I hope, despite BLI predictions, they find a safe haven in this area of Honduras for decades to come. Trips Honduras Pico Bonito'

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Birding Zamorano University in Honduras

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To this tasty tropical cocktail concocted in July 2018, we added one more volatile ingredient in the form of a contingent of Americans and Hondurans sponsored by the Honduras Institute of Tourism. The trail also passes a number of lagoons reputed to be the best chance in Honduras for Anhinga.

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Phone-scoping with NovaGrade in Honduras

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Last week I was living it up in beautiful Honduras at the exceptional Lodge at Pico Bonito at the behest of friends at Leica. It sat in a box in my house for weeks but I through it in my bag for Honduras because Jeff Bouton, Leica rep and stand-up guy, guaranteed that I’d be able to make something out of it.

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Birding in Honduras, Part II: Pico Bonito Lodge

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After wrapping up our time in the highlands of Honduras, Chris Lotz (owner of international bird tour company Birding Ecotours ) and I arrived at the deservedly famous Pico Bonito Lodge. Tody Motmot is perhaps one of the most charismatic bird species in all of Central America, and Honduras is perhaps one of the best places to see it.

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