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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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Birds of Belize by Steve N. Yet they also bring up questions, which I’m going to talk about right now before diving into the specifics of the guides themselves. An associated issue is that the Belize and Costa Rica guides share many of the same descriptions of species, written by Howell. Why are these issues?

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Visit Guatemala with Birding Expeditions

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Our company is based in Guatemala but also offers tours in Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, and Mexico. Whether you are traveling with your family, in a small group, or alone, our tours are customizable to suit your every need and wish. Guatemala has the most reliable places to observe the mythical Horned Guan.

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How I Saw My First Jabiru

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While in Belize for my family vacation one of the birds I most wanted to see was a Jabiru. My best chance to see one would be during the three days we planned to spend in Hopkins, on the Caribbean coast of Belize. So on our last full day in Belize we rented a cart and away we went! Where are all of the dump trucks going?

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America: A Book Review

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So, if you are going to write a field guide on the birds of the countries south and east of Mexico–Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—it makes the utmost sense that you embrace the whole geographic area. This is an important fact to keep in mind if you are birding Belize and northern Guatemala, where their ranges overlap.

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The Awesome Tree

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I’ve been back from Belize for several days now and have fully recovered from the chiggers, the sunburn, the sand flies, the rum, and the exhaustion of international travel. (I I know, I know, poor me, right?)

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eBird Photo Quizzes: A Great Way to Prepare for a Trip

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In a little less than two weeks my family and I will be enjoying a long weekend on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. But my experiences in Belize and Honduras give me a good basis in the birds of the region and I have plenty of time to study and learn what to expect with the endemics.

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They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Birds in Brazil.

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They are members of the Parulidae family and Horneros are members of the Furnariidae family, a nice example of parallel evolution. First Corey gets his life Jabiru in Belize, then I see my lifer in the Pantanal. I was practically right next to the two in this photo (and, note the Rufescent Tiger-heron photobomb).

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