10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2024
Acorn Woodpecker and Black-crested Titmouse were plentiful and confiding. Amazingly, everyone showed up at dawn except for one person, who’d had a near-death experience with me on Colombia’s Sumapaz paramo, an acceptable excuse for a no-show. Legend has it he can hear birds as far away as Guatemala. This was going to be epic.
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2021
This elegant species is closely related to the Evening Grosbeaks of the far north, but can only be seen in 5 discontinuous regions of Mexico and Guatemala. In my experience, they are never an easy find; and I had never before seen so many of them, or so close to urban Morelia. the female. true love.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Most of our readers are not likely to be able to ID this bird, because it only occurs in Mexico and Guatemala. But previous experience with Ejido Triquillo taught me that another species might turn up during the spring. And a Hairy Woodpecker and Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo , also FOYs, insisted on giving me good photos.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2020
Most of all, the time and effort is worth it when we see new birds, surpass our goals, and when we share those trying, challenging, exuberant and triumphant times with others because the birding party is always better, always stronger, when you you can enjoy the experience with like-minded souls.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
In this first installment, I will focus on my impressions and experiences in the highlands portion of our tour. One of these islands may have been the present day Northern Central American Highlands which includes Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas). This is a fascinating area of transition.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2019
While this amazing bird can also be readily seen in Guatemala, western Panama, and a few other places, ease of access in Costa Rica and fantastic appearance put it onto this list. Rufous-winged Woodpecker. Watch for it in rainforest of the South Pacific slope. Resplendent Quetzal. Yellow-naped Parrot. Bare-necked Umbrellabird.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2014
Female Imperial Woodpecker in flight, Mexico, a still from recently found film made by William Rhein, p. Eskimo Curlew, Passenger Pigeon, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Bachman’s Warbler, Carolina Parakeet—these are names that echo mightily through birding histories and even some recent field guides.
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