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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 17, 2012 - 08:24pm PT
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I'm putting together a birding trip to Honduras in late February and early March...should be a great trip at a cost of $1,500 for nine days with everything covered but airfare.
The trip looks like this...expect to get around 200-300 species.
DAY ONE: Arrive in San Pedro Sula and transfer to PANACAM LODGE
DAY TWO: Pickup by Your native guide and driver, and we値l head for Lake Yojoa, a very large, natural lake in central part of Honduras. This is a great place for water birds including Black Bellied whistling Ducks and Muscovy Ducks, Spotted Rail, Ruddy Crake, Gray Breasted crake, Northern Jacana and many more. We might get lucky and find other good species as well. We値l stay at PANACAM on the lake for the next two nights and explore the lake region and surrounding mountains.
DAY THREE: We値l spend some time in the morning birding the panacam lowlands for Prevost Ground-Sparrow, Green-backed Sparrow and the numerous hummingbirds in the lake region. After lunch, we head for the highlands of Cerro Azum Meambar National Park. We will get our first taste of cloud forest here. Thi is home and one of the best windows to find Keel-billed Motmot here,. Blue-crowned, Tody andTurquoise-browed Motmot should be seen along the way, as well as Collared Trogons. The lovely Black-crested Coquette, Wite bellied Emerald and many more Hummingbirds are found as well in the park at feeders close to the visitors' center., Red-capped and White-collared Manakins should also be present. We will probably see our first Bushy-crested Jays, Green jays and Unicolered Jays in here.
DAY FOUR: More birding in the Lake Yojoa area around Los Naranjos National Park in Pena Blanca. Then we値l drive 3 Hours to Marcala and stay at the nice Hotel Finca Rosael for the next two nights.
DAY FIVE :We値l make another early deparure to bird to Las Trancas Nature Reserve in the morning where we hope to find the rarest of the motmots: Blue-throated Motmot. If we are lucky enough to find this bird, and our guide does know where some nests are, we might be able to find all the motmots of Central America on this trip. Honduras is the only country that has all seven of them (although the Russet-crowned Motmot痴 southernmost range may extend slightly into Guatemala).other species in here can be found:White Breasted Hawk, Resplendent Quetzal, Red Faced warbler, Gray Breasted Wren, and many others.
DAY SIX: We will bird in the morning in areas close to the Hotel and then we will leave to La Tigra National Park., it would take us up of 3 hours to get there so we will stay at Los Gloriales Inn for the next two nights, we will do birding in the areas of the hotel in the afternoon we can great looks of Black Vented Oriole, Magnificent Hummingbirds, Strong billed Woodcreeper, and many others.
DAY SEVEN: we need to make an early departure of about 5:00 AM for La Tigra National Park where we値l hike up into the rainforest looking the Resplendent Quetzal, Slate-colored Solitaire, Singing Quail, Scaled Antpita, Green Breasted Mountain Gem and others.
DAY EIGHT: We値l continue birding in the morning, then we値l depart for Tegucigalpa 10 am, to the airport.
The trip would be limited to 8-10 people.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 17, 2012 - 08:26pm PT
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Hmmmmm. :)
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Jul 18, 2012 - 12:31am PT
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Bob, how soon do you need the money for the trip? I am interested, but I need to be able to substitute teach to earn the cash.
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cyndiebransford
climber
31 years in Joshua Tree, now Alaska
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Jul 18, 2012 - 12:59am PT
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Arctic Tern seen while kayaking on Watson Lake.
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Taos, NM
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Jul 18, 2012 - 10:10am PT
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Cyndie...no rush...I would take a small deposit in December.
The guide I have is amazing. Speak English and know Honduras birding areas like the back of his hand.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jul 18, 2012 - 10:49pm PT
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Posing on the feeder.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Jul 18, 2012 - 11:01pm PT
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Nice shot slater!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 19, 2012 - 09:31am PT
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Cool sea series! Thanks!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jul 19, 2012 - 05:09pm PT
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Nice Mike. Were those shot in Monterey Bay? I've never gotten such a good look of a Blue Whale. It sounds like they are around in big numbers as they were in 2010. We didn't make it out that year and need to do it soon.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 19, 2012 - 06:30pm PT
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Ron - love the photos! I think you have some House Sparrows in that photo. Hardy little guys! I hope people don't fail to post less-than-perfect photos here. It's all about the birds - good and less good photos alike!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jul 20, 2012 - 02:37pm PT
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Bird bump.......
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jul 20, 2012 - 03:20pm PT
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Ron,
From what I could make out in the photo, I would have guessed it was one of those yellow-variant House Finches except that you said it had a long slender bill. Considering that I am at a loss.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Jul 20, 2012 - 03:34pm PT
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RON - the bird in question is the largest whiteish bird in each photo correct. Is another of the same bit also stickin it's head in the left side of the first photo you posted? I haven't a guess at the moment, but maybe later if I can do some searching.
BOB- the trip sounds really fantastic. Dont think I'll be able to make it, but who knows things may change.
OPERATION BIRD RESCUE -
The mission to save our baby yellow warbler failed last night. We checked on the bird before dinner. Went in for a few hours and checke again before bed and it was gone. Still no sign of it. Sad. I look at the spot every time I go by wishing it will magically be back. Who know what happened...raven? snake? mink? I'm so sad today =( my girl an I had named the little guy Cesar because of the little fuzzy crown of baby feathers he wore.
R.I.P. CESAR!!!!!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:12pm PT
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Matty,
It could be the baby warbler has fledged. Yellow Warblers fledge 8-10 days after hatching. It might have just left the nest prematurely by a few days. You said it was flapping 3 days ago, right? I don't think it would be long after that they would be able to fly some.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:16pm PT
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Ron - I guess I don't see (or can't see well enough) the bird you are describing. I *thought* you meant the House Sparrow (guessed above) but misunderstood.
Anyone??
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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Jul 20, 2012 - 04:39pm PT
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Ron,
Is this the bird you meant?
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jul 21, 2012 - 12:49am PT
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Ron, in that picture I see two House Sparrows, one house finch (albeit and interesting angle), and what appears to be the back-half of a dove, likely a Eurasian-collared dove. All very common at a feeder and mix well together.
Throw in a western scrub jay and you got a backyard party!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Jul 21, 2012 - 12:54am PT
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One of the best shots of a swallow I've managed to take.
He was literally at my feet just outside the railing. He was checking me out.
Very brave, beautiful bird.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Jul 21, 2012 - 02:01am PT
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I took these the other night on the way back from the crag. What kind of bird is it?
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Jul 21, 2012 - 10:35am PT
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Great blue heron Mike. Nice reflection.
Yeah slater swallows can be tough. We have some that live by the dock here and are pretty tolerant of people. They will perch only a few feet away sometimes. Each year they have babies and we get to watch then learn to fly. Tough luck as the nest is under a roof that is over the water. If they fall it's straight in the drink.
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