Laughing Falcon

Pipeline Road

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1 and 3 August 2014 No trip to Panamá is complete without a visit to Pipeline Road. Pipeline Road is one of the most famous birding destinations in Panamá and perhaps even in Middle America. Located in Soberanía National Park, this dirt road offers some seriously excellent birding along a 17 km stretch that passes through mature tropical forest [...]

The Final Costa Rica Post – La Gamba area, the Osa, and more

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La Gamba, Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas, Rincon de la Osa, and Los Cusingos 14 – 16 June 2014 The Osa Peninsula and the nearby Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas are one of the great birding destinations of Costa Rica. While lacking the huge suite of Caribbean slope specialties, there are some very range restricted endemics here, the best lowland [...]

The Caribbean Coast – Manzanillo and Hitoy Cerere

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May 13-18, 2014 After a lot of rain, no showers, and a lot of early mornings, we were long overdue for some beach time, relaxation, and unfortunately some waterproofing work on the truck. We headed for Cahuita, south of Limon, and a fantastic little waterfront campground with cabins called Camping Maria (just north of Cahuita in Playa Negra, [...]

Southern Belize and the hunt for the Keel-billed Motmot

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Mayflower Bocawina, Cockscomb Basin, and Hopkins Village 7- 13 Feb 2014 As most of the birds of Belize can also be found in Mexico, and having seen most of the birds in Mexico, there were not many new species that we needed to seek out, but we were still keen to bird some of the large rainforest reserves of southern Belize. We tried to access [...]

Sarteneja, Belize

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4-7 Feb 2014 Sarteneja and the Shipstern Nature Reserve lie on the edge of a huge estuary system in northern Belize. The flora and fauna are very similar to the Vigia Chico Road area of the Yucatan, though the forest is a bit taller and a touch less scrubby in parts. Getting to Sarteneja is pretty straightforward though it involves about 2-3 hours [...]