Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

Anne and I took the ferry back to the mainland this morning, but before we left, I had one more outing to look for wildlife on Caye Cauker, and what an outing it was. We’ve seen blue herons, and white egrets, and even a blue heron that is white for its first year, but whatContinue reading “Caye Caulker keeps up the pace…”

It was another day in paradise, out here on Caye Caulker, and we got an early start exploring the south end of the island. There were a lot of wonderful things to see, but a highlight has got to be my very first adult yellow-crowned night heron. Long time readers will surely recognize the nameContinue reading “More tropical surprises…”

Anne and I spent most of the morning traveling, but we arrived on Caye Cauker, off the coast of Belize, in time for a late lunch. It was a bit of a challenge for me to focus on food, however, because the place was alive with wild and wonderful new birds. I’ve had the goodContinue reading “Back to Belize…”

Things went as spectacularly as I could have hoped this morning, and we had beautiful weather for exploring the forest outside of the Tikal archeological site. We even waited until after breakfast before heading out, and that felt luxurious. We had been hearing parrots, noisily “vocalizing”, as I’ve been taught to say, in the treetopsContinue reading “A fine Guatemalan send-off…”

Today we visited the Tikal archeological site, and it was truly a wonder, of the same order of magnitude as Petra in Jordan. But we wanted to have breakfast before we went, which didn’t start till 7 am, and the sun came up around 6, so we strolled around the grounds to see who mightContinue reading “Tikal!”

Holy Moly! What a day we had. Before breakfast, Anne, my sister, Deb, and I all strolled around the island city of Flores, and we found a swallow that none of us had ever heard of, let alone seen before, this darling mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea). After breakfast, we piled into a rental car andContinue reading “Guatemala says, “hold my beer!””

Today, Anne and I traveled to northern Guatemala to meet my sister, Deb, but before we went, we had one more morning to look around in Belize, so we tried the Cahal Pesh archeological site right around the corner from our hotel. It did not disappoint. First, I finally got eyes on the national birdContinue reading “Belize outdoes itself…”

It was another amazing day in Belize, and things got off to a great start when I strolled around the hotel grounds before breakfast. I spotted this little bird, which I have never seen before, in a small tree, and my camera was having a dickens of a time focusing in the low, early-morning light,Continue reading “Belize really ups its game!”

Anne and I arrived at the fabulous Cahal Pech Village Resort in San Ignacio on the west edge of Belize around mid-afternoon today, with a special thanks to my niece, Liz, who picked us up at 4:10am to bring us to the airport. I was thrilled to find plenty of critters out and about atContinue reading “Having a great time in Belize…”

My nephew and his betrothed were successfully married yesterday afternoon, yay, so I didn’t really get out to look for wildlife until this afternoon. I have had some luck with mid-day walks lately, but let us say that today I had just enough luck. The only picture I managed to capture was of this darlingContinue reading “A toast!”