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Anne and I arrived home safe, sound, and on time last evening, which is always nice. In Estabrook Park this morning it was cool, but not cold, windy, and sunny, which is also nice for a November day in southeastern Wisconsin. The critters seemed miffed, however, perhaps because I was away for so long, andContinue reading “Autumn is sure here now…”

As promised, Anne and I head home today, but I had time before breakfast for one more walk around the Crooked Tree Lodge, and I am sure glad I did. This little cutie is a green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), who I also first saw in Brazil, but had failed to capture on film until today.Continue reading “One more post before I go…”

Anne and I arrived at the Crooked Tree Lodge mid-afternoon yesterday, and the sights have been fantastic. If you read this blog, and I hope you do, then you know that Anne has taken me to some wonderful places, and I have had the good fortune to see plenty of amazing creatures, but I haveContinue reading “Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary”

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…”