Much of this blog is written in real time, even if there’s a significant delay in uploading to our website. I like to take notes
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Author: budgetbirders
Change Of Plans! Are We Crazy?!
This road, with steep walls of green forest on either side, is a well-known birding location boasting 291 species for the eBird Hotspot list (the
Read moreTime To Pull Out All The Stops – Mexico
For as much birding as Ross and I have done, we’ve gone on very few pelagics together, all of which have been self-coordinated with locals
Read moreWait, It Was His First?!?!
Blue-capped Hummingbird holds a very special distinction. Blue-capped Hummingbird was the very first bird that Ross learned about that is known as a “range-restricted endemic.”
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An Auspicious Beginning – Southern Mexico
It is hot and dry in southern Mexico, and a lovely place to visit if you love tacos, blue skies, and speed bumps, which are
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Thoughts from Guatemala
I think any time one visits a new place, they leave as a new, likely improved, version of themselves. At the very least changed in
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Tikal – The BEST Birding Site in Guatemala!
The temples built by the Mayans are some of the most sturdy structures in the world. These steps have quite literally stood the test of
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The Quezt for Quetzal!
Surely one of the most highly anticipated and extraordinary birds of any trip to Guatemala is Resplendent Quetzal. It’s bright green and red, nearly neon,
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The Door To The Sky
“Puerto de la cielo”, translated means “the door to the sky.” It is such a fitting name for one of the mountains that we drove
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The Search For A Unicorn
We ascended sharply up the side of the mountain well before first light to visit Zunil Volcano. We weren’t visiting the volcano exactly, we were
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