10,000 Birds
MARCH 29, 2015
Honduras was finally a reality. Excellent 10,000 Birds posts have been written about Pico Bonito and Honduras by Corey and Carlos , so I’m going to focus on some of my most memorable experiences. I hope, despite BLI predictions, they find a safe haven in this area of Honduras for decades to come. Trips Honduras Pico Bonito'
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2012
Lago de Yojoa, Honduras, February 2009 Let’s say that you are a serious birder on your first trip to the neotropics and are hoping to see as many species as possible. And what did we see?
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2012
Tree Swallows squabbled and hunted in the air overhead and spent time examining the numerous nest boxes erected for them. By the end of our circumnavigation of the West Pond we had totalled 38 species, a decent haul for mid-March and I hadn’t come close to exhausting my store of Honduras anecdotes.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
The most likely bird would be Fulvous Whistling-Duck which I tried for and dipped on last year thanks to the refuge that was good for them being closed for hunting on the day that I made the attempt. Ever since I met Julie in Honduras back in 2009 I have wanted to get out birding with her again. It hasn’t happened.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
The one case that could have been an actual Turkey was a bird spotted in Honduras, where they may or may not have been, by our friend Christopher Columbus. The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2012
The biggest threats to their continued survival in the wilderness are habitat destruction and hunting, for both food and for the pet trade (though they are not considered in the least bit endangered). Green Iguanas range from southern Mexico and the Caribbean islands to South America and are relatively common.
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