Bird Watching Guatemala Blog

Lemuel, Melvin and me birding at Ixpanpajul Photo by Maynor Ovando A couple of weeks ago I joined to Melvin and Lemuel, two of the best birding guides in Guatemala, to an early birding walk in Ecological Park Ixpanpajul. We started at 6:00 in the morning and the sound of Blue-crowned Motmot, Clay-colored Robin and Great Tinamou was announcing the sunrise. Vermillion Flycatcher (female) The first bird in sight was a female Vermillion Flycatcher and then a complete flycatcher parade was in front of our eyes, including Yellowish Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee and Tropical Kingbird. Through the dense vegetation surrounding the trail we observed Green-backed Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, Red-throated Ant-tanager, Tawny-winged Woodcreeper and Olivaceous Woodcreeper. Bronzed Cowbird Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Yellow Warblers, Black-and-white Warblers, Blue-gray Tanagers, Bronzed Cowbirds and hundreds of Northern Rough-winged Swallows were easy to see. Two hour...

Vermillion Flycatcher's Nest Photo by Maynor Ovando Rainy season in Guatemala is always a nice occasion to birding, the biology in the whole expression in surrounding you everywhere and the perfect example is bird breeding. During my last visit to Flores Petén, I had the wonderful opportunity to observe a breeding couple of Vermillion Flycatcher. I got the nest and took a picture but this time I went directly to the tree and found a couple of chicks. The female and male were flying around to protect their descendant. Two little chicks Photo by Maynor Ovando I’ll try to have a record of the chicks development and share with you the experience. Feed me! Photo by Maynor Ovando Posted by Maynor Ovando http://www.birdwatchingguatemala.com/ is a registered trademark of Martsam Tour & Travel Copyright® 2,008 http://www.birdwatchingguatemala.com/ http://www.martsam.com/

Photo by Maynor Ovando Benedicto and Lemuel Friendship is the best part of birding. Look at a Vermillion Flycatcher’s nest is not the same thing if you can’t share the experience and fortunately I almost always travel with my friends Benedicto and Lemuel. In the future they will share pictures and comments in this space, so this is an informal way to introduce this wonderful guys to you. Posted by Maynor Ovando www.birdwatchingguatemala.com is a registered trademark of Martsam Tour & Travel Copyright® 2,008 http://www.birdwatchingguatemala.com/ http://www.martsam.com/