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Guatemala’s current capital, Guatemala City and colonial capital, Antigua both lie in the central highlands. Most of this vast region is between 2000 and 4000 meters above sea level and characterized by cool mountain forest habitat. Apparently, it’s also magic for hummingbirds. I’ve previously encountered the typical feeder hummingbirds of this region working the noble [...]

Well, I am back in New York now and reliving my birding experiences in Honduras by blogging them.  There were so many great birds and great people that it is difficult to decide what to blog about and in what order, so I am going to make my way through my experiences in Honduras chronologically.  [...]

So there I was, back in one of my favorite countries in the world. A few regrettable travel malfunctions kept me from attending the conference portion of the Guatemala International Birding Encounter program at Finca El Pilar so my adventure began in earnest the next morning at Cerro Alux. This was a fitting inception point [...]

After catching a cab in the cold night air of Queens at 4 AM last Sunday morning I was at LaGuardia Airport in no time.  My flight left at the time advertised and I was in the air on my way to Houston and my connecting flight to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, before most people [...]

Malign meteorological conditions over the northeastern United States couldn’t keep me from coming home to share tales of high adventure through the central and western highlands of Guatemala. The trip was by all accounts a rousing success, one that I look forward to unpacking over the coming weeks. But those of you steeped in Central [...]

They say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. I don’t know how this month will end but we’ll be roaring right into it. After my unforgettable week in Guatemala and Corey’s extended odyssey in Honduras, we’ll be unpacking our Neotropical adventures for the foreseeable future. And yet, just because [...]