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Belize bird list 2018-11-15 - 7:25 a.m. Whoot!!!! pic.twitter.com/s4IrjBWKt4 — Peach Front (@Peachfront) November 13, 2018 Note: During this trip I reached my goal of seeing over 2,000 species. LIFE birds starred. *** pied-billed grebe brown booby -- cute moment being surrounded by boobies & frigatebirds during swim with the sharks brown pelican-- tried to video a pel catching the mighty fish neotropical cormorant double-crested cormorant-- surprised to learn they are to be expected on Caye Caulker anhinga magnificent frigatebirds -- some immatures scuffled above us during shark swim ***BARE THROATED TIGER HERON*** great views adults at Crooked Tred great blue heron great egret snowy egret little blue egret tricolored heron cattle egret green heron black-cowned, yellow-crowned, and boat-billed night heron white ibis roseate spoonbill black, turkey, lesser yellow-headed, and king vulture -- amazing looks Slate Creek Canyon black-bellied whistling duck blue-winged teal osprey white-tailed kite snail kite black-collared hawk -- 2 pairs up close Crooked Tree boat ride sharp-shinned hawk crane hawk --couple great looks CT, my favorite is poor birb being hit by angry kingbird white hawk -- one well seen Slate Creek Canyon gray hawk common, and great black-hawk roadside, broadwinged, & short tailed hawk -- nice dark morph black hawk eagle laughing falcon american kestrel bat falcon plain chachalaca ***Rufous necked wood rail*** ***Russet naped wood rail*** sungrebe limpkin black-bellied& semipalmated plover killdeer black-necked stilt solitary& spotted sandpiper ruddy turnstone semipalmated& least sandpiper long-billed dowitcher laughing gull gull-billed & royal tern rock dove pale vented& red-billed pigeon white-winged dove ruddy ground dovw ***blue ground dove***-- only saw males, great color white tipped dove Eurasian collared dove olive throated parakeet brown hooded parrot white crowned ( pionus) parrot ***white-fronted parrot*** red-lored parrot ***mealy parrot*** squirrel cuckoo groove billed ani common paraque little hermit wedge-tailed sabrewing-- awesome color in a preening bird.. ***white bellied emerald*** rufous-tailed hummingbird cinnamon hummingbird ***black-headed trogon*** gartered, collared& slaty tailed trogon ***Tody Motmot***-- one bird well seen Lesson's Motmot -- the active & familiar motmot of the area ringed, belted amazon& green kingfisher ***white-necked puffbird- awesome trip seen pm Crooked Tree boat trip*** white whiskered puffbird rufous-tailed jacamar northern emerald toucanet -- great bird sitting out by the road on a bare branch to give easy looks collared aracari keel-billed toucan (Belize type with no red stripe at bottom of yellow breast) acorn woodpecker black-cheeked woodpecker ***Red-vented or Yucatan woodpecker*** golden-fronted woodpecker yellow-bellied sapsucker golden-olive woodpecker ***chestnut-colored woodpecker*** lineated woodpecker pale-billed woodpecker ***rufous-breasted spinetail***-- just when we were about to give up, we found one singing where it could be easily seen buff-throated foliage gleaner ***plain xenops*** -- multiple sightings ***tawny-winged woodcreeper*** ***ruddy woodcreeper*** olivaceous woodcreeper wedge-billed woodcreeper ***northern barred woodcreeper*** -- Blue Hole National Park ***ivory-billed woodcreeper*** -- many well seen barred antshrike -- best pair seen at Crooked Tree where male was serenading an interested female dot-winged antwren -- good-sized flock at Blue Hole National Park ***yellow-bellied tyrannulet*** -- one of the life birds first seen during the "rush" on the road to Caracol yellow-bellied elaenia ochre-bellied flycatcher ***sepia-capped flycatcher*** -- one of the life birds first seen during the "rush" ***northern bentbill*** -- a couple of sightings that took a long time to see the whole lil bird in the greenery ***slate-headed tody-flycatcher*** common tody-flycatcher yellow-olive flycatcher ***sulphur-rumped flycatcher*** olive-sided flycatcher eastern wood-pewee -- one of them was a fledgling sitting in the road but we encouraged it to move along OK yellow-bellied flycatcher -- singing bird out in the open black phoebe vermillion flycatcher-- the spirit of Crooked Tree ***Yucatan flycatcher*** -- Crooked Tree boat trip dusky-capped flycatcher great crested flycatcher great kiskadee boat-billed & social flycatcher tropical & couch's kingbird (admittedly, we spent little time inspecting kingbirds) scissor-tailed flycatcher-- airport fence ***Northern (Thrushlike) Schiffornis*** ***Rufous Piha*** -- the schiffornis made us crazy trying to get it in the scope by flying back and forth in front of us, but the piha was a patient bird just sitting there when we drove up & the piha was in the fact the first bird of the "rush" moment on the road to Caracol where we saw several lifers in ten minutes rose-throated becard white-collared manakin-- at one sight, we saw a displaying male who actually did make the popcorn noise as well as its other sounds white-eyed vireo ***mangrove vireo*** -- might have been my first life bird of the trip, seen on the road into Crooked Tree yellow-throated vireo ***Yucatan vireo*** -- amazing close, eye level looks at one on Caye Caulker ***Tawny-crowned Greenlet*** -- cute, close, confiding, & one of the "rush" birds, because it was so close it gave the impression of being larger than it was! ***Lesser Greenlet*** -- we'd already seen it before the "rush" but it was also there and could be compared to the tawny-crown ***Green Shrike-Vireo*** -- I am assured this bird is seldom seen but we saw it well because it had captured a moth it was struggling to conquer and thus didn't have time to keep trying to hide itself high in the canopy -- great show! Green Jay Brown Jay ***Yucatan Jay*** -- Crooked Tree Mangrove Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow band-backed wren ***spot-breasted wren*** -- I suspect I saw my lifer as I was getting out of the car at the very first stop of the trip heading into Crooked Tree because a small, confiding wren came right up to me & the guide heard the spot-breasted wren call, however, the light was poor, and later we got much more spectacular views house wren ***white-bellied wren*** -- not too hard to observe since it was working on its nest near the road long-billed gnatwren -- a struggle to get a good view because it was small, fast, & flirty but eventually I got a great look blue-gray gnatcatcher wood thrush -- cutest spot was a small flock of five or six bathing in a puddle I found near Crystal Paradise clay-colored robin gray catbird ***black catbird*** -- many seen after rain storm on Caye Caulker tropical mockingbird black-and-white warbler blue-winged warbler northern parula yellow warbler chestnut-sided warbler magnolia warbler black-throated green warbler yellow-throated warbler ***Grace's warbler***-- seen well in pine & provided great opportunity to contrast with the area yellow-throated warblers bay-breasted warbler worm-eating warbler ovenbird northern waterthrush -- there were several but I only saw one super well, that one was a good one, though, close & confiding because we were in the canoe common yellowthroat -- many hooded warbler yellow-breasted chat ***gray-headed tanager*** -- great looks ***black throated shrike-tanager*** -- the life bird, a female, was most cooperative because she was eating but later some others (including a couple of males) were not as well seen (bad light) red-throated ant-tanager -- a feeder bird at Crystal Paradise hepatic tanager summer tanager Passerini's tanager -- a wonderful view of a male sunning all spread out on a branch displaying the red rump/back & his eyes closed, not sure if he was anting or if he was just catching rays but he appeared to be in ecstasy blue-gray tanager yellow-winged tanager yellow-throated euphonia ***olive-backed euphonia*** -- only one bird well seen but it was splendid in good light red-legged honeycreeper -- don't know how I got "lucky" but every one I focused on was a female blue-black grassquit variable seedeater Morelet's (white-collared) seedeater ***blue seedeater*** yellow-faced grassquit ***green-backed sparrow*** rusty sparrow grayish saltator black-headed saltator ***black-faced grosbeak*** -- large flock once we realize they were there! northern cardinal rose-breasted grosbeak blue-black grosbeak ***blue bunting*** -- the brat life bird of the trip since I saw only the female blue grosbeak painted bunting -- charming male bathing in the puddle at Crystal Paradise that hosted the bathing wood thrushes the next day red-winged blackbird (we spotted all of one, I think) melodious blackbird great-tailed grackle bronzed cowbird black-cowled oriole orchard, hooded, yellow-backed, & yellow-tailed oriole Baltimore oriole ***yellow-billed cacique*** montezuma oropendula Hi pic.twitter.com/p6Ej0qH9aL — Peach Front (@Peachfront) November 9, 2018 back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford