Belize: 2009

Click on the small picture to see a larger, more detailed version. I toured Belize (Belize City, Crooked Tree, Lamanai, Chan Chich) in March, 2009. The weather was lovely much of the time and many of the photos turned out well. Most of the photos were taken with a Canon SLR camera with 300mm zoom lens, but I also use a Nikon point-and-shoot for both scenery and digiscoping. All modes are represented below. The trip was very enjoyable and was led by Jan Hansen (dba Otus Asio Tours otusasiotours@bellsouth.net). Jan leads a variety of trips, all of which I would recommend.

Belize City area

Belize City from the air: main airport area, islands off shore. March 24, 2009;
Magnificent Frigatebird and Brown Pelican, March 15, 16, 25, 2009

Spotted Sandpiper and Ruddy Turnstone along the shore,
Iguana and Yucatan Squirrel nearby, March 15, 17, 25, 2009.

Great Kiskadee, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Common Tody Flycatcher, March 14 - 17, 2009.

Great-tailed Grackle, Tropical Mockingbird, Ruddy Graound Dove,
Clay-colored Robin, March 15, 17, 25, 2009.

Cinnamon Hummingbird, Green-breasted Mango, White-collared Seedeater, March 15, 17, 25, 2009.

Yellow and Yellow-throated Warbler, March 15, 17, 2009.

Summer Tanager, March 15, 17, 2009.

Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Blue-gray Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, Hooded Oriole,
Yellow-bellied Elaenia, March 15 - 17, 2009.

Crooked Tree

Lodge from the water, Grey-breasted Martin, Mangrove Swallow, Vermillion Flycatcher,
Bat Falcon, at Crooked Tree Lodge, March 16, 2009

Great Black Hawk (imm.), Osprey, Black-collared Hawk, Roadside Hawk,
from the boat out of Crooked Tree Lodge, March 16, 2009

Boat-billed Heron, Agami Heron, Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Roseate Spoonbill,
from the boat out of Crooked Tree Lodge, March 16, 2009

Grey-necked Wood Rail, Prothonotary Warbler, American Pygmy Kingfisher,
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, from the boat out of Crooked Tree Lodge, March 16, 2009

Jabiru with young on nest, Olive-throated Parakeet,
on way home from Crooked Tree, March 16, 2009.

Lamanai

Wood Stork with Great and Snowy Egret along road to Toll Bridge,
Ringed Kingfisher on river from Toll Bridge to Lamanai,
Jabiru and Social Flycatcher at Lamanai Outpost, March 17, 2009.

Blue-black Grassquit, Melodius Blackbird, Black-headed Trogon, Yellow-throated Euphonia,
Olive-throated Parakeet, at Lamanai Outpost, March 17, 2009.

Laughing Falcon, Yucatan Woodpecker, at Lamanai Outpost, March 17, 2009.

Lamania Outpost: cabanas, view of New Lagoon,
baby crocodile, Green and American Pygmy Kingfisher on night boat trip March 17, 2009.

Snail Kite, Sungrebe on creek across the New Lagoon,
scene, Botteri's Sparrow, Rufous-browed Peppershrike at Savannah area, March 18, 2009.

temples, Jan, Mangrove Vireo, Violaceous Trogon,
Mayan ruins at Lamanai, March 18, 2009.

Iguana, Howler Monkey, Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, Bat Falcon,
Neotropic Cormorants at Mayan ruins at Lamanai,
Barred Antshrike at Lamanai Airport, March 18, 2009.

Mangrove Swallow at Lamanai Outpost, March 18;
Yucatan Parrot, White-fronted Parrot,
Grasshopper Sparrow, Yucatan Jay at Savannah, March 19, 2009.

Limpkin along creek opposite Lamanai,
Grey-crowned Yellowthroat on road to Chan Chich, March 19, 2009.

Chan Chich

Grey Fox, Roadside Hawk, Green-breasted Mango, Yellow-winged Tanager,
Swallow-tailed Kite, La Milpa field station,
Plumbeous Kite, Black Hawk-Eagle, along road, March 19, 2009.

Chan Chich cabanas and restaurant, March 20-24, 2009,
Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Chan Chich, March 24, 2009

Ocellated Turkey, Chan Chich, March 21 & 24, 2009

Montezuma Oropendula, March 19, 21, & 24, 2000,
Red-billed Pigeon, Mealy Parrot, Chan Chich, March 19, 2009

Spider Monkeys, lizards, tarantula, Chan Chich, March 19-22, 2009

Scenes along the trails near Chan Chich,
Morelet's Crocodile, Deppe's Squirrel, March 19-24, 2009

Chestnut-colored, Pale-billed, & Black-cheeked Woodpeckers,
Olivaceous and Strong-billed Woodcreepers,
along the trails near Chan Chich, March 19-23, 2009

White-whiskered Puffbird, Red-capped Manakin,
along the trails near Chan Chich, March 20, 2009

Red-legged Noneycreeper, Slaty-tailed Trogon, Red-lored Parrot, Black-faced Grosbeak,
along the trails near Chan Chich, March 20-24, 2009

Royal Flycatcher, Cinnamon Becard, Greenish Eleania, Thrush-like Schiffornus,
along the trails near Chan Chich, March 22-24, 2009

Gallon Jug village school, post office, main residence and
farm scenes of shade-grown coffee and cocoa pod, March 21-23, 2009

Crested Guan on the way to and White-tailed Kite, Fork-tailed Flycatcher,
Bronzed Cowbird, Northern Potoo in Gallon Jug village, March 21-23, 2009

Keel-billed Toucan, Red-lored Parrot,
morning trip to the escarpment, March 21, 2009

White-tailed and Red Brocket Deer, Ornate Hawk-Eagle, Olive-backed Euphonia,
morning trip to the escarpment, March 21, 2009

Great Currasow, Black-headed Trogon, Plain Chachalaca, Keel-billed Toucan,
morning trip to Laguna Seca, March 22, 2009

Black-collared Hawk, Pinneated Bittern, Bare-throated Tiger Heron,
morning trip at Laguna Seca, March 22, 2009

Blue Ground Dove, Green-breasted Mango,
morning trip to Laguna Seca, March 22, 2009

Eric W. Greisen
egreisen@nrao.edu