Honduran Emerald Reserve

James Adams added 2 new photos.

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A couple of great birds seen by our recent Tampa Audubon group, and photographed by Lodge guide, Elmer Escoto: Please meet, this gorgeous and huge White Hawk from Rio Santiago, and the ever-so-hard to get Lesser Ground Cuckoo from the Honduran Emerald Reserve. Well done, Elmer! The Lodge at Pico Bonito, Honduras.

Honduras Birding Event

James Adams 
We are up and running!!! To my dear birder and nature-loving friends from around the world: This is the richest of Honduras’ birding, the kindest and most knowledgeable tour leaders, and the most experienced local guides in a tour combining fun, light competition, and awards for birding conservation in Honduras and elsewhere.
All thanks to generous donations by the President of Honduras, USAID, and a wealth of volunteers. To be honest, I’m humbled...
Please have a look and come join us in 2016 for Honduras’ most significant international birding event to date!
http://hondurasbirdtour.com/

UTILA, Isla de Bahia: The Authentic Island Experience Still Exists

  
 Chandra Hoffman

This tiny island is not the Caribbean of the $16 piña colada or the orchestrated see-only-what-the-cruise-operators-want-you-to-see routes. There are no behemoth ships in port here because the islanders (approximately 2,500) don't want them. Head to sister island Roatan for mainstream tourism, canopy tour excursions and higher prices. Visit Utila if you crave hints of Hemingway's old Key West or Grand Cayman before chain hotels obliterated the view of Seven Mile Beach. Prepare to be charmed by this rustic knoll, pack a kernel of adventurous spirit and a yearning to experience true island life. Be warned: you may not want to leave.
Link to full article....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chandra-hoffman/utila-isla-de-bahia-the-a_b_5384718.html?fb_action_ids=10153176684063263&fb_action_types=og.likes

 

Roatan a video view from above

 

 

Roatan - Top Spots to Visit

This aerial video will take you to and above some of the very best visitor destinations in Roatan.

James Adams

Did a short hike on Santiago's trails this morning along with Terry Habdas and Yesenia Lopez Lopez. Just as we entered the forest a darkness whooshed past. And then, Another! Spectacled Owls Holy Crap!!! A mom and her young. They disappeared into a dark thicket. I decided to continue and see if I could approach from another angle, this time more slowly. After 30 minutes I spotted that tell...-tale silhouette in the foliage. So, I did what I usually do, I sat down and took a lousy photo. But then I crept in about a meter and took another. And then another meter for another photo, all the while advancing behind trees and bushes along this muddy, ant infested hillside, each stop grabbing a frame or two. After about 40 minutes of this, here's the result. This young Spectaled Owl actually seemed to acclimate to me and let me get within 30 feet. We had spent nearly an hour together. I knew when enough was enough, and backed away, too thankful for words. Rio Santiago Nature Resort, Honduras.

Dive with us ...Guanaja

Beaks and Peaks Birding and Adventure Tours

 

Signing up for THE big birding event in Honduras on November 19-22, 2015 is about to close. You can still book your spot for the Lake Yojoa Birding Blitz until November 1st,  don't forget to send that e-mail! And if you can't make it this year, no worries -- the event will be back in 2016, so mark the third week of November on your calendar! Come and enjoy monitoring of the birds in the most biodiverse area of Honduras! find more information about this event and our post tour here:http://beaksandpeaks.com/post-tour-pico-bonito-np/