We had a new guide for our afternoon walk, Eduardo. He took a look at our target list for Belize on Ebird and formulated a plan. He was very focused and pointed out Kentucky, Hooded, Black-Throated Green and Magnolia warblers based on chip notes. Birds we barely had our binoculars on he had already IDd.
On the walk we saw a lot of Red-Legged Honeycreepers, they are very beautiful birds, their legs are quite distinctive.
This Black-and-White Warbler was very curious.
Using playback, he called in a Tawny-Crowned Greenlet, a very cool sighting, we had good looks but it proved too elusive for the camera.
We briefly heard a Mayan Antthrush beside the trail but could not get a sighting.
Later on the walk, based on some chip notes he found some Gray-Headed Tanagers, something that was not even on our radar for things to look out for!
It was a fantastic walk, but the real bonus came when we saw the Mayan Antthrush on the way back! It was about 2 meters away from the path walking along the forest floor. Incredibly hard to see but each of us had great views of it.
After supper we met up with Christian for a walk around the lodge at night! We took up our headlamps and began to see what we could find.
Look how small this frog is!!! It is called Stauffer's Tree Frog.
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One thing you notice in the dark, is that there are
You can see so much eyeshine on the paths, on trees, bushes... it's fascinating.
Checkout these army ants making a bridge down this stair. It's crazy how enivitable they are. Christian told us that they are used for pest control, where the queen would be led inside someone's house and then any pests would flee the house. If a swarm comes into your house, you just leave for 30 minutes and it's just something that happens. Totally different world.
Obviously birds love these army ant swarms and we have seen them go up trees with woodcreepers and Ant-Tanagers gobbling them up.
I will talk about them more in other posts as they are incredible.
Christian also found some sleeping birds! They are sound asleep blended into the leaves. I've never seen a songbird sleeping before ( never really looked)!
This tiny anole was camped out on this leaf.
Christian found this Scorpion (absolutely crazy to pick it up). I've never seen a scorpion before, but I've heard horror stories about people finding them on their pillows! It was incredibly fast and could slip under rocks with ease.
Under a black light they glow!!!!
Another notable sighting was this Green Tree Frog. Incredible the way it hangs onto the leaf here. I think this was the star of the show for the night. We learned so much!
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