At many resorts, we get to know the bartender well. The same is true here, but for a much different reason. He’s also the bird guide!!!
We didn’t come here to go birding, nor to drink as much as our younger selves. However, we brought binoculars and the small camera for some casual birding.
There aren’t any Belizean exotics here, but there are a few migrating birds
Of course, there are frigates, and the laughing gull was good to see. Weirdly, a rare Bird alert email tells me that both were in Long Beach while we were down here.
The most unusual find was a red-breasted Merganser, which don’t usually migrate this far south, but stop at the Yucatán Peninsula In Mexico.
We saw a few East Coast warblers , including an American red start and a northern Parula. There was also an indigo bunting and a spotted sandpiper
Finally, we saw some of our favorites from home, including a ruddy turnstone and a yellow-crowned night heron.
The next day, a yellow-bellied sapsucker was outside our room.
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