AMBERGRIS CAYE SAN PEDRO, BELIZE

Osprey Green Heron

Belize is a birders paradise.......  I was there for a week in December and shot hundreds of photos of beautiful birds. This was my second trip to Belize and my first time on the Ambergris Cayes. I didn't know if I would see as many birds on the Cayes as I did on the mainland of Belize. Was I surprised! We stayed at Captain Morgan's Retreat and had a great time. I got up early every morning and spent several hours walking behind the retreat grounds and down the dirt road for miles each way. There are several locations along the road where debris is piled up here and there but all I saw was incredible birds. The first morning I found a colony of woodpeckers hanging out in some dead trees behind Captain Morgan's. There are acres of mangroves behind the retreat so it's typical to see Herons, Egrets, Osprey and Wood Storks flying overhead. Brown Pelicans and Cormorants hang out near the boat dock while Egrets and Herons hunt in shallow water along the shoreline out front. In the evenings Yellow-crowned Night-Herons would take up hunting. The Yellow-headed Parrot in my pictures lives there on site and is very friendly. We also ventured into San Pedro Town and rented a golf cart and went to the opposite end of the Caye. We found even more remote areas with mangroves and of course.....more birds! While there, I saw a Roseate Spoonbill for the first time as it flew over in the distance. I was so excited! We hoped to find where it landed but we were not successful. Darn!  One of our birding highlights was a private excursion to Bird Island. We connected up with Carlos Franco from Franco Tours and he took us out to the small island for an amazing experience. Make sure to check out my photo page for Bird Island, Belize.

Yellow-throated Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-headed Parrot

White-tailed Kite

White Collared Seed-eater

White Collared Seed-eater

Tropical Mockingbird

Tropical Kingbird

Tricolored Heron

Spotted Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Rose Throated Becard

Palm Warbler

Osprey catches dinner

Osprey nesting platform

Osprey in nest

Osprey in flight

Male Mangrove Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Magnificent Frigatebird

Magnificent Frigatebird leads the way

Killdeer

Juvenile Green Heron

Grey Plover

Great-tailed Grackled

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Female Hooded Warbler

Elegant Tern

Doubled Creasted Cormorant

Doubled Creasted Cormorant

Black-necked Stilt

Bahama Mockingbird

Altamira Oriole

Common Ground Doves

Female American Redstart

Mangrove Warbler

Great Egret