The following excerpt is from a February 18, 2010 article published by AudubonMagazine.org. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
Last week, I returned from a Guatemalan birding extravaganza, the likes of which I’ve never before experienced, with four solid days—5 a.m. starts, sporadic meals, hours of fantastic bird watching—in a country smaller than the state of Tennessee. I personally saw 102 different species, 83 I’d never encountered, and at least a dozen I’d never even heard of.
But to be honest, that was nothing. My spotting paled in comparison to that of my companions, some of the most-skilled birders I’ve ever been out with; several broke the century mark for species spotted in one day.
We spent the entire trip—put on by the Guatemala Tourism Board, INGUAT, and several first-rate tour operators —in the southwestern part of this country of 13 million that, in addition to Spanish, boasts 23 officially recognized Mayan languages…
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