Jabiru

by | Feb 20, 2011 | Birding

The Jabiru is the tallest flying bird found in South America and Central America, often standing around the same height as the flightless and much heavier American Rhea. The adult Jabiru is typically 122–140 cm (48–55 in) long, 230–280 cm (90–111 in) across the wings,...

Black-collared Hawk

by | Feb 17, 2011 | Birding

Lots of new Raptors on this trip. One of the more common hawks was the Black-collared Hawk.  This guy lives on a diet mainly composed of fish. It also eats water bugs and occasionally lizards, snails and rodents.

Scarlet Macaws

by | Feb 17, 2011 | Birding

The Scarlet Macaws of Hato Pinero were one of the most beautiful sites on our bird trip to Venezuela.  Each morning, we heard the calls of 10-12 Macaws that live around the ranch headquarters. These guys spend a lot of time feeding on fruit and cackling. ...

Tanagers @ Casa Maria

by | Feb 12, 2011 | Birding

Tanagers are one of my all time favorite bird families with over 240 known species. Here are several of the Tanagers we saw in the area surrounding Casa Maria Lodge.

Back from Venezuela

by | Feb 10, 2011 | Birding, Travel

Tina and I are back from Venezuela. We have several thousand images to sort and we will post some as we cull the good ones out of the pile. The birds were numerous, fantastic and sometimes difficult to keep track of.  On Monday, Feb 7th, we saw 85 species of...