Tropical Kingbird
As we were leaving the airport in Ladyville after arriving in Belize,
we began to see birds on the fence lines along the road.
SATURDAY, DAY 1 of our visit

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
in basic plumage in Belize

Fork-tailed Flycatchers
along the highway from the airport

Gray Hawk
on wire along the highway in Belize

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Red-lored Parrot
in a tree on the grounds of the Crystal Paradise Resort, San Ignacio, BZ,
where we stayed for the first three days of our trip

Red-lored Parrot
Crystal Paradise Resort, San Ignacio, BZ

Red-billed Pigeon

Grooved-billed Anis

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Sunset through the canopy
our first evening in Belize
at Crystal Paradise Resort, San Ignacio

Tarantula we found behind the door in our room

Male and female Red-throated Ant-Tanagers
eating papaya on the deck at Crystal Paradise Resort,
San Ignacio, Belize, C.A.
SUNDAY, DAY 2 of our visit

Clay-colored Thrush and Lesson's (Blue Crowned) Motmot
sharing some papaya on the deck at Crystal Paradise Resort
before our breakfast

Lesson's Motmot
San Ignacio, Belize

Male Yellow-throated Euphonia
on a Bottle Brush Bush next to the deck
at Crystal Paradise Resort, San Ignacio, Belize, C.A.

Brown Jays

Deck at Crystal Paradise Resort

Steve aiming at birds on the deck
at Crystal Paradise Resort

Black-headed Saltator
at the fruit of the Cecropia Tree at Crystal Paradise Resort.
Saltatory: moving by leaps

Bronzed Cowbirds

Roadside Hawk
Vertical streaks on upper chest, horizontal bars below

Bat Falcon
along the road to El Pilar Mayan ruins

On SUNDAY morning (Day 2), we drove to El Pilar,
an ancient Maya city center located on the Belize-Guatemala border.
The site is an unexcavated ruin north of San Ignacio, where we were staying.
Deb, Marilyn, Eric, Betty, Donna, Kannan and Jane

Our Tourist Police vehicle.
They escorted us to El Pilar Archeological Reserve
which is on the border with Guatamala and subject to poaching.

Kannan points out a bird for Betty and Donna

The 'Tourist Tree'--with red and peeling skin

Eric shows Marilyn, Betty and Deb the Bay Leaf Palm.
The leaves are cut in thirds long-wise and used to thatch roofs
like the ones on the cottages where we are staying.

Donna, Betty, Kannan, Jane, Marilyn, Eric and Deb
on the trail at El Pilar, Mayan archeological site, Belize

Judging by the smiles, there was a good bird or good joke
Kannan, Eric, Betty, Marilyn (behind), Deb, Donna, Jane & Steve

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker.
Bad photo of a pretty bird

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Male (partially hidden on the left) and female (top) Red-legged Honeycreepers
at El Pilar Archeological Reserve, Belize

Wood Storks flying over
El Pilar Archeological Reserve

Plain Xenops

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Collared Aracari, a small toucan

Nest cavity in a palm tree, used by Collared Aracaris
on the grounds of Crystal Paradise Resort
San Ignacio, Belize, C.A.

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Female Black-throated Shrike-Tanager

Tawny-crowned Greenlet

Female Gray-collared Becard

Female Black-throated Shrike-Tanager

Red-capped Manakin

Kannan and Eric look for the next bird
from the top of the El Pilar archeological site

Squirrel Cuckoo

Squirrel Cuckoo

Female White-whiskered Puffbird

Male White-whiskered Puffbird

Gartered (violaceous) Trogon

Yellow-winged Tanager
at the feeder on the deck at Crystal Paradise Resort
where we relaxed after our day of travel

Clay-colored Thrush

Brown Jay

Melodious Blackbird

Melodious Blackbird
enjoying the bird bath
on the deck at Crystal Paradise Resort

Mangrove Swallow, showing the white rump.
On a snag in river below Crystal Paradise Resort.

Black-headed Trogon
above trail to Macal River
below Crystal Paradise Resort

Magnolia Warbler
at deck of Crystal Paradise Resort

Magnolia Warbler

Butterfly on papaya
at feeder on deck of Crystal Paradise Resort

Yellow-winged Tanager
Crystal Paradise Resort, San Ignacio, BZ

Hanging nest we saw on our evening walk around the resort

Red-lored Parrots
Crystal Paradise Resort

Red-throated Ant-Tanager