After breakfast on MONDAY, March 20, we headed for Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve.
Along the way, we stopped several times for birds like this Grooved-billed Ani.

Golden-olive Woodpecker

Olive-throated Parakeet

Plain Chachalaca

White-collared Seedeater and interesting tree.

White-collared Seedeater
along the road to Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve

Osprey
flying over the area where we stopped at the gate
to Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve

Note the rufous under-wing spots on this Plumbeous Kite

Hidden behind the branches is a perching Broad-winged Hawk
near where we stopped at the gate to Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve

Male White-collared Seedeater
on a yucca plant

Female White-collared Seedeater

Note notched tail on Couch's Kingbird

Scaled Pigeon
on the walk to Slate Creek overlook

Wildflowers along the path to Slate Creek overlook

More wildflowers blooming

Passion flower vine

Kannan scanning the skies for hawks and vultures
at the Slate Creek overlook
Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve, Belize, C.A.

White Hawk at Slate Creek overlook.
Best of bad photos

Swallow-tailed Kite

Double-toothed Kite

Double-toothed Kite

Double-toothed Kite

Lovely Cotinga at Slate Creek overlook.
Best of distant photos

King Vulture

Wildflower

Paradise Sedge

"Hot Lips" flower

Top of the Thousand-Foot Falls
which are really 1600 feet high,
but from the ridge, you can only see 1000 feet

Another wildflower

White wildflowers

Acorn Woodpecker
Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve

Acorn Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker

Black-headed Siskin
Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve
Cayo, Belize, C.A.

Black-headed Siskins

White-Collared Seedeater
Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve, Belize

Rusty Sparrow

Rusty Sparrow

Rusty Sparrow

Butterfly
Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve, Belize

Yellow wildflowers at Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve

The Simpson's clouds

Clouds over Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve

The Thousand Foot Falls in the Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve
Cayo, Belize

White wildflowers on the ridge
overlooking the Thousand Foot Falls

The Thousand Foot Falls
Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve, Belize, C.A.

Another view from the ridge above the falls

Eric, Kannan, Steve, Marilyn, Gretta and Jane watch and wait for the Orange-breasted Falcon to appear.

Eric, Steve, Kannan, Gretta and Deb

Ferns sprouting along the wall of the pavilion where we ate lunch
atop the Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve, Belize, C.A.

Steve, Eric and Kannan relax in the shade

The observation deck (lower left) provided a clear view of the falls.
Deb, Steve, Kannan, Gretta and Eric

Mary and Steve at Thousand Foot Falls
Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve, Cayo, Belize, C.A.

Kannan and the waterfall--
passing time waiting for the Orange-breasted Falcon

After a lengthy wait, the Orange-breasted Falcon flew onto a ledge in the valley near the falls.

Orange-breasted Falcon

Orange-breasted Falcon on ledge near the Thousand-Foot Falls

On the road leaving the falls, we saw this American Kestrel

This was the view where we stopped at the site of an abandoned British military training outpost.

More of the view

Marilyn and Eric look for soaring raptors near an old helicopter landing pad.

We found this Gray-crowned Yellowthroat at the British camp site.

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Yellow wildflower at the British camp

Plumbeous Kite
perched at the side of the road as we were leaving the area

Second Plumbeous Kite in a tree near the first. Note wings extend beyond tail

Red-lored Parrot
in the evening sunlight
back at Crystal Paradise Resort

Red-lored Parrot

Flowers along the path at Crystal Paradise Resort

Hepatic Tanager
in a tree in the field opposite the parking lot
at Crystal Paradise Resort

White-collared Manakin at Crystal Paradise Resort.

Gray Hawk perched at the end of the day at Crystal Paradise Resort, San Ignacio, Belize, C.A.