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SUMMARY:Honduras: Highlands & Copán Ruins
DESCRIPTION:Adding extra days before arriving at the Lodge at Pico Bonito on our Highla
nds & Copán Ruins pre-tour allows us to add up to 200 species to the en
tire Honduras experience! We’ll begin at a simple but comfortable inn near
the entrance of La Tigra National Park. Relatively easy, open trails make f
or a great birding experience here, as does access to bromeliad-laden cloud
forest and pine-oak woodland. Resplendent Quetzal, for example, is quite l
ikely to grace us with its presence at the expansive La Tigra, the first na
tional park established in Honduras. Singing Quail, Wine-throated Hummingbi
rd, Azure-crowned Hummingbird, Bushy-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Mockingbir
d and Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush are just a few other possibilities. I
t’s amazing to think all of this natural splendor lies only 30 minutes from
our arrival airport in the capital city of Tegucigalpa! We’ll spend our ne
xt two nights at the Panacam Lodge, shrouded in lush cloud forest. In the P
anacam lowlands, we‘ll seek Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow and the black velvet P
asserini’s Tanager, with its intensely scarlet rump. Birding near Lake Yojo
a, bordered by the impressively steep mountains of Cerro Azul National Park
, may produce the seldom seen Keel-billed and Tody Motmots, the most occult
members of their tribe. Black-crested Coquette and Spectacled Foliage-Glea
ner are two other charismatic species we’ll seek. After absorbing a panoply
of color at Panacam, we proceed onward to the equally bird-soaked region a
round the famous Mayan ruins at Copán. Occupied for more than two thousand
years, from 5th to 9th centuries A.D., Copán was the capital city of a majo
r Classic period kingdom. Images of the Scarlet Macaw are carved into stone
throughout the complex, and efforts are underway to reintroduce this breat
htaking species into the area. Featuring a well-preserved acropolis, ballco
urt, hieroglyphic stairway, and impressive portrait stelae, a tour of this
Mayan site will provide a foundation to understanding both the avifauna and
the human culture of present-day Honduras.\nLeader: John Yerger (index.php
?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:john-yerger&catid=18:lea
ders-and-staff&Itemid=155)\nCost of our Honduras: The Lodge at Pico Bon
ito tour includes all meals and accommodations, all entrance fees, and all
transportation beginning and ending in San Pedro Sula—$2695.\nCost of the H
onduras: Highlands & Copán Ruins pre-tour includes all meals and accomm
odations, all entrance fees, and all transportation beginning and ending in
Tegucigalpa and ending in San Pedro Sula—$2395.\nPhoto: Spectacled OwlPho
to by: John Yerger\n (component/joomgallery/honduras-photo-gallery.html?It
emid=49)\nView Photo Gallery (component/joomgallery/honduras-photo-gallery.
html?Itemid=49) \n\n (index.php?option=com_joomgallery&view=category&am
p;catid=12&Itemid=163)
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Adding extra days before arriving at the
Lodge at Pico Bonito on our Highlands & Copán Ruins pre-tour allows us to add up to 200 species to the entire Honduras exper
ience! We’ll begin at a simple but comfortable inn near the entrance of La
Tigra National Park. Relatively easy, open trails make for a great birding
experience here, as does access to bromeliad-laden cloud forest and pine-oa
k woodland. Resplendent Quetzal, for example, is quite likely to grace us w
ith its presence at the expansive La Tigra, the first national park establi
shed in Honduras. Singing Quail, Wine-throated Hummingbird, Azure-crowned H
ummingbird, Bushy-crested Jay, Blue-and-white Mockingbird and Ruddy-capped
Nightingale-Thrush are just a few other possibilities. It’s amazing to thin
k all of this natural splendor lies only 30 minutes from our arrival airpor
t in the capital city of Tegucigalpa! We’ll spend our next two nights at th
e Panacam Lodge, shrouded in lush cloud forest. In the Panacam lowlands, we
‘ll seek Prevost’s Ground-Sparrow and the black velvet Passerini’s Tanager,
with its intensely scarlet rump. Birding near Lake Yojoa, bordered by the
impressively steep mountains of Cerro Azul National Park, may produce the s
eldom seen Keel-billed and Tody Motmots, the most occult members of their t
ribe. Black-crested Coquette and Spectacled Foliage-Gleaner are two other c
harismatic species we’ll seek. After absorbing a panoply of color at Panaca
m, we proceed onward to the equally bird-soaked region around the famous Ma
yan ruins at Copán. Occupied for more than two thousand years, from 5th to
9th centuries A.D., Copán was the capital city of a major Classic period ki
ngdom. Images of the Scarlet Macaw are carved into stone throughout the com
plex, and efforts are underway to reintroduce this breathtaking species int
o the area. Featuring a well-preserved acropolis, ballcourt, hieroglyphic s
tairway, and impressive portrait stelae, a tour of this Mayan site will pro
vide a foundation to understanding both the avifauna and the human culture
of present-day Honduras.
Leader:&n
bsp;John Yerger
Cost of our Honduras: The Lodge at Pico
Bonito tour includes all meals and accommodations, all entrance fees,
and all transportation beginning and ending in San Pedro Sula—$2695
.Cost
of the Honduras: Highlands & Copán Ruins pre-tour includes all
meals and accommodations, all entrance fees, and all transportation beginni
ng and ending in Tegucigalpa and ending in San Pedro Sula—$2395.
Photo: Spectacled Owl
Photo by: Jo
hn Yerger
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