Mirador Rey Tepepul

We had a couple of early mornings birding in the forest and cloud forest near Lake Atitlan. The habitat was wonderful - sights, sounds (watch video) and smells too. Lots of great birds including owls (3 species) nighthawk, hummingbirds (13 species). Great fun.

The best bird was the Resplendent Quetzal, with 1m long tail feathers - google it as I didn’t get a photo.

Sadly we kept hearing chainsaws and illegal logging activity so who knows how long this forest will survive. Our guide told us that there is only one poorly paid ranger and if he did much about the logging he would probably be killed!

More info on wildscot.blog if interested. We travel to Antigua tomorrow for a week of Spanish study and staying with a local family.Read more