PO Box 9021, Wilmington, DE 19809, USA
E-mail: font@focusonnature.com
Phone: Toll-free in USA 1-888-721-3555
 or 302/529-1876

Website:  www.focusonnature.com


PHOTOS
of
Guatemala
nATURE and SCENERY

including birds, butterflies, 
mammals, & volcanoes


as photographed during a 
Focus On Nature Tour


All of the photographs that follow were taken during that tour 
by tour participant, Marie Gardner of Delaware, USA.


Links:

Newspaper Article about this Dec'06 / Jan'07 Guatemala Tour

Birds & Other Wildlife during our Guatemala Tour Dec'06-Jan'07

Cumulative List of Birds during our Guatemala Tours

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Guatemala





Lake Atitlan,
a beautiful place at a beautiful time of day 

Guatemala has numerous volcanoes.
There always seems to be a mountain in view. 





Antigua (above & below)

 

 



Tikal
Temple 2
(above); the Gran Plaza (below) 

 




Prevost's Ground Sparrow



Rufous-collared Sparrow



Yellow-throated Euphonia



Orchard Oriole 



Spot-breasted Oriole



Blue-crowned Motmot 



The Gartered (has been known as Violaceous) Trogon

Woodcreepers at an ant swarm
the Ruddy Woodcreeper
(above),
the Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
(below) 

 



Collared Aracari



Ocellated Turkey



Crested Guan



Gray-necked Wood-Rail



Orange-breasted Falcon at Tikal


 
Snail Kite




Above:  a Caligo Butterfly.
Below:  even closer

 



White-nosed Coati



Yucatan Howler Monkey



Central American Spider Monkey



Iguana



Morelet's Crocodile (above & below)
at a safe distance



In an e-mail following our DEC 2006 -JAN 2007 birding & nature tour in Guatemala, from one of the tour participants:

"What a great adventure was FONT's 2006/07 Guatemala trip, and what great birding! Talk about volcanoes in the mist -- could such sights possibly be better than in Guatemala, whether the four perfect cones at sunset from the Pacific mangrove marshes, the three others surrounding Lake Atitlan, or Volcan Agua 10 miles from colonial Antigua? Howler monkeys, spider monkeys, agouti, coati, a huge crocodile (safely distant) -- Tikal certainly didn't lack for animals! And the archaeological ruins -- Aguateca's stellae were magnificent, and the reality of Tikal overwhelms any prior notions you might possibly have had. Almost makes you forget you are on a birding tour... but three different species of hawk-eagles in two hours on Volcano Toliman, or four different woodcreepers among many frenetic birds in an ant swarm, or aracari and toucans and great views of a Violaceous Trogon in a fruiting tree upon arrival in Tikal remind you that, yes, this is a great birding trip as well.
 I look forward to my next trip with you, Armas -- maybe we can explore some of the less-birded volcanoes toward the NW border with Mexico?"

Tom G 
Washington, DC 


To Top of Page

Web page by Risė Hill