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I can't wait that long

I have changed my dates to end of September and this is all great info. Please feel free to add any more info as it all helps so much.




I managed almost 80 species by myself during walks up to 1 mile from hotel. I dare say there could be more to be found but the intense heat does start to increase as mornings progress.

The following is the list seen from hotel walks :

Magnificent Frigatebird, Neotropic Cormorant, Brown Pelican, Great Egret, Cattle Egret, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, King Vulture, Osprey, Common Black Hawk, Roadside Hawk, Grey Hawk, Short-Tailed Hawk, Zone-Tailed Hawk, Double-Striped Thick-Knee, Spotted Sand, Red-Billed Pigeon, White-Winged Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground-Dove, Ruddy Ground-Dove, White-Tipped Dove, Squirrel Cuckoo, Black-Billed Cuckoo, Groove-Billed Ani, Spectacled Owl, Lesser Nighthawk, Common Paraque, White-Collared Swift, Plain-Capped Starthroat, Canivet's Emerald, Steely-Vented Hummingbird, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Black-Headed Trogon, Elegant Trogon, Ringed Kingfisher, Hoffman's Woodpecker, Lineated Woodpecker, Pale-Billed Woodpecker, Crested Caracara, Orange-Fronted Parakeet, Orange-Chinned Parakeet, White-Fronted Parrot, Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Yellow-Olive Flycatcher, Brown-Crested Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Boat-Billed Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Sulphur-Bellied Flycatcher, Piratic Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Long-Tailed Manakin, Rose-Throated Becard, Yellow-Green Vireo, Lesser Greenlet, White-Throated Magpie-Jay, Grey-Breasted Martin, Mangrove Swallow, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Rufous-Naped Wren, Banded Wren, White-Lored Gnatcatcher, Swainson's Thrush, Clay-Coloured Thrush, Yellow Warbler, Rufous-Capped Warbler, Blue-Grey Tanager, Olive Sparrow, Stripe-Headed Sparrow, Melodious Blackbird, Great-Tailed Grackle, Streak-Backed Oriole, Scrub Euphonia.
 
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