Bird Photos

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

Black-throated Blue Warbler

(Dendroica caerulescens)

Black-throated Green Warbler

(Dendroica virens)

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)

Brown-crested Flycatcher

(Myiarchus tyrannulus)

“Crazy Jose MAVI “  (Mangrove Vireo; Vireo palens)

Golden-fronted Woodpecker with deformed bill

(Melanerpes aurifrons)

Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)

Prothonotary Warbler

(Protonotaria citrea)

Pygmy Kingfisher

(Chloroceryl aenea)

Swainson’s Warbler

(Limnothlypis swainsonii)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

(Coccyzus americanus)

Non-Bird Photos

2005 crew (left to right):  Roberto "Tito" Downing (Honduras),  Mike Lohr (US), Alejandra Martínez (Nicaragua)

My daughter, Capitana Camille and her attentive crew on the cargo boat to the mainland.

We had to permanently closed one net due to the large number of bats and the few numbers of birds caught!

Life lesson #142: Don’t handle bats in mistnets unless you know what you are doing.  No joke.

Utila has something like 17 species of mosquitos and they are ALL out to get you during fall rainy season.

One advantage of early morning surveys: the beautiful sunrises.

Always look under your pillow before going to sleep!

Water is sacred on the island.  And on Utila, sometimes it is something to be scared of as well!!!!

Utila from a 4 seater plane.  During the rainy season, this is often the only way to get off the island.

Sometimes fieldwork really does drive you crazy.

You vote – who’s costume is cuter, Camille’s or Tito’s?

Halloween in Utila:  I thought I looked like a blackbird, everyone else thought I looked like a mosquito.