Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Nicaragua
Date: Tue May 22 09:04:48 PDT 2018
From: Steve Krival - stevekrival at live.com

Is anyone interested in discussing birding in Nicaragua? I just returned from a two-month stay in the Masaya area of Nicaragua. Birding was not my primary reason for being there, Spanish language school was, but I did manage to bird several of the 100+ wildlife reserves, and took some decent photos. I left the country early due to the current climate of political unrest, but am already planning a return trip. Topics of interest to me are: 1. Finding ways to equip Nica guides with sufficient equipment to effectively do their job and report their findings on bird species - such as binoculars, cameras, and good hiking clothing; 2) A species of bird that I could not locate in "A Guide to the Birds of Nicaragua"(Juan Carlos Martinez-Sancheez et al.), "Birds of Mexico and Central America" (Ber Van Perlo), or "Birds of Costa Rica A field Guide" ( R Garrigues et al.). Dude, did I like discover a new species?!; 3) How to get to hard to get to places in Nica to go birding, and where to stay; and 4) the future of birding Nicaragua, including the effect of the recent fire in Indio Maiz on wildlife habitat, and organizations involved in wildlife preservation in Nicaragua.
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