Rufous-tailed Jacamar

I am linking up with Wild Bird Wednesday and Nature Notes

Special thanks goes out to Stewart on 100th  post for Wild Bird Wednesday!

For this weeks wild bird I am sharing one of my Belize lifers the Rufous-tailed Jacamar.A breeder in Mexico, Central America and South America. They are brightly colored with a long bill and tail.

This bird is metallic green, with orange underparts and a green breast band. the male has a white throat and the female has a buff throat.

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 The Rufous-tailed Jacamar was catching dragonflies to feed their babies back at the nest.

While at the Blue Hole we were able to watch this Rufous-tailed Jacamar catching bugs and taking them back to their nest.. It was a small hole on the muddy side of the hill not far from the steps where we were standing..

 Thanks to Neko our guide from  Belize Inland tours for spotting this Rufous-tailed Jacamar.. 

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Blue Hole National Park

  I am linking up with Mosaic Monday and Our World Tuesday 

For this week's post I am sharing one of the tours at the Blue Hole National Park in Belize..This park is located just off the Hummingbird Highway in the Cayo District of Belize not far from Belmopan.  The park is over 500 acres and contains two cave systems called St Hermans and Crystal Caves. The park has various nature trails and the cool natural blue hole or pool.  Not to be confused..Belize is also known for the diving site called the Blue Hole.

Hubby and I arranged to have a guided tour with Neko of the  Belize Inland Tours of the St Hermans Cave and a guided birding tour on the trail of the Blue Hole National Park. Above is one of my lifers from the day's outing the Smoky-brown Woodpecker, the St. Hermans Cave, lizard and a Clay-colored Robin

 Since we have done the cave-tubing in Belize we opted for a guided walking tour into the St Hermans Cave with Neko.

Sorry for the fuzzy photo, but I was excited to see this lifer the Violaceous Trogon.. Special thanks to Neko for helping me to see my lifers at the Blue Hole National Park.

These are some of the scenes from our guided birding tour with Neko at the Blue Hole National Park. Above you can see the natural pool (part of the Cave Branch Creek) called the Blue Hole, another lifer a Royal Flycatcher and its nest. The lifer  Rufous-tailed Jacamar and some more scenery around the Blue Hole.

The Blue Hole was formed from the collapse (sinkhole) of an underground river channel. The exposed section of the Cave Branch creek tributary can be view for about 150 feet before it disappears beneath the ground and into the cave system.

If you are ever in Belize I was highly recommend arranging a tour with Neko and the Belize Inland Tours.  I hope you enjoyed this photo tour of Belize's Blue Hole National Park.


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