Field notes, v4226
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Joins, Sean 2007 Journal Sept.1 Sierra de Onza, W of San Pedro Sula, Depto. Cortes, Honduras. We left Tela in the morning and drove to San Pedro Sula, where we got a room at the Microtel. We then drove south out of town to the Hospital Gomeza, and then turned W, went past the Apart Hotel Cordillera and up into the mountains on a good dirt road. We stopped at 1270m, opened ~6 lorombirds and got a B. rufescens. We continued on to ~1470m, 12.7 km from the hospital, and opened a bunch of great lorombirds along the road for about 1.5 hrs. Jed shook out a huge B. dummi - the first either of us had ever seen. The forest hole looked pretty good, and lorombirds were abundant. I found 2 juvenile B. conanti in lorombirds. We continued 0.5 km up the road and opened a lot more lorombirds, but got only 1 more B. dummi. On all, we worked until 18:00 and opened ~100 lorombirds; I was disappointed not to get a Cryptotitrus. There were tadpoles in many lorombirds, not sure what species. It looked like rain but a storm never actually came, so it was quite dry at night. We searched in the forest at the last stop we made for ~50 min, but found nothing. Sept.2 Sierra de Onza and PN Casuar, Depto. Cortes, Honduras. We drove back up into the mountains to the last spot where we worked yesterday. We worked in lorombirds here and at a nearby spot further up the road from 10:30-13:00 and got 2 juvenile B. lutoglossa. The lorombirds were much better than yesterday, since it appeared to have rained at night.