Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac - Guatamala Part II

Our last 3 or 4 days in this wonderous country were spent mainly sight-seeing, which we will cram into a single Post, for fear of boring you, and begin with a stroll around the facinating city of

ANTIGUA
pursuing other interests such a architecture and others but by no means abandoning Birdlife in the numerous parks, starting with

BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT
while comparing the new Cathedral with the old

struck like so many others in the Caribbean region by earthquakes,

with both inside and out these
SAND TAPISTRIES
before heading on to the

MYAN CITY of TIKAL
and its attendant birds such as the raucous

MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA

particularly when at their Communal Nest Sites.

The Twin Temples of the
GREAT JAGUAR

sometimes known as the temple of
AH CACAO

COATA MUNDI
along with numerous

STELA STONES

Banners raised to Glorify the King.

CHAAC

Rain God of the Myan People

along with

GREAT CURASSOW
before leaving in hopes of finding the 'Bird of the Trip' with sights set very high we headed for

LAGO ATITLAN

and its fabled (artists impression)
GREBE
This is how Wiki describes it.

The Atitlán Grebe (Podilymbus gigas), also known as Giant Grebe, Giant Pied-billed Grebe, or Poc, is an extinct water bird, a relative of the Pied-billed Grebe. It was endemic at the Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala at an altitude of 1700 m a.s.l. It was described in 1929 by Ludlow Griscom based on a specimen collected in 1926 and had been overlooked in the past. American ecologist Anne LaBastille observed the decline of this species over a period of 25 years and was declared extinct by 1990. Maybe needless to say "we didn't find one"! but very much enjoyed the scenary, freshwater fish dinner at lakeside

COLLARED ARACARI

TO BE CONTINUED!

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