Hummingbird land. A total of ten species of hummingbirds have been recorded in the cloud forest and surrounding open habitat in Chelemhá. Two of the species are endemic to the North Central American Highlands and a total of six species are restricted to the Madrean highland.
To attract hummingbirds to the Maya Cloud Forest Lodge, UPROBON (Union for the Protection of Cloud Forest) has planted blooming scrub and tree species nearby. In addition we have installed three hummingbird feeders, which Bill Thompson, III, of Birdwatcher's Digest donated during the III International Birdwatching Encounter in Guatemala.
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It took only six weeks
until the first hummers detected the new food source. White-eared and Garnet-throated
Hummingbird visited first, later also Magnificent and Amethyst-throated Hummingbirds
could be observed daily. The number of visiting birds is growing and one of
the feeders of 90 ml had to be refilled twice a day. Cayaya Birding donated
three more feeders of the size of 1 l, and they were immediately accepted by the
hummingbirds. A male Violet Sabrewing and a female Wine-throated Hummingbird
were seen around the lodge in May, but they were not yet observed at the feeders.
Green-throated Mountain-gem is common in the Chelemhá cloud forest and
Green Violet-ear is temporarily common in secondary vegetation; both species
can be expected to be seen at the feeders. We will inform on the hummers seen
at the Chelemhá lodge on this web site; you may subscribe to our RSS
feed to receive latest news directly to your computer.
Knut Eisermann
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