The Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis) is a resident of montane evergreen and pine-oak forests from southern Mexico and into Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. It is easy to hear this species, but it is often very difficult to see. On many trips within its range I've only been able to get a very few marginal photos of this bird, one of which is shown here. This image was taken on the edge of cloud forest at El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico, March 30, 1999.
I am posting scans of some old, marginal 35 mm slides. gcwarbler had retained many boxes of some of my culled slides from 20-30 years ago. I have enough to keep me busy for a while with scanning, etc. (thanks Chuckâ¦.I think!). These will all be of records I had not posted to iNat previously. There has been considerable color shift in many of these slides over the years, unfortunately. Sorry for the marginal/poor quality of most of these but they are all I have.