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First of all, I hope the recent assassination there doesn't affect the country too far into the future. So many countries in Central and South America are volatile.

For our cruise in December of next year, we booked a private taxi to take us on a "day tour" and here are his suggestions:

Ann,

http://www.birdingpal.org/StMaartenMartin.htm

Here's a start. Couldn't find more -- but there is one birdingpal (volunteer) contact who might be able to either take you out him/herself, or tell you about other resources available on the island.

Cheers!

April

We spent our day in Anchorage with an Enterprise rental car. We drove along Turnagain Arm and would highly recommend it for many, many reasons.

You can read my blog post about our day here (which will give you much more information than I can post with a foggy morning head ;) ):

http://aprilbirding.blogspot.com/2012/07/alaska-anchorage-june-22-2012.html

Cheers!

jdbirch, We spent 2 weeks at Canopy Tower several years ago and loved it so much we stayed at its sister accommodation, Canopy Lodge, the following year.

We're now thrilled to find out they're getting ready to open an ecolodge "camp" down in the Darien.

jdbirch had the right idea -- just the wrong spelling.

http://birdingpal.org is a great place to start, listing local birders willing to give information or take you out for the day. Lower down on each location's page they have links to local birding societies, publications, and even bird guides who charge for their services.

Good luck and happy birding!