Yucatan and Cozumel, Mexico November 2013 |
From November 16 - 24, 2013, Sheridan Coffey, Dan Peak and I visited the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, birding at Cozumel, Felipe Carillo Puerto, Calakmul, Chichen Itza, Rio Lagartos, and Coba.
A close Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture from Rio Lagartos.
A Great Black Hawk from Rio Lagartos.
A glowing American Flamingo from Rio Lagartos.
A confiding Limpkin at Coba.
An Ocellated Turkey from the entrance road to Calakmul.
A Ruddy Crake at Coba.
Yucatan Swifts: many photos plus video of a flock at Coba that are presumably Chaetura vauxi gaumeri.
A male Wedge-tailed Sabrewing from the entrance road to Calakmul.
A male Canivet's Emerald from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
two Cozumel Emeralds from... Cozumel.
A White-bellied Emerald from Xpujil (northwest of Calakmul).
Three Mexican Sheartails from Rio Lagartos - one feeding young at the nest.
A male Black-headed Trogon from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
A male Gartered Trogon from Coba.
A female Yucatan Woodpecker from Cozumel.
A female Golden-fronted Woodpecker from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
A tundrius Peregrine from Rio Lagartos.
A male Barred Antshrike from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
A Ruddy Woodcreeper from the entrance road to Calakmul.
A Tawny-winged Woodcreeper from the entrance road to Calakmul.
A Greenish Elaenia from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
a Wood-Pewee (probably Eastern) from Cozumel.
A male Gray-collared Becard from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
A Yucatan Vireo from Cozumel.
A Cozumel Vireo (record shot) from... Cozumel.
Two Mangrove Vireos; one from the Calakmul entrance road and one from near Rio Lagartos.
A Cozumel Rufous-browed Peppershrike from... Cozumel.
A flock of Yucatan Jays from the entrance road to Calakmul.
A Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow, perched and in flight, near Coba.
A Cozumel Wren from... Cozumel.
A Spot-breasted Wren from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
A Cozumel Blue-gray Gnatcatcher from... Cozumel.
Three Black Catbirds from Cozumel.
A Golden (Cozumel Yellow) Warbler from... Cozumel.
A female Gray-throated Chat from the entrance road to Calakmul.
A male Yellow-throated Euphonia from Coba.
A male Northern Cardinal from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
A Rose-throated Tanager from Felipe Carillo Puerto.
A Cozumel Western Spindalis from... Cozumel.
A Cozumel Yellow-faced Grassquit from... Cozumel.