11:00 am April 19 I have reviewed and labelled my iPhotos for February 14. This entry will chronicle the birdwatching activities. |
6:40 am We were all up early as we had an hour's drive to Dzilam de Bravo where we hoped to find a local cooperative that is known for giving boat tours of the nearby nature reserve. We all had our binoculars ready as we left our unit for our first day of "professional bird watching".
Here are two images of a Green Heron. The first is the actual picture, the second is a digital zoom of the bird.
Here is one more photo of a group of Greater Flamingoes.
And here is one of a Roseate Spoonbill.
This is a Wood Stork:
Here is a Palm Warbler: 
Here is a Royal Tern 
And here is a Vermilion Flycatcher 
Digitally enlarged:
Here is a table summarizing the day's observations.
Name |
Photo |
Time |
Location |
ID# |
Lifer |
| Great Blue Heron |
Yes |
6:44 am |
near unit |
13 |
. |
| Royal Tern |
Yes |
9:14 am |
Dzilam de Bravo |
8 |
. |
| Brown Pelican |
Yes |
9:15 am |
" |
1 |
. |
| Laughing Gull |
Yes |
" |
" |
7 |
. |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
Yes |
" |
" |
32 |
. |
| White Pelican |
Yes |
9:38 am |
on tour |
33 |
. |
| Great Blue Heron |
Yes |
" |
" |
13 |
. |
| Green Heron |
Yes |
9:50 am |
" |
30 |
. |
| Greater Flamingo |
Yes |
10:00 am |
" |
6 |
. |
| Roseate Spoonbill |
Yes |
10:02 am |
" |
34 |
Yes |
| Great Egret |
Yes |
10:02 am |
" |
14 |
. |
| Wood Stork |
Yes |
10:16 am |
" |
35 |
Yes |
| Great-tailed Grackle |
Yes |
10:28 am |
" |
36 |
Yes |
| Snowy Egret |
Yes |
10:31 am |
" |
15 |
. |
| Little Blue Heron |
Yes |
10:54 am |
" |
37 |
Yes |
| Palm Warbler |
Yes |
11:18 am |
" |
38 |
Yes |
| Magnificant Frigatebird |
Yes |
12:54 PM |
Dzilam de Bravo |
23 |
. |
| Greater Yellowlegs |
Yes |
1:08 PM |
drive back to unit |
28 |
. |
| Sandwich Tern |
Yes |
1:14 PM |
" |
39 |
Yes |
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
Yes |
1:14 PM |
" |
40 |
Yes |
| Tropical Mockingbird |
Yes |
1:16 PM |
" |
9 |
. |
| Black-necked Stilt |
Yes |
1:20 PM |
" |
5 |
. |
| Vermilion Flycatcher |
Yes |
1:27 PM |
" |
41 |
Yes |
| Forster's Tern |
Yes |
2:13 PM |
" |
42 |
Yes |
SUMMARY of the session: We saw a total of 11 new birds, 9 of which were lifers. For me, the two highlights were the Roseate Spoonbill and the Vermiliton Flycatcher.
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