Birding Notes

6:00 am May 11 I have reviewed and labelled my iPhotos for February 22. This entry will chronicle the birdwatching activities.

We went for an early morning stroll around the Club med grounds and saw a White-winged Dove, a Couch's Kingbird, a Tropical Motmot, and a Clay-colored Thrush. There was a fog at the time but I did get a good photo of the thrush.

 

I finally was able to get a decent photo of the Turquoise-browed Motmot. Then a few minutes later I was able to take a photo of another one!

I also saw a pair of birds that looked a bit like kingfishers, but was not able to identify them at the time:

The last bird for the day was a Yucatan Jay, a new lifer for us!

Here is a table summarizing the day's observations.

Name	Photo	Time	Location	ID#	Lifer
White-winged Dove	Yes	7:15 am	Uxmal	43	.
Couch's Kingbird	Yes	7:24 am	"	72	.
Turquoise-browed Motmot	Yes	7:30 am	"	52	.
? Woodpecker	Yes	7:32 am	"		.
Clay-colored Thrush	Yes	8:50 am	"	75	.
Black Vulture	Yes	9:15 am	road north	2	.
Turquoise-browed Motmot	Yes	10:18 am	"	52	.
? to be identified	Yes	11:54 am	"	79	Yes
Yucatan Jay	Yes	1:40 PM	"	80	Yes
Green Jay	.	1:41 PM	"	55	.

SUMMARY of the session: We saw 10 different birds, including 2 new birds for Mexico, both of which were lifers.