Beskrivelse: We were looking at Yucatan Wren's ...then even the local birder 'woke-up' when the sound of this bird was in our ears. Familiar flycatcher-like but sort of 'drawn-out'... Like I heard it on the 'net'. At the distance we saw the bird... solitary like 'usual' and over-size to 'Dusky-capped' in both body and bill. Scarce in most of Yucatan - even if it is endemic as the name suggests.
No better possibility to shoot the bird occured... it went away as suddenly as it came, - all the time more than at least 100m away. So we went back to watch and'shoot' the Yucatan wren's :-)... and a family of Black-throated Bobwhites. 3 not so common endemic birds at the same spot - almost - within 15 minutes. A moment of glory !!
Seen in a mixture of extensive farmland (cattle) and spine-scrub 5-7 km S.E. of Rio Lagartos - direction San Salvador/Las Coloradas.
Beskrivelse: Mixture of extensive used cattle farmland and spine scrub S.E. of Rio Lagartos in the out back roads connected to the road to Las Coloradas 5-7 km from Rio Lagartos.
This species is an extreme endem... restricted to far costal north of Mexican state 'Yucatan' (might be found in very small numbers in Quintana Roo to) - not uncommon in suitable surroundings.
I 3 days we saw at least 5 individuals.
A superficial look at the bird makes it a 'cactus wren' - but it's distinctive different in its voice, supercilium and breast with small spots turning into 'bars' low on the side of the bird.
Beskrivelse: Mixture of extensive used cattle farmland and spine scrub S.E. of Rio Lagartos in the out back roads connected to the road to Las Coloradas 5-7 km from Rio Lagartos.
This species is an extreme endem... restricted to far costal north of Mexican state 'Yucatan' (might be found in very small numbers in Quintana Roo to) - not uncommon in suitable surroundings.
I 3 days we saw at least 5 individuals - one of them ringed (present here).
A superficial look at the bird makes it a 'cactus wren' - but it's distinctive different in its voice, supercilium and breast with small spots turning into 'bars' low on the side of the bird.
Beskrivelse: Orange oriole is strictly endemic to the Yucatan pen-insula. Here is a female or a young male (not easy to determinate when the bird has this position)
Beskrivelse: There is some debate about the status of this species - it is by more authorities not accepted as a split from American Yellow Warbler (in Danish both kind of birds are called 'Gul sanger'). Since 'Netfugl' on its world list has two species I hereby up-load it as 'Mangrove warbler'.
Beskrivelse: Endemic to 2-3 states of Mexico - not common but most common in scrub and mangrove (and smaller cities near by)in the far costal north of Yucatan and Quintana Roo. Here at 6 am in the morning at the ordinary size chicken-fence in front of a village-house - an app. 3 month old juvenile; - fully able to fly and 'escape'. By the way - the tail of the youngster shows the beginning 'shear-tail'. Another picture shows that the young bird was waiting to be 'serviced' by a parent bird. I presume that the young bird might be a female - white tail-tip - and plain white chin and breast. In 3 days 5 individuals was seen 1 male and 4 females/one juvenile. All in village Rio Lagartos and Las Coloradas.
Beskrivelse: Endemic to 2-3 states of Mexico - not common but most common in scrub and mangrove (and smaller cities near by)in the far costal north of Yucatan and Quintana Roo. Here at 6 am in the morning at the ordinary size chicken-fence in front of a village-house - an app. 3 month old juvenile; - fully able to fly and 'escape'. By the way - the tail of the youngster shows the beginning 'shear-tail'. Another picture shows that the young bird was waiting to be 'serviced' by a parent bird. I presume that the young bird might be a female - white tail-tip - and plain white chin and breast. In 3 days 5 individuals was seen: 1 male and 4 females/one juvenile. All in village Rio Lagartos and Las Coloradas. As can be anticipated it is a SMALL bird :-) ... same individual as the other up-load (if accepted).
Beskrivelse: Endemic to 2-3 states of Mexico - not common but most common in scrub and mangrove (and smaller cities near by)in the far costal north of Yucatan and Quintana Roo. Here at 6 am in the morning at the ordinary size chicken-fence in front of a village-house - an app. 3 month old juvenile is getting 'breakfast'. By the way - the tail of the youngster shows the beginning 'shear-tail'. I presume that the young bird might be a female - white tail-tip - and plain white chin and breast. In 3 days 5 individuals was seen: 1 male and 4 females/one juvenile. All in village Rio Lagartos and Las Coloradas. As can be anticipated it is a SMALL bird :-) ... same young individual as the other up-loads (if accepted).
Beskrivelse: Seen in a small (in April) roadside pond near Rio Lagartos.
... on the road between Tizimin and Rio Lagartos app. 5-6 km before Rio Lagartos.
Picture shows a non-breeding bird suggested by the whitish chin. In relation to the first up-load of this species ... I find the bill on 'my bird' in good accordance with the field-guides
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