Yucatan Mexico Rio Lagartos Feb 9, 2018

We drove to Rio Lagartos and went down the river to Las Coloradas.  The small town of Rio Lagartos is known for many varieties of birds.  Pedro drove our boat from town.  We saw an ibis, a black hawk, an osprey, a roseate spoonbill flying, a cigüeña (stork), a frigate bird, cormorants, brown and white pelicans, a blue heron, a great blue heron, a crocodile, flamingos, and the ever present seagulls. Not all of them are pictured here.

At the farthest point, the boat stopped briefly at Las Coloradas, colored lakes made by a salt factory and the reaction of the salt to micro organisms and algae.  There were a few distant flamingos in the peach colored waters, but nothing like the large numbers we saw in Celestun.  (I haven't figured out when there are more flamingos there, but we only expected to see a few in February and went there to see the many other birds that live nearby).

 Brown pelicans

Blue heron

 More brown pelicans

 Pelican and Cormorant

 Great blue heron

 Another tour boat.  Note the man with the mud mask on his face.  We decided not to stop at the mud baths nearby.

 Fishing net

Egret in flight

 Cigüeña or stork

Osprey

Crocodile

 Las Coloradas

Flamingos at Las Coloradas

 Someone broke the S!

 One of the cottages named for Sylvanus Morley, Jim's great uncle at the Mayaland hotel

 The Planetarium

 Nice pool at Mayaland

 The Mayan observatory  was framed by the main doorway at the Mayaland hotel, a suggestion made by Sylvanus Morley to the original owner of the hotel

 Our cottage at Mayaland

Yucatan Mexico Celestun Birds February 7, 2018

We also photographed many large birds on the river by the small fishing village of Celestun (see the colorful flamingos in my previous post).  The birds were incredible there.

 Great Blue Heron in Flight
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 Brown Pelican

 Cormorant

 Tricolored Heron

 Roseate Spoonbill

 Great Blue Heron at rest

 Something we saw in the jungle among the mangroves.  I wondered if it was an ant hill or something.  Any ideas?

 Tunnel through the mangroves

 Great Egret hiding in the shade

Sunset

On the Water 3

We explored the creek in Jim's boat over on 9/6.  I enjoyed stopping to see lots of birds and we visited lots of coves.  These were my favorite shots.

     Osprey

     Egret