We stayed in the nearby SACBE Bungalows, which are located in some great gardens. Needless to say, some campground birding yielded great results.
I was enjoying watching a variety of Orioles and some vocal Lemon Green Vireoes, when what was probably the bird of the trip scattered the lot, ghosting through the canopy and perching up in a tree. It was a Collared Forest Falcon, a bird which, whilst being easily heard, is notoriously difficult to see. Unfortunately, it scarpered before I could whip my camera out.
The car park of the Ux Mal ruins was alive with activity at dawn, including Blue-crowned Motmots, Melodious Blackbirds, Orange Orioles, Greyish and Black-throated Saltators, Clay-coloured Robins, Green and Yucatan Jays.
Birds weren't the only wildlife at these ruins. Iguanas were everywhere, acting like they owned the place..
It wasn't long, though, before my eyes were back to the skies, as a fine adult Crane Hawk drifted by. In the ruins themselves, Cave Swallows were nesting.
Up above the site, Cave Swallows, Barn Swallows and Purple Martins filled the skies.
Birds weren't the only wildlife at these ruins. Iguanas were everywhere, acting like they owned the place..
It wasn't long, though, before my eyes were back to the skies, as a fine adult Crane Hawk drifted by. In the ruins themselves, Cave Swallows were nesting.Then, a glimpse of one of the most colourful of Mexico's birds, a Turqoise-browed Motmot, displaying its exquisite tail feathers...
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