Cherie Pittillo

Silver-beaked Tanager, Ramphocelus carbo, Tangara Picoplata (Spanish)  Maroon Tanager, Common Silverbeak One half hour from the Bolivian border, I amble carefully along…

Cherie Pittillo, “nature inspired”, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and author, explores nature everywhere she goes. She’s identified 53 bird species in her Merida,…

Cherie Pittillo, “nature inspired”, zoologist, wildlife photographer, and author, explores nature everywhere she goes. She’s identified 53 bird species in her Merida,…

OSPREY, Pandion haliaetus, Aguila Pescador (Spanish) MALE SKY DANCER Sound link of Sky-dancer: https://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/4140 Rapid wingbeats pierce air to climb 100’ 500’…

Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, Tirano Dorso Negro (Spanish), Sak x takay (Mayan) Sound link: https://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/106791 One of my first observations of an…

Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula,  Chachalaca Oriental (Spanish), Baach (Mayan) In the Yucatan Peninsula thickets, scrubland, dense second growth or forest edge, listen…

Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica, Golondrina Tijereta (Spanish) Kusam (Mayan) While watching Barn Swallows gather mud for their mud and grass nests, I…

Tick, tick, tick. Tick, tick, tick. Splash. Listen to actual call: https://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/209876 As I stand on a boardwalk surrounded by mangrove roots,…

Common Gallinule Gallinula galena, Gallineta Frente Roja (Spanish) Common Gallinule, a bird with the common name with “common” in it, is one…

  Which came first the “old coot” or the American Coot? With the politics in the US now, you might choose an…