When you see cormorants along the coast or at inland waters, you may observe them like this: Often seen with outstretched …
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Backyard Birding in Merida, Yucatan and Beyond – How Not To Social Network, the Social Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis, Luisito Común (Spanish), X takay (Mayan) Although one of the attractions of living in Merida is the friendliness …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – HERONS AND EGRETS PART 5 0f 5
“(Water) is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye looking into which the beholder measures the depth of …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – ARE BITTERNS BETTER HERONS? PART 4
In the Yucatan are some herons lesser than other members of the heron family of herons, night-herons, tiger-herons, egrets and bitterns? With …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – ARE THOSE “DAY” HERONS OR NIGHT-HERONS? PART 3
In the last two columns I’ve shared several long-legged, long-necked wading birds of herons and egrets in the heron family. Active …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – ARE THOSE WHITE BIRDS HERONS OR EGRETS? PART 2
“Hey, look at those white cranes in the mangroves.” “The Yucatan Peninsula doesn’t have any cranes except for a rare, lost …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – HERON OR EGRET? PART 1
Take a gander at these photos of two wading birds found along the Yucatan coast in shallow water. From the back, …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – OFF THE RAILS: THE RAIL FAMILY
In the Yucatan Peninsula, crakes, coots, rails, and gallinules belong to the bird family of rails. At least 12 species call the …