Cherie Pittillo

BIRDIE BABIES PHOTO ESSAY Enjoy this short photo essay of baby birds with a glimpse of how they may metamorphose into an…

Tricolored Heron, Egret tricolor, Garza Tricolor (Spanish) Wading birds use different feeding strategies to capture their prey. But I think the more-than-three-colors…

Thirty-four chicken-sized birds emerge from cattails to engage in a dodge-ball dance in an open, flat wetland of southern Florida. Usually the…

BURROWING OWL, Athene cunicularia, “Tecolote Llanero” (Spanish) Time for some light heartedness and whimsy! I chose the expressive Burrowing Owl, a tiny…

Last month The Yucatan Times published my image* of a deteriorating iris of a Pileated Woodpecker. My online research of other woodpecker…

Begin this New Year with new hope, discoveries. I found something new to ponder. IMAGINE my surprise when I enlarged an image…

Wood Stork Mycteria americana Cigüeña Americana o Galletán (Spanish) When I saw an adult Wood Stork standing still with its open bill…

When I approached co-founders of The Yucatan Times to begin a weekly backyard birding column in Merida, they immediately welcomed the idea.…

First, thanks to each of you for your encouragement and faithful interest in my 10-year journey! You’ve warmed my heart with your…