Begin this New Year with new hope, discoveries. I found something new to ponder. IMAGINE my surprise when I enlarged an image…
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND-FEEDING OR COOLING STRATEGY? WOOD STORK
Wood Stork Mycteria americana Cigüeña Americana o Galletán (Spanish) When I saw an adult Wood Stork standing still with its open bill…
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10th ANNIVERSARY MONTH: BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND-PART 3 OF 3
How often do we pinpoint the exact moment when we change the course of our lives? Here follows the short backstory on…
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10th ANNIVERSARY MONTH: BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND-PART 2 OF 3
When I approached co-founders of The Yucatan Times to begin a weekly backyard birding column in Merida, they immediately welcomed the idea.…
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN, AND BEYOND – GREEN AND BLUE PIGMENTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION? PART 3 of 3
SLIDER and #1 SCARLET MACAW back feathers Surely those vivid red and yellow feathers of the Scarlet Macaw are produced by carotenoid…
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN, AND BEYOND – PIGMENTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION? BIRD PLUMAGE: PART 1 of 3
Wild Turkey Colorful feathers of birds are breath-taking. Even a drab feather is an amazing structure. But trying to figure out plumage…
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – WHAT’S THE EYE-DEAL? EYELIDS AND EYE-RINGS, PART 2 of 2
That something as insignificant as an eyelid had its place in the workings on the universe, that the cosmic order did not…
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND-A RAINBOW CONNECTION: PURPLE GALLINULE
“Someday we’ll find it The Rainbow Connection The lovers, the dreamers and me” Kermit the Frog Glimpses of rainbow feathers…
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“To be truly iconic, you need to be able to be recognized in a silhouette.” Slash from Guns and Roses “We pack…
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – HANKY PANKY IN THE GRASS: RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, Tordo Sargento (Spanish), Chuleeb (Mayan) Red-winged Blackbird perches high with feathers the color of inky dye He sings…