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We've gone out on one of these carts pulled by a horse to 3 different cenotes. Once in Cuzama 13 years ago and the other time in nearby Chunkanán 3 years ago. It was quite the experience.
2 years agoThanks guys, it is realļy fun to spot a new bird species, try to focus in on it and get a cliser look. Quite an addictive hobby!
2 years agoIt does look like a different species, but female it is!
2 years agoWe think your pictures, especially of birds, are getting better and better. It has been really fun seeing all the pictures you have been posting!
2 years agoIt’s a female great-tailed grackle alright, but I was surprised by how bronze it looked. It took some research to convince me there wasn’t some other grackle species down there.
2 years agoThanks! Especially those Jays were hard to get.
2 years agoYes, it's very iconic of this region.
2 years agoInteresting looking bird!
2 years agoGreat job on the birds!
2 years agoHaha- yup.
2 years agoSo you’d call this Tipikal church pretty typical then? :)
2 years agoI think Bill’s right here. It’s neither a kiskadee or social flycatcher, which have striped heads.
2 years agoMakes a lot of sense. Achiote is commonly used in many dishes of Yucatecan cookery.
2 years agoRipe to drink milk if you can hear sloshing when shaken. Ripe for coconut meat when they start to yellow. But they are really tough to open if you have never done it, as opposed to the guys I watched in Trinidad...
I had a tough time.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4221048880600&set=a.4212755593273
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Ripeness info:
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/tell-coconuts-ripe-tree-60198.html
And a ductless wall unit. Did it provide AC for you?
2 years ago