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Glad to see you made it to Mérida safely. Are you having a day off in Mérida playing tourist or carrying on with your tour?
1 year agoYup! You nailed it yet again... Bill, body shape, coloring and the tail... Didn't see a picture of it with the tail like that when I looked... Just big red breast shots.
I'm better with reptiles and amphibians, but even then, out of southwest US, and all is suspect.
Maybe, but I think it’s a female Magnificent Frigatebird.
1 year agoTired of swimming and flying?
1 year agoDoesn't look right, but the only thing I found with a tail like that was the swallow tailed kite.
https://ebird.org/species/swtkit
Some species of swallow?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow
Pan de bolillo or white bread
1 year agoAwww, thank you.
1 year agowhat a cute couple!
1 year agoAnd one more for good measure.
1 year agoNo, that’s the species. This is one of the differences these have from their northern cousins.
Tropical: https://ebird.org/species/tromoc
Northern: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Mockingbird/id
We will watch for them on the other side of the Atlantic.
1 year agoDid not realize they had such white bellies, I thought the others were more grayish. Difference between make and female perhaps?
1 year agoBlack-necked stilt. If you keep an eye out in coastal areas in Southern Europe you’ll see his close cousin, the black-winged stilt. You can’t really mistake them for any other bird.
1 year ago
"Swines" sounds... interesting?
1 year ago