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Looks like a kestrel to me. Not seen one in person myself.
https://www.backyardnature.net/n/b/kestrel.htm
Looks like dragon fruit cactus, but I've never seen them groing togethr with leafy stuff...
OK, after considerable searching, looks like maybe the shrubs are for dragon fruit support.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Pitahaya-(Hylocereus-spp.)%3A-a-short-review-Ortiz-Hern%C3%A1ndez-CARRILLO-SALAZAR/5dc56d527ae1ab8f517a61dfcf1f8eaba8eb8c2a/figure/2
No climbing this pyramid any more? That's too bad! It's a great view from the top!
1 year agoSeriously! We really like the Bimbo wheat bread and with the sliced pretend cheese it makes such good grilled cheese sandwiches! Mmmmmm!!!!
1 year agoI’m always happy to see a good cow shot!
1 year agoYeah, I looked and looked, but that's the only species to remotely fit.
The San Blas jay looks similar but only lives on the west coast of Central America.
leaves look wrong... maybe something in the ginger family?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zingiberales
Better composed than decomposed! :-)
1 year agoPossibly, but seeing lower leaves are being harvested, it might be for rope... or several other things.
https://basmati.com/2017/04/25/10-uses-agave-plant-you-probably-didnt-know
Looks like Ceiba
https://www.backyardnature.net/yucatan/ceiba2.htm
Maybe a gray hawk?
https://ebird.org/species/gryhaw2
If only they were not so aggressive! But they are very showy!
1 year agoI spy one near the bottom of the cluster in the middle!
1 year agoLooks like a Queen Emma
https://www.backyardnature.net/yucatan/queen-em.htm
The only thing I found that sort of matches is slate-colored seedeater, but they are only accidental visitors.
1 year agohttps://www.peruaves.org/thraupidae/slate-colored-seedeater-sporophila-schistacea/