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Definitely Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae (Gulls and their allies). Might be a kittiwake. Hard to tell for sure
http://www.world-birds.com/birds/v/kittiwake
Hey, looks great! You have some talent there!
5 years agoNot bad for an amateur.
5 years agoLooks like a teddy bear cholla. Don't let the name fool you though!
https://www.opuntiads.com/cyl/cylindropuntia-bigelovii/#
Hmmmm, delicious !!! National belgian dish: steak-frites
Source: wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries
"Pommes frites" or just "frites" (French), "frieten" (Flemish) or "patat" (Dutch) became the national snack and a substantial part of several national dishes, such as Moules-frites or Steak-frites.[24] Fries are very popular in Belgium, where they are known as frieten (in Dutch) or frites (in French), and the Netherlands, where among the working classes they are known as patat in the north and, in the south, friet.[25] In Belgium, fries are sold in shops called friteries (French), frietkot/frituur (Dutch), or Fritüre/Frittüre (German). They are served with a large variety of Belgian sauces and eaten either on their own or with other snacks. Traditionally fries are served in a cornet de frites (French), patatzak[26]/frietzak/fritzak (Dutch/Flemish), or Frittentüte (German), a white cardboard cone, then wrapped in paper, with a spoonful of sauce (often mayonnaise) on top.
Hi Chris,
We very much enjoyed your previous journals and have purchased two copies of your book, but we've missed reading about your travels on a day-to-day basis. Thanks for posting this new journal with the spotting lists and excellent photos. We look forward to following you and Dea through Central and South America.
And those gray bushes might be white bursage.
https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&rel-taxon=begins+with&where-taxon=Ambrosia+ambrosioides
Nice photo! Might be a totem cactus.
https://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Pachycereus&species=schottii
Correct! :-)
5 years agoI agree with Grampie...
My, what big scales you have! :-)
https://www.mexican-fish.com/common-carp/
Might be a cloudless sulphur.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/cloudless_sulphur.htm
Possibly an ocotillo? Not a cactus, but a very common desert shrub.
5 years agoHey, so far we have found water dispenser machines where we can top up with purified water (I've added a photo to the journal now to show that happening). But I remember from my previous visits to Mexico that people in Mexico buy water from shops in big sturdy 20 litre bottles which are reused, and it's possible to go to a small shop and just buy this water, essentially empty out the water into your smaller bottles and leave the big sturdy bottle with the shop. That way you just pay for the water, which is cheap. 20 litres is obviously a lot but even if you only take half the water it still works out cheaper and more environmentally friendly than buying lots of 2 litre bottles. So we're planning to do that. Bit late for you now I guess, but you'll know for next time!
5 years agoHow are you managing water, what with camping in the desert?
Are you buying bottled water in 2L containers? We found on our Yucatan trip that we were generating distressing numbers of empty bottles. We vowed to bring a filter next time.
Lovely picture !
5 years ago