BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – PUNCTURED PELICAN POUCHES: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, PART 1 OF 2
American White Pelican with blue tilapia (fish) AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, Pelicans erythrorhynchos, Pelicano Blanco Americano(Spanish), Sak p’onto’ (Mayan) Every time I see American White Pelicans I am awestruck at their size. Wing spans of these behemoths can attain 9.5 ft. They are among the largest flying birds in North America and More...
Yalitza Aparicio writes her first editorial for The New York Times
Mexican actress and activist Yalitza Aparicio announced she had written her first article for The New York Times, where she discusses racism, domestic worker’s rights, and the rights of indigenous people. After More...
Nearly two million Mexicans send a letter to Donald Trump, the U.S. Congress, and the Senate
The letter accuses López Obrador of wanting to establish a Castro-Chavista socialist dictatorship in Mexico and requests all US Government levels to stop calling AMLO “a friend” since he is not a friend of More...
On the Frontlines of the Covid 19 War
One of our local organizations now finds itself on the front line of the battle against the coronavirus. Cruz Roja San Miguel has been serving the community since 1980 with medical, emergency and humanitarian More...
U.S. is extending a ban on ‘non-essential’ travel at the borders with Canada and Mexico
The Trump administration is extending a ban on “non-essential” travel at the borders with Canada and Mexico. “Our efforts over the last several months to limit non-essential travel have been More...
Mexico is already monitoring the possible arrival of the Asian Giant Hornet
The world’s largest hornet, a 2-inch killer dubbed the “Murder Hornet” with an appetite for honey bees, has been found in Washington state, USA; where entomologists were supposed to be making plans to More...
Colorado restaurant defies state order, reopens to packed crowds (VIDEO)
As states prepare to lift restrictions on businesses such as bars and restaurants, scenes that played out in several states on Mother’s Day weekend shows how doing so safely amid the coronavirus pandemic More...
UN Body Sells Off Ocean Floor For Mining At Alarming Rates
As dynamic a landscape as any you’ll find on the shore, the ocean floor is home to some of the best adapted creatures on the planet. Vast plains, deep canyons, and the largest mountain chain on earth all sit More...
BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – ABOUT FACE: A STUDY OF FACIAL FEATURES
This column is a wee bit different. I suggest you slow down to look at the colors and feather details of bird species that occur both in the Yucatan and in the US. We often give a quick check to identify the bird More...
Hillary Clinton endorses Joe Biden for president
WASHINGTON (April 29, 2020). — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed presumptive nominee Joe Biden for president during a virtual town hall on Tuesday. “I want to add my voice to the many who More...
