Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus Looking across a brackish lagoon, the boiling, roiling, splashing water in the distance caught my attention. It looked …
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BIG CAT? I often see the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) referenced as a “big cat.” For years the term “big cats” typically referred …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – HEAD SCRATCHING OVER OR UNDER THE WING?
Under the wing head scratch of Burrowing Owl with unidentified debris How awkward does it appear for a certain bird to balance …
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Baltimore Oriole Time to enjoy more tidbits about birds that may surprise you as they did me. Images were photographed in the …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – ODDS AND ENDS, PART 1 of 2
Red gular pouch of White Ibis prevalent for about 10 days during courtship.jpg Time to enjoy a few tidbits about birds that …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – CLEAN, COLOGNE, HONE, AGGRESSION : BIRD BILL WIPING
Red-lored Parrots with dirty bills Bird behavior fascinates me. I’m curious about how and then why birds act as they do. Often …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – SMORGASBIRDS IN BOTH YUCATAN PENINSULA AND BELIZE, PART 1 of 3, SMALLER SPECIES, MORE OR LESS
Morelet’s Seedeater,Sporophila morelleti, Semillero de Collar (Spanish) Enjoy a few feathered friends in two countries with a shared border in no particular …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – IF DOROTHY IN THE WIZARD OF OZ WERE A BIRD, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A WILSON’S PHALAROPE
Wilson’s Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, Falaropo Pico Largo (Spanish) If Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz were a bird, she would have been …
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BACKYARD BIRDING IN MERIDA, YUCATAN AND BEYOND – TEN UNCOMMON FEATURES YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT THE ANHINGA
1. Red Eyes The Anhinga’s red eyes help it see shapes better underwater. Like many birds, a third eyelid, the nictitating membrane, …
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Simple. Or so it seemed. That’s what I thought. I looked up one thing and found another. I’m utterly astounded and lost …