SOME OF OUR TOUR OBSERVING & PHOTOGRAPHING BIRDS, RIO LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE,YUCATAN,MEXICO, 11/3/2018

DOUBLE CRESTED CORMORANTS & BROWN PELICAN ON BOAT, RIO LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE,YUCATAN,MEXICO, 11/3/2018

MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD IN FLIGHT, RIO LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE,YUCATAN,MEXICO, 11/3/2018

CINNAMON HUMMINGBIRD AT FEEDER, RIO LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE,YUCATAN,MEXICO, 11/3/2018

       Even though the lighting was not good and many colors didn't come out, we can still ID this hummingbird as a Cinnamon Hummingbird as follows:

• Slightly downcurved red bill with black tip
• Cinnamon underparts
• Dark wings
• Rufous tail with dark tip

       The Cinnamon Hummingbird is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 810.

FEMALE MEXICAN SHEARTAIL, RIO LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE,YUCATAN,MEXICO, 11/3/2018

   We can ID this hummingbird as a female Mexican Sheartail as follows:

• Long, downward curved, black bill
• Greenish crown, face and nape
• Whitish underparts with greenish flanks
• White tip on tail

        The Mexican Sheartail is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 808.

 

NONBREEDING LAUGHING GULLS & NONBREEDING ROYAL TERN, RIO LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE,YUCATAN,MEXICO, 11/3/2018

NONBREEDING LAUGHING GULLS, RIO LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE,YUCATAN,MEXICO,11/3/2018