Yucatan 4/9-4/20--Trip List and Index

AMERICAN FLAMINGOS, Rio Lagartos

Earlier this month we visited our friends in Puerto Morelos, a little town just south of Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula. While not strictly a birding trip, I did get out birding every day. Walking the streets of Puerto Morelos, or along the beach, you can find a lot of interesting birds. We did take a road trip to the northern part of the peninsula to the fishing village of Rio Lagartos where we had a fabulous boat trip around the lagoon. We also visited Yaax Che and Parque Cancun for a little birding. All these adventures are linked below.

I knew I was missing a good chunk of migration in New Jersey, but a lot of the warblers were still down there, and, amusingly, it took a trip to Mexico before I was able to add Gray Catbird to my list. For the 11+ days we were there I tallied 92 species, 65 of which were year birds and 9 of which were lifers.

The links 

Rio Lagartos

Puerto Morelos

Yaax Che | Parque Cancun

Yucatan Gallery

The List:

Species                    First Sighting
Plain Chachalaca    Puerto Morelos
Rock Pigeon    Parque Principal Francisco Cantón
RED-BILLED PIGEON    Puerto Morelos
Eurasian Collared-Dove    Puerto Morelos
Ruddy Ground Dove    Puerto Morelos
White-tipped Dove    Yaax Che
White-winged Dove    Parque Cancun
Common Squirrel-Cuckoo    Yaax Che
Black-bellied Plover    Reserva de la Biosfera Ria Lagartos
Semipalmated Plover    Playa Puerto Morelos
Spotted Sandpiper    Playa Bonita
Willet    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Ruddy Turnstone    Reserva de la Biosfera Ri­a Lagartos
Sanderling    Playa Puerto Morelos
Least Sandpiper    Playa Bonita
Laughing Gull    Playa Puerto Morelos
American Herring Gull    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Black Skimmer    Cooperativa Pescadores de Rio Lagartos
Gull-billed Tern    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Forster's Tern    Reserva de la Biosfera Ria Lagartos
Sandwich Tern    Playa Puerto Morelos
Royal Tern    Playa Puerto Morelos
AMERICAN FLAMINGO    Reserva de la Biosfera Ri­a Lagartos
Magnificent Frigatebird    Playa Puerto Morelos
Anhinga    Playa Puerto Morelos
Double-crested Cormorant    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Neotropic Cormorant     Rio Lagartos
White Ibis    Rio Lagartos
Roseate Spoonbill    Puerto Morelos
BARE-THROATED TIGER-HERON    Reserva de la Biosfera Ria Lagartos
BOAT-BILLED HERON    Playa Bonita
Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Playa Bonita
Little Blue Heron    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Tricolored Heron    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Reddish Egret    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Snowy Egret    Cooperativa Pescadores de RI­o Lagartos
Green Heron    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Western Cattle-Egret    Reserva de la Biosfera Ri­a Lagartos
Great Egret    Hotel Rio Lagartos
Great Blue Heron    Reserva de la Biosfera Ria Lagartos
American White Pelican    Reserva de la Biosfera Ria Lagartos
Brown Pelican    Playa Puerto Morelos
Black Vulture    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Turkey Vulture    Carretera Ri­o Lagartos-Cancun-Tulum
LESSER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE    Playa Puerto Morelos
Osprey    Playa Puerto Morelos
Common Black Hawk    Cenote Kambulnah
ROADSIDE HAWK    Parque Cancun
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl    Casa Carolina
Black-headed Trogon    Yaax Che
Belted Kingfisher    Reserva de la Biosfera Ria Lagartos
American Pygmy Kingfisher    Cenote Kambulnah
Yucatan Woodpecker    Puerto Morelos
Golden-fronted Woodpecker    Puerto Morelos
White-fronted Amazon    Casa Carolina
Olive-throated Parakeet    Cenote Kambulnah
GRAY-COLLARED BECARD    Parque Cancun
Dusky-capped Flycatcher    Puerto Morelos
Brown-crested Flycatcher    Puerto Morelos
Great Kiskadee    Casa Carolina
Social Flycatcher    Puerto Morelos
Tropical Kingbird    Puerto Morelos
Couch's Kingbird    Puerto Morelos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike    Parque Cancun
Lesser Greenlet    Yaax Che
White-eyed Vireo    Yaax Che
Mangrove Vireo    Cooperativa Pescadores de Rio Lagartos
Green Jay    Playa Bonita
YUCATAN JAY    Puerto Morelos
Bank Swallow    Hotel Rio Lagartos
Gray-breasted Martin    Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancun
Barn Swallow    Puerto Morelos
White-bellied Wren    Yaax Che
Gray Catbird    Puerto Morelos
Tropical Mockingbird    Puerto Morelos
Hooded Oriole    Puerto Morelos
Yellow-tailed Oriole    Parque Cancun
Orange Oriole    Parque Cancun
Altamira Oriole    Parque Cancun
Bronzed Cowbird    Puerto Morelos
Melodious Blackbird    Puerto Morelos
Great-tailed Grackle    Puerto Morelos
Northern Waterthrush    Puerto Morelos
Black-and-white Warbler    Puerto Morelos
Prothonotary Warbler    Yaax Che
Common Yellowthroat    Puerto Morelos
American Redstart    Playa Bonita
Magnolia Warbler    Puerto Morelos
Northern Yellow Warbler    Parque Cancun
MANGROVE YELLOW WARBLER    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Palm Warbler    Cooperativa Pescadores de Ri­o Lagartos
Black-headed Saltator    Parque Cancun

Key: Year Bird, LIFE BIRD