Cancun birds

This is the reason to go birding around Cancun... you can come across a Collared Aracari! It's a relative of toucans:





Near the Mayan ruins of Koba is a lake, where one of the things you can find is a Snail Kite like this one:


When I was walking on the trail around the lake, and old lady pointed to my camera and I said "for birding." She seemed to know what this was and was very happy! She even pointed the way to continue on the trail.


This handsome guy is a first-year Orchard Oriole. You can see them almost anywhere in Yucatan.






A cenote (a lake fed by underground rivers) in the Xel-Ha park near Tulum:


Another specialty near Koba - a Ringed Kingfisher with his catch. They are not gentle!


A couple of Ruddy Ground-Doves:


This is a Violaceous Trogon - a handsome word for a handsome bird:


One of the birding hotspots in Yucatan near Felipe Carrillo Puerto. Marketed as very safe, but I don't know...


Another oriole, this one is a Hooded:


Ruddy Woodcreeper:


Tropical Kingbird:


And a few Cancun sunsets: