Birding with David Bacab

My November 26, 2015 blog "Birding around Celestun", was my first day out birdwatching with David Bacab.  Because my friend and fellow avid photographer, Diane, was visiting us last week, we booked a day with David again last Saturday.

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Our itinerary was similar to our last birding day, other than David taking us to a couple of new sites this time at my request to change some locations, just to see some new areas.

It was a fun day with our best sightings early in the morning as usual, the birds less active and harder to find as the day warmed.  In addition to the Chunchukmil road, we explored around the town cenote (where Celestun gets the town water from), an old quarry area, and some sea shore locations north of Celestun amongst the salt flats.

Pedro was our driver again, following us in the van when we walked, and putting out our breakfast an hour or so into the day (fresh fruit, bread, cheese, juice, coffee).

Here's the list of birds we spotted, with a further selection of my photos below:

1. Grey-necked Woodrail
2. Pygmy Kingfisher
3. Green Jay
4. White Ibis
5. Great Egret
6. Boat-billed Heron
7. Tricoloured Heron
8. Snowy Egret
9. Wood Stork
10. Great Black Hawk
11. Tropical Kingbird
12. Tropical Mockingbird
13. Vermilion Flycatcher
14. Social Flycatcher
15. Kiskadee
16. Canivets Emerald Humminbird
17. Cinnamon Hummingbird
18. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
19. Mexican Sheartail Hummingbird
20. Orange Oriole
21. Hooded Oriole
22. Altamira Oriole
23. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
24. Mangrove Vireo
25. White-eyed Vireo
26. Northern Parula
27. White-lored Gnatcatcher
28. White Pelican
29. Brown Pelican
30. Cormorant
31. Chachalaca
32. Yucatan Bobwhite
33. Turquoise-browed Motmot
34. Olive-throated Parakeet
35. Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
36. Golden-fronted Woodpecker
37. Yucatan Woodpecker
38. Tropical Pewee
39. Yellow Warbler
40. Black Mangrove Warbler
41. Groove-billed Ani
42. Red-winged Blackbird