As I mentioned yesterday, we headed out before sunrise this morning to check on the wildlife at the nearby Laguna de Manialtepec. What I didn’t mention is that Anne arranged for us to take a boat ride with the fabulous Lalo Ecotours, and I must admit it was one of the most amazing tours itContinue reading “Wildlife of the amazing Laguna de Manialtepec”
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Adios, Oaxaca!
We did make the 200-km drive and 1,555-m descent from Oaxaca down to Puerto Escondido on the Pacific coast this afternoon, but before we left, we also made one more hike up Cerro del Fortín before breakfast this morning. Donna made our first discovery of the day, before we even made it into the park,Continue reading “Adios, Oaxaca!”
More sights from Oaxaca…
We were so impressed by what we saw on Cerro del Fortín yesterday morning, that we hiked back up there before breakfast today. One treat was finding more gray silky-flycatchers, which I first excitedly showed you from the central square in Puebla on Tuesday. It turns out that they are quite social, and we countedContinue reading “More sights from Oaxaca…”
Oh, Oaxaca!
As I mentioned yesterday, we woke up in Oaxaca this morning and casually assembled on the rooftop terrace of the fabulous Hotel Azucenas that Anne had found for us. As we sipped our caffeinated beverage of choice and watched the sun come up over the city, this stunning dusky hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida), a first forContinue reading “Oh, Oaxaca!”
Puebla, Mexico!
That’s right, we’re in Mexico, and it’s been a long couple of days, but I do finally have some pictures to show you. We were lucky enough to have two good friends tag along on this trip, Donna, whom you know from the Milwaukee Birders, and her husband, Mike, who spotted the ruby-throated hummingbird nestContinue reading “Puebla, Mexico!”
A little more Guayaquil…
I made it home safely this afternoon about 4:30pm, and the first thing I noticed is that you must have forgotten to pay the bill for heat. Yikes! Fall is here? Anyway, my sister Deb, had a much later flight today so she got to go back to the linear park in Guayaquil and seeContinue reading “A little more Guayaquil…”
One last look around…
Today, finally, is an R&R day with no scheduled activities, so I got to have a nap this afternoon and write this post while it’s still light outside. Woo hoo! Deb and I took the morning to visit a beach on the south side of the island and a few miles from town: Playa Loberia.Continue reading “One last look around…”
A heck of a lot more than a three-hour tour…
Today most of the group, including Deb and me, took a boat tour of various snorkeling and nesting sites around the island. At the first stop, not far from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno harbor, where we started, everyone hopped into the water to check out the fish, but there were plenty of birds swirling around inContinue reading “A heck of a lot more than a three-hour tour…”
Just coasting in the archipelago…
It was a long day at the clinic, but I have a few pictures saved up from previous days to show you some today. First up, we have a ruddy turnstone, which we’ve also seen on McKinley Beach in Milwaukee. As with the semipalmated plover and the American oystercatchers I’ve already shown you, however theContinue reading “Just coasting in the archipelago…”
Wow! The tortoises sure are huge here…
Today was the first day of working at the WorldVets clinic here in town, and my job was cleaning the surgical instruments after use, packing them up into specific kits, and sterilizing those kits in an autoclave. It was a long day and we did our best to help reduce the number of feral animalsContinue reading “Wow! The tortoises sure are huge here…”
