From the sandy beach of Celestun, we drove southwest to Ticul. This was the heart of the ancient civilisation of the Puuc. There were ruins eveywhere. Deep in the jungle foliage, we spotted a Tapir, foraging for food. Berry and I were birding, but we regularly see wildlife during our comings and goings.
There was a Green Jay (Cyanocorax Yncas), also known as the Incan Jay, on a boardwalk. We saw a Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes Simillis) behaving like most flycatchers we have seen. They perch in trees and fly out to catch insects in flight. They then fly back to the perch. Scanning the tops of small trees we call tree-topping. The tops of trees is the habitat of flycatchers, in the same way that ponds are the habitat of ducks. 8.
Here is a sampling of the wonderful Mayan edifices we saw today. This was really one of the most phenomenal vacations we have ever taken. The sense of ancient history was palpable.
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Here is a list of the birds we saw today.
- Smooth Billed Ani
- Turquoise Browed Motmot
- Great Kiskadee
- Tree Swallow
- Yellow Throated Euphonia
- Rose Throated Becard
- Turkey Vulture
- Black Vulture
- Social Flycatcher
- Cattle Egret
- Great Egret
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Sandwich Tern
- Brown Pelican
- Double Crested Cormorant
- Pectoral Sandpiper
We finally made our way down to the town of Campeche. We slept that night at the Hotel del Mar in Campeche.
Robert and Berry
photos courtesy of skyscrapercity, healtoronto, revistaexplore, sedeviajes, wikipedia
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