Chronicles of a Birders Life Listing
Over the previous 40 years I’ve had the great fortune to photographically doc 85% of the chook species added to my “Life Listing.” This weblog collection showcases the pictures and anecdotal accounts that doc these “Lifer” sightings and a bit of in regards to the atmosphere and tradition of the realm. This Lifer weblog collection begins with the primary LIFER exterior of the US, Lifer #624 and proceeds chronologically ahead from there.
A Reflections of the Pure World Weblog Submit Sequence by Jim Achieve
Ruddy Floor Dove (Columbina talpacoti) > Columbidae > Columbiformes
IDENTIFICATION: Small, well-named ruddy dove of humid open and semi-open areas, usually in villages and even cities, the place generally perches on wires. Usually in teams, generally even 100 birds, which flush explosively from underfoot. Male is ruddy general (however a lot paler in West Mexico); feminine is obvious grayish brown general, missing scaly breast of barely smaller Widespread Floor Dove. Like different floor doves, each sexes of Ruddy present vivid rusty wing patches in flight.
FIRST “LIFER” OBSERVATION:
Birding with: Miguel Amar Uribe from Mexico Kan Excursions and my spouse Maria.
Date: 02 Dec 2021 @ Chunyaxché, Quintana Roo, MX
Chunyaxché (Pueblo) | MX-ROO
SPECIES GLOBAL eBIRD DISTRIBUTION MAP
Yellow Star indications the situation of my Lifer sighting
DETAILS ABOUT SIGHTING: We acquired in very late to Tulum as a result of flight delays and misplaced baggage and needed to go away early to fulfill up with Miguel Amar Uribe from Amar Aves, Mexico Kan Excursions who was going to steer us on our first journey birding within the Yucatan. Miguel met us with a giant smile and we have been off to discover the pueblito of Chunyaxché and study in regards to the chook life and cultural historical past of the realm. It was nice, barely heat and humid, with a number of billowing clouds above us. Over the subsequent 2 1/2 hours we might add 52 species to our first guidelines for Mexico and uncover 25 new “Lifer” species. For me, Lifers #624 to #648.
Chunyaxché/Muyil Ruins Lifer # 624 – Ruddy Floor Dove
For many of the group of 25 Lifers that I encountered on this 2 1/2 hour stroll, there was actually nothing distinctive about any of the sightings except for the Toucans and Jays. For the entire others they have been all added slowly on the informal stroll by means of the city and alongside among the outer trails.
PHOTOS TAKEN: We noticed our “Lifer” first right here in Chunyaxché and I managed a few so-so photographs. I’d see them at nearly each cease all by means of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
BACKGROUND ABOUT THE TOWN OF CHUNYAXCHé
Nestled on the fringe of the large Sian Ka’an Biosphere and throughout the road from the Muyil Archeological Zone, the small city of Chunyaxché is surrounded by tall timber and thick vegetation and is a superb spot for locating most of the areas birds. It’s situated roughly 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the coastal web site of Tulum, within the Municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto within the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Nevertheless, with the development of the brand new Tulum Worldwide Airport and the Mayan Prepare line, this cozy city shall be quickly altering.
Earlier 3 posts in my LIFER Weblog Sequence.
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by Jim Achieve
