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    Quinta Roo (Cancun) Guide Recommendations

    try birding with steven, he has online contact details and there's quite a few trip advisor reviews of this trips too. he is based in the PDC quintana roo area. though as far as wildlife is concerned the place is heaving, i got hummingbirds while walking along the side of the main highway from...
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    hummingbird spp Yucatan

    that's actually the species i thought it was an emerald turned up on the same tree but was so close to my head it was inside the minimum focus distance, so i didn't actually manage to get a shot of one, despite getting absurdly good views
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    hummingbird spp Yucatan

    ok thanks
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    hummingbird spp Yucatan

    cozumel island i think
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    hummingbird spp Yucatan

    hi there, it took this one back in may while visiting the yucatan peninsula, i'm now more confused about which species it might be than i was when i took it. any suggestions as to species
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    parrot spp yucatan mexico

    thanks everyone , having checked things out and what the particular local subspecies of olive throated parakeet looks like, i reckon you're all absolutely spot on
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    parrot spp yucatan mexico

    hi chapos, anyone got any ideas on this one it has me stumped, 1 of 4 sighted at coba mayan ruins yucatan peninsula quintanna roo mexico at the end of may this year.
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    rail type species mexico

    thankyou B (:
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    rail type species mexico

    ]hi everyone looking for an id on this raill spp i found this one by the big lake outside of coba ruins quintana roo mexico a couple of weeks ago, i suspect it's possibly a juvenile purple gallinule but as it was lurking around by itself i could do with a bit of help on ID
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    Gold crest visiting bird feeder

    thankyou i suspected it might have happened on other occasions, but i'd never heard of it before. it's still coming back quite a few times per day each day now
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    Gold crest visiting bird feeder

    has anyone ever heard of goldcrest feeding from bird feeders, as i have one that turned up christmas eve and has been back daily. it's feeding on the fatballs in the fatball feeder
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    Birding the Algarve in the Winter

    though there's quite a bit of info on the nex thread down called a week in monte gordo. which might give you a starting point to work from
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    Birding the Algarve in the Winter

    there are a few pdf's out there with information on birding in portugal. produced by the portuguese government. there's the visit portugal birdwatching website which has some info on. one of the pdfs is on pt.meravista i'm going today. but to the opposite end at monte gordo by the Spanish...
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    Bird Guide, Fuerteventura.

    it's very easy to find your way around. i'd never been before last december. one trip and found every species you would want to. barranco de la torre will get you fuerteventura stone chat. spectacled warbler and trumpeter finch. we found the swifts near here also, there's a retail center near...
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    a week in monte gordo.

    thanks chaps. some great information there. yes i realise the bee eaters and golden orioles won't be there simon. though i'm not so bothered as i've already seen both this year anyway in greece. went to my usual oriole spot in corfu to find 50 bee eaters and no orioles and my usual bee eater...
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