SueO
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We are visiting our sailboat which is moored in Barra de Navidad, Mexico and I have had a few nice walks and found two nests going. One is a Sinaloa Wren and the other is a pair of American Oystercatchers. I'm worried about the Oystercatchers. I have seen raccoons on the beach they are on and we still have a few months of hurricane season left. The wren seems a bit odd in that what little research I have done so far they should be nesting April-July at the end of the dry season: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/sinwre1/breeding
Of course I would see this when we are only here for a week! If we didn't have an Alaskan cruise booked, I would re-schedule my flight and see what happens with these nests. I saw only one wren collecting material for the nest. He (she?) flew first to a low limb, and after a few beats, flew higher up to the nest site. It is in what looks like a fig of some kind. He was singing his heart out too. I hope to get a video of at least the sound tomorrow morning. Don't know if I will get the bird on camera while he sings, but I will try. I am posting a photo of the Oystercatchers. I had a zoom telephoto lens and was at a safe distance. They weren't the least rattled by me. As I was watching them, the bird that was not sitting on the beach suddenly stiffened and raised a leg. I put my bins down and saw a Snowy Egret had just landed and it was waling toward them. I thought there may be a confrontation of some kind, but no, the egret just walked by without incident.
Of course I would see this when we are only here for a week! If we didn't have an Alaskan cruise booked, I would re-schedule my flight and see what happens with these nests. I saw only one wren collecting material for the nest. He (she?) flew first to a low limb, and after a few beats, flew higher up to the nest site. It is in what looks like a fig of some kind. He was singing his heart out too. I hope to get a video of at least the sound tomorrow morning. Don't know if I will get the bird on camera while he sings, but I will try. I am posting a photo of the Oystercatchers. I had a zoom telephoto lens and was at a safe distance. They weren't the least rattled by me. As I was watching them, the bird that was not sitting on the beach suddenly stiffened and raised a leg. I put my bins down and saw a Snowy Egret had just landed and it was waling toward them. I thought there may be a confrontation of some kind, but no, the egret just walked by without incident.
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