Yucatan in august; storks & spoonbills (1 Viewer)

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ralph21

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• Nov 20, 2018

• #1

Hello everyone.

I am making a trip to Yucatan in august 2019.
I'm looking for some advice regarding seeing a few specific species.
Mostly I would really like to see
* Jabiru (I know this one is very rare, but still worth to ask about it)
* Wood stork
* Roseate spoonbill
* Limpkin
Are there places where I could see any of these species in the month of august?
Other species I'd be interested in are sungrebe, reddish egret and tricolored heron.

Any advice would be appreciated!

 

njlarsen

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• Nov 20, 2018

• #2

Go to https://ebird.org/home - click explore - species maps - downwards arrow next to "Year round-All years" and select last 10 years and choose Aug to Aug for month. Then choose each species. On the right side choose show points sooner.

Niels

 

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ralph21

Member

• Nov 24, 2018

• #3

Thank you, that will be useful!

I will be starting the trip in Cancun and finish in Playa del Carmen.
Anyone has any tips for birding in the areas of those places?

Will be visiting Cozumel too.
Any tips on finding the endemics, like Cozumel emerald and Cozumel Racoon would be appreciated too.

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Nov 30, 2018

• #4

Hi Ralph. You should be able to find plenty of trip reports for Yucatan, including Cozumel on the internet. Here's ours, from a winter trip: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=338774&highlight=yucatan

It's a great area, enjoy your trip

 

Dortmundbirder

Well-known member

• Dec 7, 2018

• #5

I think Jabiru is close to impossible in Yucatan. You would need to travel south to the usumancinta River to have a realistic Chance.
Roseate Spoonbill and Wood Stork are not uncommon in the coastal Magroves.
Celestun or Rio Lagartos are good Spots as well as Cozumel itself.
Limpkin can be tricky. But Laguna Coba was a very good spot for this bird.
Cozumel endemics including Racoon and Pecari have been surprisingly easy for us (but in March) We jsut took a taxi to the country club in the North of the Island and walked our way down to the water treatment.

 

Larry Sweetland

Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'

• Dec 10, 2018

• #6

Dortmundbirder said:

I think Jabiru is close to impossible in Yucatan. You would need to travel south to the usumancinta River to have a realistic Chance.
Roseate Spoonbill and Wood Stork are not uncommon in the coastal Magroves.
Celestun or Rio Lagartos are good Spots as well as Cozumel itself.
Limpkin can be tricky. But Laguna Coba was a very good spot for this bird.
Cozumel endemics including Racoon and Pecari have been surprisingly easy for us (but in March) We jsut took a taxi to the country club in the North of the Island and walked our way down to the water treatment.

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To add to that info on your hit list, if you want to see Sungrebe, the lake alongside the road to Calakmul ruins may be your best bet (site details in my linked report)

 

Dortmundbirder

Well-known member

• Dec 11, 2018

• #7

Good Point. We sadly had no luck there but a great place for Rufous-naped Wood Rail as well.