2014-02-09 Travel: Rio Lagartos to Chichen Itza

Date: 9. Feb. 2014 Country: Mexico: Yucatán Locations: Rio Lagartos, Chichen Itzá

Early morning bird watching tour at Rio Lagartos, drove to the Mayaland hotel at Chichén Itzá, afternoon visit at the excavation site, planetary show at the hotel

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  1. f/4.7
  2. 1/160 sec
  3. 78mm
  4. ISO 320

El Caracol at sunset II

View from our balcony at the Mayaland hotel right after sunset

#americas and caribbean

  1. f/10
  2. 1/1250 sec
  3. 221mm
  4. ISO 200

Kormoran Triple Jump

... the line judge is just about to raise the red flag. Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico

#double-crested cormorant  #great cormorant  #kormoran  #ohrenscharbe  #phalacrocorax auritus  #phalacrocorax carbo

  1. f/6.3
  2. 1/1250 sec
  3. 221mm
  4. ISO 200

American white pelican

A flock of American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

#american white pelican  #nashornpelikan  #pelecanus erythrorhynchos

  1. f/10
  2. 1/640 sec
  3. 300mm
  4. ISO 200

Great Egret (Casmerodius albus)

Rio Lagartos Boat Tour

#ardea alba  #casmerodius albus  #great egret  #great white heron  #silberreiher

  1. f/6.7
  2. 1/1250 sec
  3. 300mm
  4. ISO 200

Fregata magnificens

Female Magnificent Frigatebird

#fregata magnificens  #magnificent frigatebird  #prachtfregattvogel

  1. f/5.1
  2. 1/500 sec
  3. 218mm
  4. ISO 320

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

#ardea herodias  #great blue heron  #kanadareiher