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| Great Blue Heron in flight |
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| Tour boat 'Lidia' |
While in San Blas we heard about a 'must-do' mangrove tour and shared a boat with cruising neighbours. We've identified some of the birds based on our guide's information and the Sibley bird book. Hope these pictures give you a sense of the ride in our open panga "Lidia" with our guide Guam. He motored for two hours down the channel to the crocodile refuge and back down another channel to La Tovera Springs for a light lunch then a much speedier return to San Blas. A worthwhile trip which we recommend highly.
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| Yellow crowned Night-Heron |
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| Great Egret and White Ibis |
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| Belted Kingfisher |
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| Snail Kite (thanks for the ID, Dannie) |
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| Osprey from a distance |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Great White Heron |
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| Juvenile black crowned night-heron |
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| Boat billed heron |
2 comments:
Carol, Great photos!! The little guys on the line look like Mangrove Swallows at first glance. As for the hawk, it is a Snail Kite. I think you have a White Ibis also and a Great Egret together in the couples shot.
Cheers,
Dannie
Thanks...it was a joint effort - the Captain used the digital slr for zooms and I had the smaller digital with 8X zoom...appreciate your identifying the kite and the swallows at Matanchen...the Sibley field guide is good, but obviously can't list every bird we've seen...
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