Photo Gallery
Photos by Chris Wood
The great Maya ruins at Palenque are impressive both as archeology…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and as a place for birds. Here a Bat Falcon perches on the corner of a ruin…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and here the group in the forest around the ruins seeing birds like…
Photo: Chris Wood
…this skulking Green-backed Sparrow, this sometimes inconspicuous…
Photo: Chris Wood
…White-fronted Parrot, and colorful trogons…
Photo: Chris Wood
…here a Slaty-tailed…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and here a Violaceous Trogon.
Photo: Steve Howell
Black Howler Monkeys are often heard and sometimes seen…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and Spiny-tailed Iguanas sun themselves on branches.
Photo: Steve Howell
Some of us enjoy the wintering birds from farther north like this Yellow-bellied Flycatcher…
Photo: Chris Wood
..and the locals also enjoy seeing birds up close.
Photo: Chris Wood
At Palenque we stay at a fine lodge, Chan Kah, with cabins nestled in the forest…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and a very refreshing swimming pool.
Photo: Steve Howell
Birds are all around. Here a Hooded Warbler and here…
Photo: Chris Wood
…a forest-stream loving Agami Heron.
Photo: Chris Wood
There are lots of forest edge and open country birds as well such as these Crimson-collared Tanagers…
Photo: Steve Howell
…the diminutive Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl…
Photo: Steve Howell
…handsome Fork-tailed Flycatchers…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and the endearing Scrub Euphonia.
Photo: Chris Wood
We do some night birding but occasionally we come across a night bird in the day as in the case of this Common Potoo and this…
Photo: Chris Wood
…Black-and-white Owl.
Photo: Chris Wood