RUDDY CRAKE, CAMINO A PLANTA DE TRATAMIENTO, COZUMEL, MEXICO, 6/23/2025 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this rail as a Ruddy Crake as follows:

• Gray head with reddish eyes.
• Dark bill.
• Overall rufous with contrasting gray head.

   The Ruddy Crake is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

VAUX'S SWIFT IN FLIGHT, CAMINO A PLANTA DE TRATAMIENTO, COZUMEL, MEXICO, 6/23/2025 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this Swift as Vaux's Swift as follows:

• Both Merlin and Google Images identified (first photo) this Swift as Vaux's Swift.
• Cigar-shaped body.
• Short tail.
• Pale gray breast and throat with rest of underparts darker.
• Arched wings.
• Vaux's Swift is the main Swift species found in Cozumel and is a common sight.

   Vaux's Swift ia new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

COZUMEL WREN, CAMINO A PLANTA DE TRATAMIENTO, COZUMEL, MEXICO, 6/23/2025 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a Cozumel Wren as follows:

• Bird in both photos identified by both Merlin and Google Image as a Cozumel Wren.
• Whitish/Grayish underparts.
• Brown upper parts.
• Dark upper mandible and orange lower mandible.
• Dark eye with indistinct pale supercilium.
• There is no other species in Cozumel similar to the Cozumel Wren.

   The Cozumel Wren is endermic to Cozumel and it is a new species to our ebird Photpgraphic Life List.
 

FEMALE GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, CAMINO A PLANTA DE TRATAMIENTO, COZUMEL, MEXICO, 6/23/2025

 

BLACK CATBIRD WITH PALM FRUIT IN BILL, CAMINO A PLANTA DE TRATAMIENTO, COZUMEL, MEXICO, 6/23/2025

 

TRICOLORED HERON, CAMINO A PLANTA DE TRATAMIENTO, COZUMEL, MEXICO, 6/23/2025

 

OLIVE-THROATED PARAKEETS, CAMINO A PLANTA DE TRATAMIENTO, COZUMEL, MEXICO, 6/23/2025