We spent the morning at Las Ninfas reserve. What a wonderful site to visit.
The wide trail made viewing birds (and other critters) very easy.
Cinnamon Hummingbird (left) and adult Gray Hawk (right)
Grasshoppers were abundant here. Machaerocera mexicana (left), Orphulella punctata (center), Aztec spur-throat grasshopper (right).
Albinanstic Abracis flavolineata (left), typical Abracis flavolineata (center), another Machaerocrea mexicana (right).
But butterflies were also quite common. Gray cracker (left), Banded Peacock (center), Theope publius (right).
Other insects were also easy to find. These are all Hemipterans (true bugs). Erythrogonia areolata (left), Diedrocephala variegata (center), a Bladina species (right).
But there were plenty of birds too. Especially with all the insects to eat. Citreoline Trogon (left) and Russet-crowned Motmot (right).
Tomorrow – Huatulco, Oaxaca.
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