The following photos of birds of North Akumal were captured near the Laguna Yal Ku and Tranquilidad properties. Who knew there was such a variety? Well, Darcy Rendell of Canada shot these photos during her 5 week stay. Enjoy!
Birds of North Akumal
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Beautiful bird pictures! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful photography and spectacular birds.
THANK YOU!
# 3 is not a hooded oriole because the hooded does not have a black head. It might be an ochre oriole, or a black cowled.
# 11(unknown) may be a hooded, orange, or an altamira oriole — difficult to tell without view of back and wings.
#13 is a squirrel cuckoo
Loved your Birds of North Akumal site.. due to I have been
trying to find out the names of all the one’s I see.
TY,
Aileen
We had a great time taking these photos! We love the people of Akumal and all the wonderful things about this community. We will be back again …. soon! And really just an amateur photographer with a local bird book so if someone else knows a better name for these guys than us I wouldn’t be surprised.
Thanks so much for your contribution Darcy! We love great photos.
The “unknown” bird is a scrub euphonia – they appear very similar to orioles and feed on the same plants – aloes, palm berries, oleandar, etc. but the euphonia is bright yellow and the oriole is more orange. Great photos of some of our neighbors! 🙂
Thank you so much for the lovely pictures of some of the beautiful wildlife in Akumal. So many of these creatures go unappreciated.
Thank you for sharing!