Here's a list of the birds we've seen during our travels and remembered to add to the log. We'll update photos as we get better ones.

Magnificent Frigate Bird

Brown Pelican

Brown Booby (Eastern and Western types)

From Birds we've seen in Mexico

This Eastern Brown Booby is just one of many who decided to catch a ride on the boat for the night while we were sailing. Interestingly, only the Eastern type has displayed this activity.

Blue-footed Booby

Anhinga

From Birds we've seen in Mexico

Anhinga sunning itself.

Olivaceous Cormorant

Black-crowned Night Heron

Green-backed Heron

Little Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron searching for grubs in a mangrove forest

Tiger Heron

We didn't find a Tiger Heron listed onour bird book, but the locals tell us this is what these birds are called. Looking at its stripes, that makes sense!

Tricolored Heron

Great Blue Heron

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egrets grazing alongside their namesake.

Great Egret

This Great Egret appears to be a juvenile.

Snowy Egret

Wood Stork

White Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks are very awkward when they takeoff, dragging their feet below them.

Purple Gallinule

This Purple Gallinule is the most exotic looking bird we've seen so far.

American Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Plover

Short-billed Dowitcher

Heermann's Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Royal Tern

We were inundated by Royal Terns while visiting Mantanchen Bay. This one laid claim to the top of the BBQ grill and kept returning as soon as we shoo'd him away. We finally gave up...

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

I know most everybody has seen Turkey Vultures, but I like this pic.

Black-shouldered Kite

Common Black-Hawk

Common Black-Hawk.

Immature Common Black-Hawk.

Crested Caracara

Osprey

This osprey delighted us by swooping down into the estuary and catching a fish just moments after this photo was taken.

Belted Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

Great Kiskadee

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

It was great fun to watch the Dusky-capped Flycatcher zoom away from its perch, catch a bug mid-air and return to its place.

Vermillion Flycatcher

Tree Swallow

Gray Vireo

Scott's Oriole