A day at the beach! (Progreso, Yucatan)

Well, it was more like a late afternoon. Today I headed out to Progreso (about 30k north of Merida) and took some time to get down to the coastline and snap some photos of the birds and whatnot! The light was quite nice for most of the time and I am fairly happy with the shots, even though I was not there for all that long on this occasion.

Oh... one more thing!
As you may notice I have added a watermark to the images. I really care about my photographs and like to share them in at high resolutions... the downside of course is that some people have been ripping them off and using them for profit... this, is not cool. I realize that to edit the watermarks out is insanely easy, but I hope that people will be reasonable about this. I spend a lot of time and money on my photography and if someone wants to use my photos for a commercial purposes its only fair that I be see something for my efforts. If you would like to use any of my images for education/personal/non-profit projects, I am happy to make them available to you... but please let me know! OK that's that!

Belizean Wildlife!

Although tiny, Belize boasts some of the most impressive biodiversity in all of Central America... tapirs, spider monkeys, exotic birds, reptiles and insects make up what is truly a wonderful refuge for wildlife. This is not to say that Belize does not have its fair share of ecological woes, Macaws for example are nearly extinct due to the exotic bird trade and poor water management has threatened many areas of the tiny nation... however even with all this said, due to its low population density and low level of industry there are still sizable regions of the country which remain practically pristine. I hope you enjoy the photos, they are not particularly technically excellent but I still feel they give a good feel for the biodiversity which can be found!

Couple small species of lizard which seem to be much more prominent than the large Toloc Iguanas found in Yucatan.


A couplephotos of the same Keel Billed Toucan from Xunantunich (the national bird of Belize!)


Gorgeous little Toucanet... one of my favorite tropical birds


The Montezuma Oropendola and its enormous nests!



Howler Monkeys, a true staple of Central American rain forests.


The Tapir is affectionately known in Belize as River Cow (it is Belizes national animal) They are fairly easy to spot due to their large size, however once they have spotted you they tend to just run straight in to the bush (I suspect they are very good at turning with those masively dense bodies).


The amazingly agile and always welcome Spider Monkey!



Little flycatcher munching on some nice little red fruit.


Anyway that is all for now, I hope you enjoyed the photos!