Monday, April 25, 2011

Yucatan: Rio Lagartos

Rio Largartos is a nature reserve and flamingo sanctuary at the northern tip of the pennisula. We stayed in the little fishing village of San Felipe nearby, which was quaint though tiny.

Our guide was very knowledgable and would pull right into the mangroves to show us something interesting while calling to me, "Get your camera ready!"




Bittern
Yucatan Parrots
Osprey
American Flamingos
Puffer Fish
Black Hawk
Black Hawk Catching the Puffer Fish we threw at it
Frigate Birds
Juvenile Ibis
The last we saw of our guide Gabriel...
...baiting this crocodile. (Our guide lived)
Horseshoe Crab
Mayan Massage



Nevarra takes over boating duties
There is still evidence of the destruction of the mangroves from the 2002 Hurricane Isadore.

Gabriel's brother (or cousin) caught a barracuda on the Gulf jetty


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