Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico
December 2014
Rosita's (Rose-bellied) Bunting)
Lots more images below!
A really tremendous trip to southern Mexico (our second visit to the country), which produced a fantastic range of endemics (including the fabulous Rosita's Bunting as seen above, Nava's Wren, Sumichrast's Sparrow, Pink-headed Warbler, Unicolored and Dwarf Jays), wintering Nearctic migrants, and even some great seabirds on a last-day pelagic on the Pacific - which even featured Humpback Whales!
For a full, blow-by-blow roundup, click here
White-rumped Shama
Elephant poo!
Birding on the road at KK
Oriental Whip Snake
Lotus flower
Dusky Langur
"Parchment" butterfly
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
Red Junglefowl....
....aka chicken!
Kaeng Krachan
Puff-throated Babbler
Siberian Blue Robin
Also a Siberian Blue Robin!
Emerald Dove
White-rumped Shama
No idea!
Black-naped Monarch
Grey-bellied Squirrel
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
Orange-headed Ground-thrush
Happy J having ticked Gibbon!
Buttress roots
The 3rd species of Gibbon?
Avoiding warbler neck
Leopard signs...
Monstrous Tockay Gecko
Lunch at Khao Yai....
....in full effect
Pig-tailed Macaque
White-throated Rock Thrush
Banded Broadbill
Silver-breasted Broadbill
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Red-headed Trogon
Palm Civet
White-handed Gibbon - yes!
Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai
Post smoothie at dusk in Chiang Mai
A naga monster...
....and another one
Another temple....
....and some beer
Bar-throated Minla
Dark-backed Sibia
Local colour
Blue Whistling-thrush
Yellow-bellied Fantail
Silver-eared Laughing-thrush
Bar-throated Minla
Waterfall
Yet another temple
Highland Resort, Doi Inthanon
Advantages of an Oxford education
Stunning but unnamed!
Doi Chiang Dao - at Den Ya Kat
Giant Nuthatch - monster!
The Temple - Wat Tham Pha Plong
The hills towards Burma
The Temple at dawn
Inside the temple cave
Bling religion