Adam J. Blake

I sit here now typing at my computer after a particularly plausible and terrifying nightmare. I thought rather than lie sleepless in bed I’d try to describe it before the details fled my brain in the morning light. [click to continue…]

In honor of a lazy boxing day I bring you a photo of a true savant of lounging the Black Spiny-tailed Iguana. You will find these Iguanas almost everywhere in the Yucatán but they are especially fond of sunning themselves on ruins.

This weeks photo is of an inquisitive Turkey Vulture checking us out on the shores of the Muyil Lagoon. The fact that Turkey Vultures must fly low enough to detect the order of carrion may explain this and other similar sightings such as the quintuple flyby this summer at Ferry Point Landing. The behaviour can be very convenient as the most definitive way to separate Turkey Vultures from Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures where they co-occur is close examination of the head pattern.

Here we have another photo from Cobá. The Black-headed Trogon is one of several Trogon species found in the Yucatán. The color of the eye-ring and the undertail pattern are important for identification.

This weeks photo is another shot of an Owl Butterfly. Members of the genus Caligo are very large (>10 cm) butterflies found in tropical rainforests of Latin America. This species can even be a pest of cultivated bananas.

I took this weeks photo from a boat floating below the ruins at Tulum. The position of the ruins overlooking the ocean is unique among Maya ruins. The position is very defensible and in fact Tulúm is the mayan word for fence or wall.

Last week we attended the wedding of Richard and the newly “Kozeyfied” Lyndsay Kozey. I took this shot after dinner just after the sun had set (it really does get dark so much faster in the tropics). I like the color contrast of the blue lights from the dance on the sand against the orange and red of the sunset.

Doing a little catch up on photos of the week while on vacation. Here we have a Cinnamon Hummingbird feeding her juvenile taken near the beach of our resort. Hummingbirds actually feed their young a paste of insects and nectar because the nectar alone wouldn’t provide enough protein for the growing birds.

As I type Sara and I are on our way to the Yucatan. In honor of our trip enjoy this beach shot from our honeymoon trip to Costa Rica.