| Page Views: 274 Last Visit to Celestùn: January, 2007 | Flamingos in the Land of Flamenco by karenincalifornia - last update: Jan 25, 2007 |
Driving due west of Merida in Yucatan will put you at Celestun in about 90 minutes. Celestun is at the mouth of the Celestun Inlet, which is both a mangrove wetland forest and stopping point for a number of migratory birds.
We went to see the flamingos, but we weren't certain the timing was right. We read that the best time to see them was March to September. Yet in January, we were lucky enough to see hundreds of flamingos. If January isn't the best time, I am really wondering what it must look like between March and September.
I know these birds in the picture are not flamingos (just in case you were getting read to send me a note). They're great white egrets. Flamingos aren't the only feathered friends that hang out in the inlet. Keep reading. Flamingos are coming up! |
|  | This excursion in the Celestun Inlet was fun and very worthwhile. I'm glad we made the 90 minute drive from Merida. Our guide, Rodrigo, was a lot of fun. The Celestun boat ride proved to be a highlight of our trip to the Yucatan. |
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| Pros: | "A huge number of flamingos, pelicans, egrets, commorants and other local residents" | | Cons: | "Our poorest day for weather - don't know if it was bad timing, or just being on the coast" | | In A Nutshell: | "Like a Discovery Channel show -- or Pirates of the Carribbean" |
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mtncorg Tue Aug 26, 2008 19:46 UTC
canary2 likes you ;-] Maybe you can take him to see los crocodiles? ;-] Nice tips on an interesting trip. | Bwana_Brown Thu Mar 8, 2007 21:59 UTC
It is great that your bird-watching expedition worked out in the end and you were able to marvel at those beautiful flamingos! I've always loved a good boat ride through mangrove swamps myself - did it on the New Orleans coast a few years ago. | Nemorino Sun Feb 4, 2007 01:17 UTC
My daughter once spent a year in Brazil researching the effects of oil pollution on the mangrove forests. (It's not good for them.) Great luck that you saw the US Senate in session and kept meeting the one person out of 1000s who wasn't out to cheat you. | canary2 Wed Jan 24, 2007 16:05 UTC
Those are egrets not flamingos. |
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