We're in Akumel, south of Cancun. Most of our time we're spending diving and I've got lots of underwater photos. I don't have as many dry land photos so I'll share some of them first.
Great-tailed grackles are super common here. They are the local scroungers.
There is a Golden-fronted Woodpecker around the place where we're staying. We also saw them in Belize.
And a Yucatan squirrel that was collecting material from a thatched roof, presumably for a nest.
There are also lots of little lizards. I think they're Brown Anoles. This one was on a metal sculpture.
First thing in the morning sometimes we spot the Agoutis (related to guinea pigs). There was also a Coati one morning but I didn't get a photo.
Even here a lot of the flowers are imported. I think this is a Jungle Flame from Asia.
Halfway through our diving we took a day off and hired a guide and car to take us to Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Kooh - a nature reserve with Spider and Howler monkeys.
There was lots of evidence of leaf cutter ants - bare dirt trails and ant "cities" but apparently these ones are only active at night.
I did find a few other insects.
Driving back, we stopped at the lake in Coba and spotted a few more birds.
We even spotted a crocodile (barely visible)
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