I had two, but very fruitful meetings with the brown pelican in Costa Rica. One took place on the coast situated to the Pacific side. Majority of presented images was formed there. Second, at the river estuary, not so fruitful, but the cormorants that could be seen gathering in the trees at sunset, what is more, in a company of an osprey, this is something worth seeing. Maybe the light a little too intense during the first session, but pelicans sitting at the seashore allowed me to come really close and shoot many images, including those dynamic in flight. So many photos, it was plenty to choose from, especially since I photographed both young and adults. There were neotropic cormorants in their company. Brown cormorant occurs in North America, through Central to South. It can weigh up to 3.5 kilograms and its wingspan can reach 2 meters.
Last minute news-03/2022 Mexico
Last minute news-01/2025 Mexico
This time, it wasn’t a typical birdwatching photography trip, but being in such an exotic place as Mexico, it was hard to pass up the opportunity to observe birds. Twice, during my stay in this extraordinary country, I set out at sunrise in search of birds under the guidance of local guides. Although this wasn’t a strictly ornithological trip, I couldn’t resist the temptation to see species that are rare in Poland but regularly occur on the American continent. Unfortunately, despite the dedication and expertise of the guides, I wasn’t able to spot any of the species I was particularly interested in. But that’s the nature of this passion—birds have wings and fly, and it’s not always possible to see them.
Photography in Mexico was more spontaneous this time—whenever an opportunity arose, I took pictures. However, there were days when I didn’t even take my camera out of my backpack. Despite this, the number of photos I managed to take exceeded my wildest expectations. Many previously underrepresented galleries on my website have been significantly expanded. While I didn’t photograph many new species, my brown pelican gallery underwent a true transformation and became one of my favorites.
Sitting on the beach, I had a unique opportunity to photograph these powerful birds in action. They continuously launched aerial attacks on schools of fish, diving into the water like stones. The birds were so close that at times, bathing tourists unintentionally disrupted my shots by appearing in the background of the hunting scene. One of the photos captured a truly special moment—a surprised tourist standing in the water, watching a pelican dive with full force right in front of him in search of food. It’s a perfect example of the competition between humans and nature for the same space—it’s difficult to reconcile two different ways of using it. One might assume that during the peak tourist season, the birds will have to find other fishing grounds.
The Mexican authorities show great respect for their native wildlife. Hunting birds is formally prohibited, though there are some exceptions (more on this in the section about the Plain Chachalaca). The significant expansion of the brown pelican gallery required highlighting it in the website’s updates. It was one of the most exciting photographic experiences of this trip, and I will certainly revisit these photos many times. The brown pelican gallery has now been added to the updates and to my favorite galleries.
After returning from Mexico, I compiled a list of over 60 bird species, which is an impressive result considering this wasn’t a dedicated bird photography trip. Many of these species were recorded with just a single photo, serving more as proof of observation rather than valuable additions to the gallery. However, in some cases, I managed to take so many pictures that selecting the ones for the website was quite a challenge. In addition to the brown pelican, the galleries of the Royal Tern, Little Blue Heron, Willet, Plain Chachalaca, Least Sandpiper, and several other species have been significantly enriched.
After many years, my website has finally been modernized. While I kept its overall appearance, I improved its functionality, particularly in terms of displaying photos on mobile devices. The site now runs faster, and the new photo format (1920x1080 pixels instead of the previous 1200x800) enhances the quality of the displayed images. Unfortunately, limited time does not allow for updating the entire collection, which consists of nearly 60,000 photos. I will gradually adapt the galleries to the new format, though a complete modernization of all photos is rather unrealistic. However, all newly added images are already available in the target format.
As always, after each trip, I publish a list of newly created and modified galleries. Each of them contains detailed information about the updates and links to specific photo collections. If a species name is followed by the letter “T” in parentheses, it means that the gallery also includes a text description of the species. This time, I didn’t record any bird sounds. To quickly find all galleries related to Mexico, simply search for the phrase “Mexico-birds” in the "Keywords" section of my website’s search engine. However, keep in mind that this includes the results of my two trips to this country.
Enjoy browsing!

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Costa Rica- introductory text - Resplendent Quetzal.
Birds-new galleries:
1.Resplendent Quetzal. 2.Boat-billed Heron.(V) 3.Montezuma Oropendola.(V) 4.Collared Aracari. 5.Grey-necked Wood-Rail. 6.Grey-headed Chachalaca. 7.Chestnut-mandibled Toucan.(V) 8.Fiery-throated Hummingbird. 9.Northern Jacana. 10.Chestnut-headed Oropendola. 11.Brown Pelican. 12.Crested guan. 13.Green Honeycreeper. 14.Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. 15.Green-breasted mango. 16.Red-legged Honeycreeper. 17.White-necked Jacobin. 18.Flame-colored Tanager. 19. ummer Tanager. 20.Squirrel Cuckoo.(V) 21.Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl.(V) 22.Golden-hooded tanager. 23.Magnificent Hummingbird. 24.Snowy Egret.(V) 25.Mangrove Black-hawk. 26.Clay-colored Thrush. 27.Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. 28.Acorn Woodpecker.(V) 29.Slaty Flowerpiercer. 30.Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher. 31.Groove-billed Ani. 32.Emerald Toucanet. 33.Turquoise-browed Motmot. 34.Collared Redstart. 35.Volcano or Cerise-throated Hummingbird. 36.Rufous-naped Wren. 37.Black-crested Coquette. 38. Black-necked Stilt. 39.Palm Tanager. 40.Blue-grey Tanager.(V) 41.Crowned Woodnymph. 42.Greet-tailed Grackle. (V) 43.Scarlet-thighed Dacnis. 44.Black-cheeked Woodpecker. 45.Pale-vented Pigeon. 46.Red-throated Ant-Tanager. 47.Neotropic Cormorant. 48.Long-billed Hermit. 49.Silver-throated Tanager. 50.Passerini's Tanager. 51.Scarlet Macaw.(V) 52.Brown Jay. 53.Little Blue Heron. 54.Tricolored Heron.... 55.Pale-billed Woodpecker. 56.Violet-headed Hummingbird. 57.Inca Dove. 58.Baltimore Oriole. 59.Small-billed Cacique. 60.Green Thorntail. 61.Olive-backed Euphonia. 62.White-vented Euphonia. 63.Black-and-white Owl. 64.Grey-breasted Wood-Wren. 65.Purple Gallinule. 66.Tropical Screech-Owl. 67.Crimson-collared Tanager. 68.Slaty-tailed Trogon. 69.Bare-throated Tiger Heron. 70.Green Violetear. 71.Blue Dacnis. 72.Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 73.Black Phoebe. 74.Yellow-thighed Finch. 75.White Ibis. 76.Green Ibis. 77.Black-cowled Oriole. 78.Yellow-headed Caracara. 79.Common Tody-Flycatcher. 80.Chestnut-sided Warbler. 81.Ruddy Treerunner. 82.Amazon Kingfisher. 83.Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. 84.Snail Kite. 85.Tropical Kingbird. 86.White-naped Brush Finch. 87.Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager. 88.Masked Tityra. 89.Streaked Flycatcher. 90.Grey-capped Flycatcher. 91.Boat-billed Flycatcher.(V) 92.Solitary Sandpiper. 93. Spotted Sandpiper. 94.Green-crowned Brilliant. 95.Barred Antshrike.(V) 96.Great Blue Heron. 97.Yellow-bellied Siskin. 98.Red-crowned Woodpecker. 99.Hoffmann's Woodpecker. 100.Black-capped Flycatcher. 101.White-winged Dove. 102.White-tailed Kite. 103.Black-cheeked Warbler. 104.Buff-rumped Warbler. 105.Northern Waterthrush. 106.Tennessee Warbler. 107.Purple-throated Mountain-gem. 108.Mangrove Swallow. 109.Broad-billed Motmot. 110.White-throated Magpie-Jay. 111.White-breasted Wood-Wren. 112.Scarlet-fronted Parakeet. 113.Golden-browed Chlorophonia. 114.Black-headed Trogon. 115.Gartered Trogon. 116.Keel-billed Toucan. 117.Roseate Sponbill. 118.Violet Sabrewing.... 119.Buff-throated Saltator. 120.Social Flycatcher. 121.Willet. 122.Kentucky Warbler. 123.American Mountain Thrush. 124.Streak-headed Woodcreeper. 125.Spot-crowned Woodcreeper. 126.Green Heron. 127.Red-billed Pigeon. 128.Pearl Kite. 129.Yellow-billed Cacique. 130.Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 131.Barred Becard. 132.Rufous-capped Warbler. 133.Tawny-crested Tanager. 134.Plain-brown Woodcreeper. 135.White-throated Mountain. 136.Panama Flycatcher. 137.Broad-winged Hawk. 138.Tree Swallow. 139.Rufous Motmot.(V) 140.Slate-throated Redstart. 141.Blue-black Grassquit. 142.Riverside Wren. 143.Long-tailed Woodcreeper. 144.Torrent Tyrannulet. 145.Wilson's Warbler. 146.Philadelphia Vireo. 147.Red-breasted Blackbird. 148.Fasciated Antshrike. 149.Variable Seedeater. 150.Red-headed Barbet. 151.Lesser Goldfinch. 152.Black-bellied Hummingbird. 153.Sooty Thrush. 154.Wood Thrush. 155.Grey-cheeked Thrush. 156.Mountain Elaenia. 157.Black Guan. 158.Blue-and-white Swallow. 159.Golden-crowned Warbler. 160.Plain Antvireo. 161.Yellow-faced Grassquit. 162.Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer. 163.Flame-throated Warbler. 164.Golden-winged Warbler. 165.Strong-billed Woodcreeper. 166.Lesser Greenlet. 167.Spotted Woodcreeper. 168.Slaty Antwren. 169.Blue-crowned Motmot. 170.White-crowned Parrot. 171.Rufous Mourner. 172.Green Hermit. 173.Bright-rumped Attila. 174.Chestnut-capped babbler. 175.Sooty-faced Finch. 176.Steely-vented Hummingbird. 177.Tangara dowii. 178.Cherrie's Tanager. 179.Southern Rough-winged Swallow. 180.Northern Rough-winged Swallow. 181.Large-footed Finch. 182.Eastern Meadowlark. 183.Thick-billed Seed-Finch. 184.Black-headed Saltator. 185.Greyish Saltator. 186.White-eared Ground-Sparrow. 187.Magnificent Frigatebird. 188.White-ringed Flycatcher. 189.Golden-bellied Flycatcher. 190. lack-bellied Hummingbird.... 191.Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher. 192.Orchard oriole.
And changes in the galleries birds: 1.Great Kiskadee. 2.Southern Lapwing. 3.Great Egret. 4 House Wren. 5.Cattle Egret. 6.Roadside Hawk.(V) 7.Rufous-collared Sparrow(V).8.Osprey.(V) 9.Black Vulture. 10.Turkey Vulture. 11.Bananaquit. 12.Yellow-bellied Elaenia. 13.Lineated Woodpecker.
Reptiles- -new galleries :1.Plumed Basilisk. 2. Brown Basilisk. 3.Black Iguana. 4.Green Iguana (changes). 5.American Crocodile.
Amphibians --new galleries : Strawberry Poison Frog.
Mammals-new galleries : 1.Linnaeus's two-toed sloth. 2.White-headed Capuchin. 3. White-nosed coati. 4.Variegated squirrel. 5 Mantled Howler.(V) 6.Greater sac-winged bat.(V).
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MEKSYK- spis ANGIELSKI

MEXICO-introduction text- Youcatan Jay
NEW GALLERYS:
BIRDS:
1.Yucatan Jay (T,V). 2.Inca Jay. 3.Yucatan Woodpecker. 4.Collared trogon. 5.Rufous-browed Peppershrike. 6. Melodious Blackbird (V). 7.Tropical Mockingbird (V). 8.White-bellied Wren. 9.Semipalmated Plover. 10.Blue-diademed Motmot. 11.White-crowned Pigeon. 12.Altamira Oriole. 13.Hooded Oriole. 14.Yellow-throated Euphonia. 15.Hooded Warbler. 16.Ivory-billed Woodcreeper. 17.Ruddy Woodcreeper. 18.Yellow-throated Warbler. 19.Black-throated Green Warbler. 20.Grey-headed Tanager. 21.Swainson's Warbler. 22.Rose-breasted Chat. 23. Olive Sparrow (V). 24.Green-backed Sparrow. 25.Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 26.Canivet's Emerald (T). 27.Least Flycatcher. 28.Mangrove Vireo. 29. Yellow Warbler. 30.Cinnamon Hummingbird (T). 31.Plain Chachalaca (V). 32. Northern Barred-Woodcreeper.
MAMMALS :Geoffroy's spider Money.
REPTILES :1.Black Iguana.  2. Rose Bellied Lizard .
CRUSTACEAN : Purple pincher hermit crab
CHANGES in GALLERIES:
BIRDS:
1.Laughing Gull. 2.Brown Pelican. 3.Spotted Sandpiper. 4. Black-headed Trogon 5. Great-tailed Grackle (T). 6. Little Blue Heron. 7. Osprey (T). 8. Snowy Egret. 9. Red-throated Ant-Tanager. 10. Tropical Kingbird. 11. Social Flycatcher. 12. Black-headed Saltator (V). 13.Red-legged Honeycreeper. 14.Olive-throated Parakeet. 15. Barred Antshrike (V). 16. Groove-billed Ani. 17. Black-and-white Warbler. 18.Sanderling. 19.Summer Tanager. 20.Magnificent Frigatebird (V). 21.Striated Heron. 22.Squirrel Cuckoo. 23. Masked Tityra. 24. Ruddy Ground Dove 25.Neotropic Cormorant. 26.White-eyed Vireo 27.Ruddy Turnstone. 28.Gray Catbird. 29.Wood Thrush. 30.American Redstart. 31.Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. 32. Yellow-faced Grassquit. 33. Northern Rough-winged Swallow. 34.Willet. 35.Royal Tern. 36.Grey Plover. 37.Great Kiskadee. 38. Blue-gray tanager. 39. Lineated Woodpecker. 40.Lesser Greenlet. 41. Greyish Saltator. 42.Clay-colored Thrush.43.Turquoise-browed Motmot. 44. Yellow-billed Cacique. 45.Reddish Egret. 
MAMMALS: Mantled howler
REPTILES: Black Iguana
TULUM                             COBA                                CHICHEN ITZA                 PLAYA del CARMEN
MEXICO FAUNA              MEXICO FLORA                MEXICO OTHERS

MEKSYK 2025- ANGIELSKI

Mexico 2025- - introduktory text – Brown Pelican.
Changes in galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Brown Pelican. 2.Little Blue Heron. 3.Willet. 4.Plain Chachalaca. 5.Least Sandpiper. 6.Palm Warbler. 7.Ring-necked Duck 8.Brown Jay. 9.Great Kiskadee 10.Neotropic Cormorant. 11.White Ibis 12.Yucatan Woodpecker. 13.Tricollored Heron. 14.Sosial Flycatcher. 15.White-winged Dove. 16.Northern Waterthrush. 17.Altamira Oriole. 18.Royal Tern. 19.Roseate Sponbill. 20.Cinnamon Hummingbird. 21.Semipalmated Plover. 22.Tropical Kingbird. 23.Mangrove Vireo. 24.Short-billed Dowitcher. 25.Yellow-crowned Night Heron 26.Mangrove Swallow. 27.Olive-thtoated Parakeet. 28.Masked Tityra. 29.Clay-colored Thrush. 30.Least Flycatcher. 31.Yellow Warbler. 32.Melodious Blackbird. 33.American Flamingo. 34.Muscovy Duck. 35.Magnificent Friggtebird. 36.Great Blue Heron 37.Tropical Mockingbird. 38.Blue-gray Tanager. 39.Greet-tiled Grackle  40.Red-throated Ant-Tanager. 41.Laughing Gull. 42.Sandwich Tern 43.Grey Plover. 44.Sanderling. 45.Osprey. 46.Spotted Sandpiper. 47.Whimbrel. 48.Ruddy Turnstone. 49.Lesser Black-backed Gull. 50.Green Heron. 51.Black Vulture 52.Eurasian Collared Dove. 53.Ruddy Ground-Dove.
REPTILES : 1. Green Iguana. 2.Brown basilisk.
MAMMALS : White-nosed coati.
Newly created galleries:
BIRDS:
1.Clapper Rail. 2. Western Sandpiper 3.Piping Plover 4.Double-crested Cormorant. 5.Curve-winged Sabrewing. 6.Wood Stork 7.Marbled Godwit. 8.Magnolia Warbler. 9.Black Catbird.
MAMMALS: 1.Raccoon. 2.Yucatan squirrel.
REPTILES: 1.Black spiny-tailed iguana. 2.Anolis sagrei.
CHITCHENITZA      CANCUN      VALLADOID       MEXICO LANDSCAPE
TULUM          MEXICO FAUNA         MEXICO OTHERS     MEXICO FLORA