Learned how to make churros today! 🤤🇲🇽 #mexico

I love it when I can go #birding in my backyard! I spotted at least 6 different species yesterday morning including a new lifer. Still trying to spot the cinnamon-bellied saltator that keeps singing from the top of the tamarind tree🤞

🪶 Orange Oriole📍 Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico 🇲🇽

Returning to Mexico calls for tacos and tortas and agua de Jamaica! Soooooo good! 🤤

Well, I'm about 3/4 of the way thru this first beer and I have already killed 3 mosquitoes. However, the number of bites exceeds that, so they're winning 😭.

I may have to wear my snorkeling tights and booties whenever I wanna drink outside here 😂

Camera timer to make it look like I have friends here other than the mosquitoes 😂. Mérida 🇲🇽 is off to a good start, it's a shame I'm too exhausted to go wander around. Instead, I think I'll drink the beer my Airbnb host left for me and order delivery for lunch/dinner 😁

The hits just keep on coming on this trip as last night was anything but restful. Was startled awake after about an hour due to paper thin walls magnifying sounds next door like a megaphone. Worse, had this little demon biting the hell out of my legs. Don't believe it's a bed bug, but it was awful.

0430 @ MEX and there's a waiting list for the lounge near me. I stand by my previous feelings towards major airports: they're awful compared to small ones. Give me an empty lounge with a comfy seat and a couple snacks in an aeropuero pequeño anyway.

Shuttle only runs at the top of the hour and I'm not gonna risk missing another flight. FML 🤦‍♂️ #travel

The pre-take off wine was necessary 🥵🍷

Finally on my flight out of Barbados. Gonna be a mildly long #travel "day" after the 6 hours I just spent in BGI. 4 hours to MIA, 90 minute layover, 3.5 hours to MEX. Then 6 hours in a hotel until 2 hours to Mérida tomorrow. At least I got plenty of leg room in the exit row on rebooking 🤷‍♂️😝

Branding 101: put birds on your label and a #birdnerd like me will probably buy it... especially if it's booze.

Wooo finally off backorder!!! Excited to take this beast (and potentially an extender) on my wildlife adventures next year in Borneo, Komodo, and Uganda/Burundi/DRC. Next up is to upgrade from my 9+ year old 6D to an R5. 📸🤘😃🤘

🪶 Plumbeous Ibis📍Pantanal Norte • Pouso Alegre, Mato Grosso, Brazil 🇧🇷 #birds

🕊️ Grenada Dove📍Mount Hartman Visitor Center • St. George's, #Grenada

This unassuming bird is like 90% of why I decided to spend a weekend in Grenada. With an estimated population of less than 140 and declining, the critically endangered Grenada Dove is the most exciting bird I've spotted.

#birds

Burrowing Owl

📍Estacion Puerto Olivares, Paraguay

📸 Canon 6D + Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary

#wildlifephotography #birds

I've been in Barbados for just over 3 weeks now and one thing has become abundantly clear to me.

While I love having easy access to snorkeling, I'm not built for the heat and humidity of the tropics 🥵

Might as well start off this new account with one of my favorite photos from my recent adventure in the Pantanal.

A mating pair of jaguars🐆🐆getting a little feisty!

📍Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, Brazil 🇧🇷

📸 Canon 6D + Sigma 150-600mm Contemporary

#wildlifephotography #mammals #jaguar #Pantanal