Northern Swamps of Chiapas (Day 1)
Day one in the northern wetlands of Chiapas brought a wonderful mix of grassland and lake-edge birding — from Double-striped Thick-knee and rare migratory Upland Sandpipers in the fields to a flock of seven towering Jabirus at sunset.
A Yellow-headed Amazon - a critically endangered Mexican species - sits aperch a tree in the marshlands of northern Chiapas