Quintana Roo, Mexico Trip - July 2023

These are the observations from my trip to Mexico.

Posted on December 16, 2023 09:09 PM by ryden ryden

Observations

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 12:05 PM EST

Place

Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 12:39 PM EST

Place

Carretera Federal, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 01:12 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 03:56 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 04:04 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Sea Grape Gall Midge (Ctenodactylomyia watsoni)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 04:10 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 04:06 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 04:23 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Agrosoma placetis

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 04:33 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Description

The red on this bug didn’t show up very well

Photos / Sounds

What

West Indian Green Chiton (Chiton tuberculatus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 05:43 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

West Indian Green Chiton (Chiton tuberculatus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 05:47 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Sailor's Eyeball Alga (Valonia ventricosa)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 05:56 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 06:12 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 06:15 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 06:15 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Acromyrmex Leaf-cutter Ants (Genus Acromyrmex)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 9, 2023 12:31 AM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 9, 2023 12:37 AM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 9, 2023 10:32 AM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 9, 2023 12:28 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Description

First two photos were taken on a better camera

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 9, 2023 01:05 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 9, 2023 12:54 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Romalea obscura

Observer

ryden

Date

July 9, 2023 08:16 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 09:54 AM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

American Cormorants (Genus Nannopterum)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 09:54 AM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Regal Hairstreak (Evenus regalis)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 01:04 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 03:11 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 03:42 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Four-toothed Nerite (Nerita versicolor)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:16 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Blue-legged Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 06:05 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Land, Shore, and Marsh Crabs (Superfamily Grapsoidea)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:29 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Description

Mostly black with light spots. Looks a bit like a juvenile Grapsus grapsus maybe?

Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Parablennius

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:49 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

West Indian Fuzzy Chiton (Acanthopleura granulata)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:23 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Atlantic Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:00 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Subfamily Haemulinae

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:04 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:14 AM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Schoolmaster Snapper (Lutjanus apodus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 05:10 AM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 10, 2023 04:53 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp (Diachlorus ferrugatus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 11:33 AM EST

Place

Avenida López Portillo, Cancún, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Lane Snapper (Lutjanus synagris)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 2023

Place

Missing Location

Photos / Sounds

What

Split-crown Feather Duster (Anamobaea orstedii)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:23 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:23 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Spotted Seahare (Aplysia dactylomela)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:26 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Slippery Dick (Halichoeres bivittatus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:29 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

French Grunt (Haemulon flavolineatum)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:33 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Houndfish (Tylosurus crocodilus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:24 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Sailor's Choice (Haemulon parra)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:18 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 12:40 PM EST

Place

Caleta Yalku, Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Striped Parrotfish (Scarus iseri)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 2023

Place

Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Atlantic Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 12:37 PM EST

Place

Caleta Yalku, Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Atlantic Sergeant Major (Abudefduf saxatilis)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 12:40 PM EST

Place

Caleta Yalku, Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Redtail Parrotfish (Sparisoma chrysopterum)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 2023

Place

Quintana Roo, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Atlantic Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 01:08 AM EST

Place

Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Caribbean Ocean Surgeonfish (Acanthurus tractus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 12:53 PM EST

Place

Caleta Yalku, Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Bigeye Scad (Selar crumenophthalmus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 12:54 PM EST

Place

Caleta Yalku, Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Chubs (Genus Kyphosus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 12:54 PM EST

Place

Caleta Yalku, Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Mangrove Periwinkle (Littoraria angulifera)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 01:06 PM EST

Place

Caleta Yalku, Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Atlantic Needlefish (Strongylura marina)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 01:08 PM EST

Place

Tulum, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Description

Hard to tell in photos but had greenish coloration

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Caribbean Cocoa Damselfish (Stegastes xanthurus)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 02:25 PM EST

Place

Caribbean Sea, MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Flamboyant (Delonix regia)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 8, 2023 12:31 PM EST

Place

Calle Flamboyan, Puerto Morelos, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula)

Observer

ryden

Date

August 1, 2023 10:41 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

True Jellies (Class Scyphozoa)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 12, 2023 02:50 PM EST

Place

Isla Mujeres, Isla Mujeres, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

Description

Fairly painful sting

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)

Observer

ryden

Date

July 14, 2023 06:49 PM EST

Place

The Grand Bliss at Vidanta Riviera Maya, Mayan Palace, Q. Roo., MX (Google, OSM)

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