We're in a new anchorage tonight - new in that we didn't stop here on our way north. That's as opposed to last night, where we repeated ourselves and spent two nights in Bahia Agua Verde again because, well... it's a pleasant place to stay for a couple of nights. Truthfully all the anchorages are nice, but some give better protection from the prevailing northerlies, some offer more in the way of recreational opportunities, and some have more wildlife to spy on. Bahia San Marte, where we are tonight, is one of the latter. It's loaded with birds.
When we arrived we noticed a small fishing vessel pulled up onto the beach. We couldn't see what he was up to, but we guessed he was cleaning his catch and heard latter that he was butchering a large mantaray (a species off limits for fishing). By the time Kay and I had mounted our paddle boards, the fishermen we're on their way out and the birds were on their way in. There were hundreds of them: gulls, vultures, pelicans, cormorants and others. They were having a feast on the fish detritus and making quite a racket. We left them to it.
While we're on the subject of bird watching, let's list our conquests so far. I'm no bird watcher, but Kay has a memory for such things that's matched only by her eyesight. Petar has good eyes too. Those two can identify with naked eyes, birds that I need binoculars just to find.
We've seen: yellow footed gull, Anna's humming bird, osprey, great blue heron, raven, crow, brown boobie, crested caracara, snowy egret, great egret, brown pelican, cormorant, belted kingfisher, greater roadrunner, magnificent frigate, turkey vulture, black crowned night heron, yellow crowned night heron, great blue heron, American oyster catcher, common tern, heermann's gull.
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