Mexico 2012 RV Trip - Day 56 - February 20, 2012 Playa Cayaquitos

We watched several local fishermen, some with nets, some with small fishing lines. They walk out into the surf and gather in small fish – about 8” long. We couldn’t communicate what the name of them was, they were popular with the pelicans, too!

This is a nice long beach to walk and it was a good day to relax, read, and nap, so we stayed put.
We have been amazed at how many birds there are here. Neither of us is very good at “birding” but we enjoyed watching them. There seems to be more pelicans than anything else, and they hang out where the locals are fishing (or the locals fish where the pelicans hang out).

Along the beach there were other types of birds, all looking for something tasty to eat.

This afternoon we spotted another starfish and sand dollar on the beach, as well as some crabs.

After dinner we spoke to some teenage girls that live near here. We were asking them about the turtles and when they hatch. What we thought were turtle egg shells are actually chiquilique shells. Chiquiliques are a Pacific sand crab, or mole crab. Apparently the birds like to feast on these guys, too. We learned something new. The girls had fun giggling at our Spanish, but I think they appreciated that we tried.

Another great sunset, even the birds were enjoying the late afternoon walk on the beach.





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