Cozumel flora and fauna


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	Cozumel flora and fauna Outside the small manicured zone where steam lodge guests generally hang out, the area around Cozumel's steam lodge was clearly old farmland turning back into young forest. I could tell that the earth needed a little love --- the further I wandered, the more it felt like abandoned city lots, full of debris, where dirt feels dirty instead of succulent with life. Just like similar scrubby areas in the U.S., there are inhabitants who enjoy the early successional zone in the Cozumel forest. The Magnolia Warbler on the right was flitting around looking for insects amid a morning-glory-choked tree while the hummingbird above kept catching my eye throughout the day as it visited cultivated flowers. I didn't really get a good enough shot to be sure, but I think the hummingbird might be a species found only on Cozumel --- the Cozumel Fork-tailed Emerald --- which would make a visit to the steam lodge very much worthwhile for serious birders looking to add a notch to their life list. The real natural beauties near the steam lodge, though, were the butterflies, and they were too quick for my camera. While Petrus and Jose Luis filled the lodge with hot rocks, I saw a big blue butterfly (perhaps a Morpho), fly directly toward the entrance before veering away at the last instant. Later, when we emerged, two long-winged black butterflies with a red and yellow spot on each pair of wings fluttered around us in air that suddenly seemed full of light. Clearly, Petrus's care of the young earth was paying off and Cozumel's natural inhabitants were rebounding. Find the time to do what you love with Microbusiness Independence. Want to be notified when new comments are posted on this page? Click on the RSS button after you add a comment to subscribe to the comment feed. Add a comment