Chachalacas
by Oeste Hermoso 
, Zihuatanejo, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 15:28 (2389 days ago)
I hear them every morning but in the last few days I have see them in the tree next to my place om La Ropa Road. My google search tells me its breeding season. I like these birds.
Chachalacas
by Talley Ho , Playa la Ropa, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 15:36 (2389 days ago) @ Oeste Hermoso
Did you read about the behavior of the babies? They jump out of their nests at a very early age and are pedestrians until they start flying at three to four DAYS old!
We have been told that they are also called Jungle Chickens here and were once eaten widely, but that now it's very illegal.
We have run into a number of the little ones being supervised by humans.
Their sounds are something of a cross between my coffee grinder and my stomach on Saturday morning. Our grounds keeper says he has eaten them as his mother has shot them out of the trees. And yes, as you would be guessing, they taste just like chicken. Apparently the flesh is all dark meat. His mother doesn't shoot them any more he says. If you want to see one up close and personal there is one in a cage at La Escollera restaurant just up the hill at the end of La Ropa road.
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Chachalacas
by Talley Ho , Playa la Ropa, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 16:59 (2389 days ago) @ casamanzana
Uncaged is better! They hang out in the trees around us, and occasionally in our big coco right in line with our terrace, maybe 10 feet away.
Why would she have a chachalaca in a cage???
Chachalacas
by ZihuaRx , Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 17:24 (2389 days ago) @ Talley Ho
They aren't near as pretty,but they kind of remind me of a pheasant. They walk, run and fly a bit like them. Even the very beginning of their squawk sounds similar to the male pheasant. Pheasant is white meat and very tasty.
Chachalacas
by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 17:50 (2389 days ago) @ Talley Ho
Uncaged is better! They hang out in the trees around us, and occasionally in our big coco right in line with our terrace, maybe 10 feet away.
Why would she have a chachalaca in a cage???
So that tourists will go there.
Chachalacas
by islandgirl , Cowichan Valley, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 18:19 (2389 days ago) @ Talley Ho
Years ago, one of the restaurants along La Ropa had deer in a cage out back. Was scared to ask.
Chachalacas
by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 18:51 (2389 days ago) @ islandgirl
Years ago, one of the restaurants along La Ropa had deer in a cage out back. Was scared to ask.
That was La Perla. The small deer are gone from there. However you can see them in the wild on Isla Ixtapa.
Chachalacas
by islandgirl , Cowichan Valley, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 19:03 (2389 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Yes, I was quite relieved to see no deer cages some years later.
The small deer are not gone from our area, but we won't tell you where we see them very occasionally!
Chachalacas
by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 17:49 (2389 days ago) @ casamanzana
Their sounds are something of a cross between my coffee grinder and my stomach on Saturday morning. Our grounds keeper says he has eaten them as his mother has shot them out of the trees. And yes, as you would be guessing, they taste just like chicken. Apparently the flesh is all dark meat. His mother doesn't shoot them any more he says. If you want to see one up close and personal there is one in a cage at La Escollera restaurant just up the hill at the end of La Ropa road.
They sure as hell shouldn't be in cages at that damn restaurant (and that's one reason I don't recommend that place, thanks for the reminder; and people shouldn't be eating them, either).
We have a bunch of them that live around our house in Ixtapa. They like wooded areas. I find their call to be prehistoric and surreal.
Chachalacas
by Keytime , Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 19:02 (2389 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Not the words I would chose at 0600 and about 7 meters from my bedroom window. Its my signal to get up, make a coffee and go for a walk on the beach. You are not going to sleep through those prehistoric sounds.
