Noisy birds--
by Gringo Viejo 
, Kansas/Zihuatanejo, Sunday, February 27, 2011, 15:01 (5675 days ago)
I know this has been answered before but I can't find it.
There is a flock of birds, ground dwellers I think, that make one heck of a racket usually in the morning. They move around the hillside abouve La Ropa and sound like an old piece of machinery that needs oiling.
I thought they were Urracas but I looked this up and Urraca is a common magpie and this isn't what is making the noise.
Picuture please.
Noisy birds--
by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Sunday, February 27, 2011, 15:45 (5675 days ago) @ Gringo Viejo
The bird is called a chachalaca.
![[image]](http://www.surfbirds.com/media/gallery_photos/20060426040737.jpg)
Noisy birds--
by Canadian Rainbirds , Victoria BC and Zihuatanejo, Sunday, February 27, 2011, 15:59 (5675 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
They often nest for the night in the trees in the estuary next to El Manglar. They are very loud from 100 feet away! Pretty birds to watch flying though.
However with all the tree cutting and lowland filling going on next door I can only surmise that the birds will soon be moving on. Sad
La Ropa ecocide
by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Sunday, February 27, 2011, 18:24 (5675 days ago) @ Canadian Rainbirds
However with all the tree cutting and lowland filling going on next door I can only surmise that the birds will soon be moving on. Sad
It would be nice if someone posted pictures of the ecocide going on even if they're not going to formally denounce it. Some photos would be very helpful so I could show them to the "responsible authorities". Is there no neighborhood association in La Ropa anymore?
Noisy birds--
by DonInPennsylvania , Pennsylvania, USA, Wednesday, March 02, 2011, 15:46 (5672 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
The bird is called a chachalaca.
Chachalacas are some of our favorite Zihua birds. Love to hear the ratcheting sound they make and to watch them move around in the morning. Either they don't spook easily or they like to be watched at relatively close range. There is a hunting season for them in......Texas. And a double amen to everything Rob wrote on this topic!
Noisy birds--
Noisey machinery sounds like a flock of grackles
Grackles: Zanate Mayor
by Abigail , Tuesday, March 01, 2011, 13:02 (5673 days ago) @ norm
Great tailed grackles. Black birds with a long tail, more personality than should be legal for a bird and a wide range of vocalizations that can't be mistaken for Chachalacas. Often found stealing your peanuts from your beach bag and looking straight up in the air as if to say, "Wasn't me!"
