Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Chachalacas

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nicatnit — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:47:08 +0000

Two years ago while sunning on the Coral Beach at Isla Ixtapa out of nowhere one shot right Over the end of our beach chairs. Though we had seen them once before during another visit, we were still pretty amazed at the occurrence We have deer in abundance in SW Michigan, and I wholly agree these wonderful creatures are not for eating.

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victorio — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:25:20 +0000

Hola
We gave up on that place years ago. At first it was nice. Then they started raising the minimum amount we had to spend there. We said fu and never came back.

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Talley Ho — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:27:15 +0000

The small deer are not gone from our area, but we won't tell you where we see them very occasionally!

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islandgirl — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:03:41 +0000

Yes, I was quite relieved to see no deer cages some years later.

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Keytime — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:02:32 +0000

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.

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ZihuaRob — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:51:19 +0000

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.

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islandgirl — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:19:56 +0000

Years ago, one of the restaurants along La Ropa had deer in a cage out back. Was scared to ask.

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ZihuaRob — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:50:41 +0000

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.

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ZihuaRob — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:49:22 +0000

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.

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ZihuaRx — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:24:33 +0000

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.

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Talley Ho — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:59:55 +0000

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???

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casamanzana — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:54:39 +0000

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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Talley Ho — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:36:39 +0000

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.

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Oeste Hermoso — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:28:51 +0000

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.