On Sunday, the 21st, I took a bus tour to the famous Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. We didn't get there until midday and the grounds were loaded with people, so I saw very few birds, but the ruins and the associated stories that the guide told us about the site were well worth the trip.
"El Castillo", also known as "Kukulcan's Pyramid" at Chichen Itza.
About 75 feet tall, it was built around the 10th century A.D. for astronomical purposes. During the vernal and autumnal equinox, the sunlight on the one stairway forms what appears to be a serpent 37 yards long that creeps downward until it joins the huge serpent's head carved in stone at the bottom of the stairway.
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