10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

It’s the only one in all of Mexico. And here we are, in 2020, being told to shun human contact as much as possible. Wander into a bit of abandoned second-growth forest. (It’s in San Miguel de Allende, and it’s lovely; I must write about it someday.) The nearest Audubon Club chapter? Bird like I bird.

Birds 130

Birds Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 130

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2022

and Canada, it had apparently discovered an abandoned nest, on which it was clearly showing nesting behavior. That number was a bit better than my first-day total from 2019, though a bit worse than 2020’s total. So, as they say here in Mexico, we got out of bed on the right side! Was it practicing?

Falcons 183

Falcons Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 183

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2021

It yielded 88 on January 1st, 2020.) I was delighted to see a lovely Yellow Warbler just after arriving, since I did not see a single one in 2020. I correctly suspected that Lake Cuitzeo would be too dry this year to give me its usual 75+ species in the deep of winter. (It But Las Mesas did indeed come through, with 79 species.

2020 264

2020 Birds Ducks Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Complementing Dunn’s exquisite descriptions are his photographs of 27 species plus the mysterious Nazca hummingbird geoglyph, an abandoned Juan Fernández Firecrown nest, and the aforementioned photo of Sr. Lovette (2020). This is what the female birds saw when he displayed to them, these arresting blazes of blue and purple. (p.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264