10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2022
239 is only good enough to place me at #280 for the nation of Mexico; even twice that number would not put me in Mexico’s top ten. In other words: It’s good to live in Mexico. Acorn Woodpeckers somehow manage to look presumptuous and ridiculous at the same time. However, my fears were not realized.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2024
Work brings me regularly to Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, northern Mexico. Acorn Woodpecker and Black-crested Titmouse were plentiful and confiding. We also scored with Blue Grosbeak, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Golden-fronted Woodpecker and Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Monterrey is a big industrial city, with industrious people.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2017
Bear in mind, even the plants have to find ways to survive, so virtually every one of them has some form of thorny defense. The Gila Woodpecker is the first to break the fruit open, gets it fill and moves on. First the Gila Woodpecker. A few minutes later, the Gila Woodpecker was back, and in a was very excited.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
Acorn Woodpecker. They support such a diversity of habitats that the ecosystems are comparable to traveling from Mexico to Canada (National Forest Foundation). Up to 256 bird species, deer, black bears, foxes, big cats, Gila Monsters, and 16 species of bats call this area of southeastern Arizona home. ( Photo by © Mark Schraad.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 10, 2020
And while Dogwoods and Eastern Redbuds may be great options in Massachusetts, they won’t grow for me in Morelia, Mexico. Golden-fronted Woodpeckers apparently like blackberries, too. This year, that pair of Golden-fronted Woodpeckers are big customers as well. And it bears for more than half the year!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2024
Our European readers may be unaware that [wood] warblers in the Americas are usually quite colorful, unlike the birds that bear the “warbler” moniker in the Old World.) Golden-fronted Woodpeckers prefer the Jacaranda trunk. And in the past few years, a Virginia’s Warbler has also become a regular.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
bicolor ), like the Red-bellied Woodpecker and Turkey Vulture , has expanded its range dramatically to penetrate northern reaches. This native of Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico is now recognized as a separate species, but the two species will hybridize when they meet. Just don’t make fun of its name. The Tufted Titmouse ( B.
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