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Birding Southern Baja: Todos Santos

10,000 Birds

They do bear some resemblance to Sage Thrashers , but have a much heavier, more sickle-shaped bill. For years I heard the estero at San Jose del Cabo was the place to go to see Belding’s Yellowthroat, another Baja endemic. Note the extensive yellow on the underparts and yellow border to the face mask on adult males.

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And it’s a wrap….

10,000 Birds

I must have keep 400 images in the file of just this one species. I caught this Lark Sparrow at San Blas, near Magdalena Bay , just as the sun was setting. There is a small Federal Reserve, set aside on the white sandy beach near San Jose Del Cabo, in order to protect the nesting Least Terns.