10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2021
It is one of those interesting few species that winter in South America, but only migrate as far north as Mexico to breed. Rufous-naped Wren: The lowest ranked 2020 lifer on my list, only because it is extremely common in tropical Mexico, and I was bound to see it eventually. Another Acapulco sighting. .
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2020
The Yellow-green Vireo is another of those rare birds that winter in South America but only travels north as far as Mexico to breed. Three years ago, when I had the privilege of showing one of my favorite sites to Mexico’s top birder couple, they noticed a Yellow-green Vireo in the brush and pointed it out to me.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2023
For a few, only a few, species actually winter in Central and South America, and summer up here in Mexico. Mexicans, always careful to avoid offense, more politely name this bird “ puerquito “, suggesting that its call sounds like a pig’s oink. And there is some sweetness in these bittersweet months.
Critter News
MAY 3, 2009
A Canadian man has apparently infected some pigs after catching the flu on a trip to Mexico. From the article: About 10 percent of the Alberta farm’s 2,200 pigs showed symptoms of the same H1N1 strain that has spread across the globe.
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