10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
For most avian migrants heading south towards Mexico, Central and South America, crossing thru the Arizona desert areas can provide very few water, food and resting areas. If they are passing thru Pima County, and the Tucson area, Arivaca Lake is the last stop for water before crossing the US/Mexico border.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2023
As I mentioned last week, the world seems to have turned upside down lately, at least here in central Mexico. One of my companions said that in his region of Mexico, this type of rain is called a “ mojapendejos ” rain. And indeed, it did rain just enough to keep us consistently wet, but we were too pendejo to seek shelter.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Over the past few months, I have attempted to introduce our readers to some of my favorite birding sites around my city of Morelia, Mexico. Along the way, I hope to give you an idea of what birding in Mexico is like. In this case, this more mature Huizache shelters a Prickly-Pear… on the north side, of course.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
It turned out to be an inspired choice, because my usual style of birding — parking at a trailhead and walking kilometers away from both my car and most other forms of shelter — would indeed have been disastrous. Instead, I was able to stick close to my car, taking shelter in it when necessary, and still see lots of birds.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2024
Warblers, thrushes, buntings, and other migrants move across the Gulf of Mexico in an extremely stressful, marathon flight from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Gulf Coast of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida before spreading throughout the flyways and heading north. And for a narrow window of time, it is a vital migratory stopover.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
Although, technically, I mostly felt your pain… for the past four months, while about a dozen beautiful migratory Wood Warblers were nowhere to be found here in central Mexico. We are in the middle of our monsoon season, and I had to repeatedly find shelter from brief midday showers. What I feel right now is joy at their return.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2020
But the Kentish Plover was sheltering its young under its body, and the Little Ringed Plover was incubating an egg — right in the middle of downtown Madrid! Mexico has a good number of greenish or rusty Woodpeckers. I live in Mexico! These two shorebirds are exceedingly common in western Europe. I mean, come on!
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