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DECEMBER 16, 2023

​ Note: here in South America there are no groundhogs, we have a relative but he lives in dry sand and is the size of a guinea pig submitted by /u/roxgxd [link] [comments]

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Groundhogs Guinea Pigs South America Guinea 40

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.

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South America Pigs Mexico Species 176

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. I hope that the next time it will vocalize for me; it apparently sounds something like a grunting pig. However, there is no mistaking the male Red-headed Tanager with any other species.

Mexico 253

Mexico Nicaragua Lamb Sparrows 253

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. I saw the movement, I swear I did, but it wasn’t until June of this year that I really saw this bird. And then saw it again, a month later.

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Mexico 2020 2019 Turkey 171

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

“Indigenous pig sows?…Sure, …Sure, we got lots of ‘em javelina and wild hogs too” But I explained to him that I was a hunter of a different kind and that I was looking for tiny owls and not wild pigs. After all, this species is a widespread and common bird in Central and South America.

Owls 156

Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 156