Jan 2015: Slide Ranch

Woodpecker, Nutall’s

Name: Woodpecker, Nutall’s
Classification:
Place first seen: Marin County, CA, USA
Date spotted: 11 January 2015
Description:

Likes live oaks above hot tub.

California Quail

Name: California Quail
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 08 January 2015
Description:

They love pasta apparently. I chucked some out into the bush in front of my casita, and that bush is now rather quailified.

Brown Booby

Name: Brown Booby
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 08 January 2015
Description:

Everywhere out at sea.

Black Phoebe

Name: Black Phoebe
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 08 January 2015
Description:

Looks like a very back bulbul.

Osprey-Mexico

Name: Osprey-Mexico
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 07 January 2015
Description:

Tough and heroic looking. Seen over open sea and desert.

Flycatcher, Ash-throated

Name: Flycatcher, Ash-throated
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 07 January 2015
Description:

Little crest on head when not flying. Likes to hang out on cacti.

Oriole, Hooded

Name: Oriole, Hooded
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 07 January 2015
Description:

Looks at first like a big masked weaver.

Spider, Huntsman

Name: Spider, Huntsman
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 07 January, 2015
Description:

Very scary looking fellow, but no danger to us humans, mercifully.

Whaleshark

Name: Whaleshark
Classification:
Place first seen: La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 31 December 2014
Description:

This one was approx. the length of 3 cars.