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.

Woodpecker, Gila

Name: Woodpecker, Gila
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 06 January 2015
Description:

Hanging out on top of a very large cactus.

Eared grebe

Name: Eared grebe
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 06 January 2015
Description:

Bobbing about calmly 1 mile out to sea. Not scared of kites.

Grey thrasher

Name: Grey thrasher
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 31 December 2014
Description:

Hopping around under desert shrubs.

Roadrunner, greater

Name: Roadrunner, greater
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 30 December 2014
Description:

Not running on the road desafortunadamente, but standing on top of a huge cactus.

Dove, Eurasian collared

Name: Dove, Eurasian collared
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 29 December 2014
Description:

Non-indigenous.

Frigate

Name: Frigate
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 24 December 2014
Description:

Small groups of 5-10 birds drift northwards over La Ventana, usually in the mornings.

Sparrow, Savanna

Name: Sparrow, Savanna
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 24 December 2014
Description:

Very noisy little buggers. Chit-chat and call to each other from inside bushes.

Cardinal, Northern

Name: Cardinal, Northern
Classification:
Place first seen: La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico
Date spotted: 24 December 2014
Description:

Hopping around in the desert underbrush.