Saturday, September 25, 2010

Big Boys of Veracruz

Definitely one of the highlights of my weekend was seeing these big boys. There's no doubt that this one in particular is one of my favourite birds..



The Magnificent Frigate is a class act, and certainly a lot more graceful than these lumps...


There were about 30 Brown Pelicans roosting on a sandbank in the rivermouth at Chachalacas. Alongside them were a Little Blue Heron, a Royal Tern, and a fine selection of waders.


Total Reckoning from Veracruz trip:

BROWN PELICAN, MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Great Blue Heron, LITTLE BLUE HERON, Black-crowned Night Heron, Turkey Vulture, BLACK VULTURE, ROADSIDE HAWK, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, Osprey, GRAY HAWK, APLOMADO FALCON, Peregrine, American Coot, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Willet, Western Sandpiper, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, Least Sandpiper, Sanderling, LAUGHING GULL, ROYAL TERN, SOOTY TERN, Sandwich Tern, Collared Dove, Feral Pigeon, White-winged Dove, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, WHITE-TIPPED DOVE, RED-BILLED PIGEON, SQUIRREL CUCKOO, WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT, CANIVET'S EMERALD, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, ROSE-THROATED BECARD, TROPICAL KINGBIRD, EASTERN KINGBIRD, GREAT KISKADEE, SOCIAL FLYCATCHER, Barn Swallow, BANK SWALLOW, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, BAND-BACKED WREN, CLAY COLOURED ROBIN, YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, BLUE-GREY TANAGER, YELLOW-WINGED TANAGER, BLUE BLACK GRASQUIT, House Sparrow, Great-tailed Grackle, ALTAMIRA ORIOLE, BALTIMORE ORIOLE


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