Tequisquiapan Farmland

A morning of bird counting North of Tequisquiapan allowed me to come across a good number of species.

Visited Farmland (f), Lago Pelicanos (LP), La Laja (LL)

Raptors (7)

Northern Harrier - 3 hunting at LP

Crested Caracara - common

American Kestrel - common

Peregrine - male LP

Black-shouldered (White-tailed) Kite - many including a pair at LP

Red-tailed Hawk - common

Turkey Vulture

Red-tailed Hawk

Black-shouldered (White-tailed) Kite

Duck (10)

Shoveler - LL

Pintail - 30 LP, 30 LL

Mexican Duck - 50 LP

Ruddy Duck - 10

Blue-winged Teal - 5 LL

Green-winged Teal - 10 LL, 5 LP

Cinnamon Teal - 4 LL

American Wigeon - 4 LP

Lesser Scaup - 1 drake and 3 duck at LP

Gadwall

Assorted Ducks and Waders - La Laja

Other Waterbirds (6)

American White Pelican - 1 at LP

White-faced Ibis

Snowy Egret

Great Egret

Cattle Egret

American Coot - 300+ LL

Waders (8)

Baird's Sandpiper - 4 LP (return passage?)

Long-billed Dowitcher - 16 LP (probable wintering birds)

Black-necked Stilt - 2 LL

American Avocet - 1 LP

Spotted Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs - LL

Solitary Sandpiper - LL

Killdeer

The 'Farmland Pests' (6)

Great-tailed Grackle

Starling - 6

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird - 15

Yellow-headed Blackbird - a flock at least 8000 strong

Brown-headed Cowbird - large numbers

Brown-headed Cowbird and Yellow-headed Blackbird

HUGE flock of Yellow-headed Blackbirds!

Other (38)

Cactus Wren

Marsh Wren - LP

House Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Clay-coloured Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Audubon's Warbler

Wilson's Warbler - 1 LP

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher - common

Loggerhead Shrike - everywhere

Cassin's Kingbird

Phainopepla - 3 (pictured)

Phainopepla

Inca Dove

Common Ground Dove

Mourning Dove

Feral Pigeon

Broad-billed Hummingbird

Violet-crowned Hummingbird

Eastern Meadowlark - 3 LP

House Finch

Blue Grosbeak

Varied Bunting - garden

Monk Parakeet - close to LL (introduced birds)

Vermilion Flycatcher

Say's Phoebe - 5 farmland

Golden-fronted Woodpecker

Ladder-back Woodpecker (Garden)

Hooded Oriole - garden

Abeille's Oriole

Northern Mockingbird - 1 LP

Swallow

Violet-green Swallow - 3 hawking over LP with swallows

Northern Raven

Curve-billed Thrasher

American Pipit