'The lake and bushes/trees around the golf course are the big attraction and most birds I see are by using the golf buggy track for a run and for watching. Lots of flyovers too.
The lake has Ruddy Duck, Lesser Scaup, Belted Kingfisher (probable), Spotted Sandpiper,Mexican Duck, occasional Shovelar and scores of Coot.Barn Swallows and Rough winged Swallows are coming through in good numbers and resting on the central concrete tower.
Flyovers see Snowy and Cattle Egrets as well as White Faced Ibis heading for La Presa, Turkey Vultures (7 on thermals one day),and as dusk approaches night herons come over.
Around the golf course Broad Billed Hummers are everywhere. American Pipits,Say's Phoebe,Vermilions, ,Loggerhead Shrike,Yellow Rumped are everywhere and some Wilsons and Nashville Warblers.
Sparrows confirmed are House,Lark.Chipping and Lincolns but I am sure there are other types out there.
Golden Fronted Woodie,Blue Gray Gnatcatcher,Bronzed and Brewers Cowbirds
In the gardens more of the same and Blue Grosbeaks are frequent in the flowering trees along with an Oriole with distinctive white wing bars which I assume from your reports they are Abeilles,Hooded Oriole,House Finch,Varied Bunting.
Another place I found to be good was the gardens of the Hacienda Galindo. We told the guy on the gate we were going to the restaurant and had a wander about the gardens near the swimming pool and got lots of White Collared Seedeaters (lifer for me) as well as buntings,warblers and Orioles that I was unsure of but mid morning on a weekday when the place is quiet was really productive, The tequila was good too.
Our brief visit to La Llave the other day was brightened up by a pair of Caracaras displaying over farmland. Numbers of birds on the water looked impressive from a distance too...
Thanks Paul, it's always great to hear from local birders.
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