To Kill a Mockingbird

A sunset walk up by the train tracks in Tequisquiapan provides some different birds from the typical wetland stuff.  It also guarantees some stunning scenery. 

This Northern Mockingbird perched obligingly for me to fire away a few shots...

Northern Mockingbird

Much less obvious is this tiny Blue-grey Gnatcatcher.  These little beauties roam around the desert scrub in small groups, much in the same way as Tits.

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher

The Butcher Bird...Loggerhead Shrikes are common in Queretaro.  They feast on the abundance of grasshoppers and crickets that can be found at this time of year in the desert.  Shrikes get their nickname due to their habit of storing their prey on branches and barbed wire fences, thus creating a larder to return to.

Loggerhead Shrike

The wonderful thing about living here is that you are pretty much guaranteed a sunset like this every evening..