Birding Queretaro: nashville warbler

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Elegant Trogon!

Despite all of the good birds I've seen recently around Tequisquiapan, today brought a new high - a magnificent male Elegant Trogon in the mountains above Fuentezuelas. I found this bird putting on a show in some tall trees at the base of a cliff over a small stream.

Elegant Trogon

Over the course of a 3 hour walk throughout this undisturbed part of Queretaro, I bumped into other fantastic species. The Trogon was sharing the cliff face with Northern Cardinals, many Northern Mockingbirds, Phainopeplas, and a nice selection of Warblers including Virginia's, McGillivray's, Nashville and Black-throated Grey.

Northern Cardinal (male)

Virginia's Warbler

In the more scrubby parts of the walk, I found another many Scott's Orioles, Grey Flycatchers and lots and lots of Sparrows (Brewer's, Chipping, Clay-colored, Lark, Vesper, Lincoln's, Canyon Towhees and another Green-tailed Towhee).

50 species in total. Definitely be returning soon.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Tree of Plenty - Los Sabinos, Tequisquiapan

Whilst spending some time in my Spanish Teacher's garden, which is located in Los Sabinos Tequisquiapan, I enjoyed some of the best birding I've had yet in the area.

White-collared Seedeater, Los Sabinos TX

One tree in particular (I'll get back with the species) was in flower and held an enormous number of birds...

In just 40 minutes watching I had recorded the following species feeding in it:

Starling

Indigo Bunting

Golden-cheeked Woodpecker

White-collared Seedeater

House Finch

Bewick's Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Audubon's Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Lesser Goldfinch

Broad-billed Hummingbird

The Warblers in bold are birds I have seen in other parts of Mexico, but never in the Tequisquiapan area. They're pictured below. It might be that I have just by chance discovered an excellent birding spot (Los Sabinos is lush and has a lot of trees). However, having not seen these species before in Tequis, there is a fair chance that they are migrant birds..