BajaNomad

Some winter color in Loreto/Nopoló

tehag - 2-15-2011 at 06:35 PM

All victims of ancient gringo creeping around Nopoló early in the morning this past Friday and again yesterday, with a camera. I'm happy to see interest in nature among the Nomads. Baja has very accessible nature in great abundance, and it often seems under-appreciated. These shots were taken in the space of 3 hours in much less than a square mile of territory. There were easily 25 other species available, but these had most of the bright colors.

Vermivora celata - chipe oleváceo - orange-crowned warbler


Geothlypis trichas - mascarita común - common yellowthroat


Pipilo chlorurus - rascador de cola verde - green-tailed towee


Anas crecca - cerceta de ala verde - green-winged teal


Cardinalis sinuatas - Card##al desértico - pyrrhuloxia


Cardinalis cardinalis - Card##al norteńo - Northern cardinal


Passerina amoena - colorín lázuli - lazuli bunting


Passerina versicolor - colorín morado - varied bunting


Pyrocephalus rubinus - mosquero Card##alito - vermilion flycatcher

bill erhardt - 2-15-2011 at 06:40 PM

Great pics, tehag!

Russ - 2-15-2011 at 06:46 PM

Those are outstanding photos. I'm really envious of the amount of wild life you have/encountered! Please continue your wild life posts.

Cypress - 2-15-2011 at 06:53 PM

tehag, Thanks.:D

Really wonder-full !

djh - 2-15-2011 at 06:56 PM

Thank you for posting these great photos !
And right in our back yard :-).
djh

Ken Bondy - 2-15-2011 at 07:01 PM

Very nice tehag!! Beautiful photos.

Skipjack Joe - 2-15-2011 at 08:03 PM

Thanks for posting these, Tehag.

I've never seen a varied bunting before. Are they rare or have I just been unlucky?

My favorite, though, is the common yellowthroat warbler. We used to call him the "masked man". They would sometimes appear in the rushes at our golf course but never frequent enough to become boring. He's a real character.

Birds

tehag - 2-15-2011 at 08:25 PM

Skipjack.

Not really rare, but mostly seen in heavy cover and poor light looking plain black.

Paulina - 2-15-2011 at 08:30 PM

Wow.

Fantastic photos. How lucky to have such a variety right there at the end of your camera.

I'm loving these nature threads.

P>*)))>{

shari - 2-15-2011 at 09:04 PM

terrific bird poses!!! most excellent colours...the varied thrush was amazing...I'm gonna be on the lookout for one now...thanks for the great photos.

goldhuntress - 2-15-2011 at 09:27 PM

Excellent!!! Thank you:biggrin:

flyfishinPam - 2-16-2011 at 06:58 AM

Absolutely stunning photos!!! Gracias

flyfishinPam - 2-16-2011 at 07:02 AM

Absolutely stunning photos!!! Gracias

wilderone - 2-16-2011 at 09:36 AM

awesome photos. What equipment do you use? I have one of the binocular cameras, but haven't figured out how to use it yet. Any experience with this?

Wiles - 2-16-2011 at 11:09 AM

Great Stuff Tehag.
I'll see your Lazuli & Varied, and raise you a Painted.

Painted bunting.jpg - 28kB

Puckdrop - 2-16-2011 at 01:53 PM

National Geographic quality pics. Don't scare them away, I'll be there in 3 weeks and hope their in my yard still.