We have lots of oystercatchers on the islands out in front. They make great sounds when calling each other.Natalie Ann - 12-30-2004 at 09:09 PM
Nice oystercatcher, Pompano.
Following are some of my favorite Baja birds.
Vultures firstNatalie Ann - 12-30-2004 at 09:10 PM
PelicanNatalie Ann - 12-30-2004 at 09:10 PM
otro pelicanNatalie Ann - 12-30-2004 at 09:11 PM
and a hooded oriole from Mulege
My all time favorite Baja bird
JESSE - 12-30-2004 at 09:12 PM
Natalie Ann - 12-30-2004 at 09:15 PM
It's a cute little bird, Jessie. I'm a no-nothing when it comes to birds.... what kind is it?JESSE - 12-30-2004 at 09:16 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Natalie Ann
It's a cute little bird, Jessie. I'm a no-nothing when it comes to birds.... what kind is it?
I believe you call it a Mocking bird, we call it a Zenzontle.
Cardinales at my place in San Nicolas
vgabndo - 12-30-2004 at 09:27 PM
Nikon - 12-30-2004 at 09:45 PM
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Frigate pair
Ken Bondy - 12-30-2004 at 10:34 PM
Cardon - 12-30-2004 at 10:49 PM
From this to this. Cardon - 12-30-2004 at 10:52 PM
Xantus Hummingbird at Juncalito.
Baja birds
The squarecircle - 12-31-2004 at 12:34 AM
Greetings All: Mil gracias for the fine birdie photos. Much appreciated!!!!! sq.
Sung to the tune of......
Santiago - 12-31-2004 at 07:55 AM
"Everybody, have you heard,
JESSE's all-time favorite is a mockingbird..."
Every Spring a couple make a nest in the liquid amber in our back yard and spend the next 2 months dive-bombing our 2 fat, lazy cats - great fun.
I've not seen the oriole yet - is the range all of Baja/Mexico? How common?
Great photos everyone!
Bob H - 12-31-2004 at 01:19 PM
Here are a couple of house finches, I think? Bob H
Does this count...
Mexray - 12-31-2004 at 01:53 PM
'Bird' of Paradise...and they don't eat much!
Blue Footed Booby
bajajudy - 12-31-2004 at 02:24 PM
This guy let me walk right up to him near the lighthouse in Bahia Los Angeles.LaTijereta - 12-31-2004 at 02:24 PM
Off Loreto...
The Biggest Baja Bird is.....
Pompano - 12-31-2004 at 02:25 PM
Here is a 'bird' we are all very familiar with....this photo is from 1975. NOTE: No army barracks buildings.
another favorite Baja bird....
Pompano - 12-31-2004 at 02:32 PM
One of our friends and a worker at the house built these osprey nest holders on top of the power line poles to protect the birds from being zapped
building their own platforms. Good deal for these hunting birds...I have a great photo somewhere of one flying off with a rattlesnake wiggling in
it's talons. I will find it and post.
Couldn't find the bird/snake pic, but.....
Pompano - 12-31-2004 at 02:38 PM
the osprey dropped the snake and we got it for dinner!
A great pelican roosting place and....
Pompano - 12-31-2004 at 02:54 PM
a great snook and 'robalo' fishing hole. Care to guess where in southern Baja this place is?
Pelicano
Ken Bondy - 12-31-2004 at 07:24 PM
Bob and Susan - 12-31-2004 at 08:25 PM
Egads! What manner of bird is that?...
Pompano - 1-1-2005 at 08:00 AM
that great looking pooch must have some 'Dumbo' genes! Great photo.
Best Baja bird you ask??! that's easy.....
capt. mike - 1-1-2005 at 10:52 AM
the rare and most beautiful of Genus and Phylum "aluminum" class,
the - Piperus Comancherus.
This one was spotted in his favorite habitat.
Appears to be a mature specimen of 44 years.Bob and Susan - 1-1-2005 at 11:36 AM
Capt'n
Can those birds change their colors???
Is this a new picture???
Parakeets for breakfast?
bajajudy - 1-1-2005 at 01:14 PM
This guy was just sitting on my porch waiting for someone to open a cage for him.
Bob and Susan -
capt. mike - 1-1-2005 at 04:57 PM
yes, and it did in july-aug 2004!
ditto the inside.
an amazing feat for sure that won't be repeated for many years.....
My Favorite bird sightings........
Pompano - 1-2-2005 at 02:47 AM
This bird sight at sea gets the blood going if you're a fisherman. When you see one of these happening, get into it quick and pitch a crocodile or
whatever you can cast and pull through the feeding fish. This is a relatively small 'boil'...years ago there would have been thousands more.
Isla Guapo......
Pompano - 1-2-2005 at 03:10 AM
aptly named bird island in Conception BayBob H - 1-3-2005 at 10:18 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by capt. mike
yes, and it did in july-aug 2004!
ditto the inside.
an amazing feat for sure that won't be repeated for many years.....
Hey, Capt Mike - the overhaul looks great. Hope you are feeling better and healing quickly from your bike incident!
Happy New Year!
Bob and Audrey H
dang cold, rainy and windy here in phx to enjoy fine smokes outside so i have basically stopped for a while!
GOT TO GET TO BAJA.....ARRRGGGHHHH!!!elgatoloco - 1-4-2005 at 10:41 PM
David K - 1-4-2005 at 11:21 PM
Pompano... to answer the question, I am going to say the Old Pier (Muelle Viejo) in San Quintin Bay?Pompano - 1-5-2005 at 04:54 AM
No, David, but a good guess..not the Old Pier, although that is a similar area..my 'pilings & pelicans' photo is many hundreds of miles away. Here's
another photo of that spot...hint: we went there to fish for rabalo (snook) and there used to be a cannery there many years ago.Pompano - 1-11-2005 at 07:06 AM
Answer to the location of the pelican/piers photo....San Mateo in Mag Bay near the old cannery.
Here's a familiar sight in the shallows in front of our home. A great minnow catcher.
baja birding
gringorio - 1-25-2005 at 07:46 PM
Great photos! And speaking of, I am finally getting around to updating the www.BajaBirding.org web site. That means I need a new photo for the home page. A couple months ago a few folks sent me some possibilities, but I
wanted to get the word out again before I make the final choice. The only rules are that the photo has to have been taken in or around the Baja
peninsula and it has to be of a bird! Please include your name and year the photo was taken. The best shot will be on the web site home page for 6-8
months. The Baja Birding home page will look very similar to the www.BajaCaliforniaConservation.org home page once I get the changes made.
Thank you!
gringorio
greg@bajacaliforniaconservation.org
here's my first entry....
Pompano - 1-25-2005 at 09:16 PM
One of our resident osprey sitting on a mesquite stump that was a living tree when Earl Stanley Gardner requested it be spared when this seawall was
constructed in 1967.
Heron ballet
Don Jorge - 1-26-2005 at 11:48 AM
Chuparosa chula
Don Jorge - 1-26-2005 at 11:56 AM
Bravo...!!
Pompano - 1-26-2005 at 02:06 PM
Don Jorge...those are some of the best Baja bird (or any) that I have seen lately...congrats on being able to capture the moment!
Bird Boil.....
Pompano - 1-26-2005 at 03:00 PM
Bob H - 1-27-2005 at 08:59 AM
Ospry nesting in cactus - on the way back from Shell Island.
Bob H
[Edited on 1-27-2005 by Bob H]
Baja sanitation detail at work on Ol' Trigger....
Pompano - 1-27-2005 at 11:06 AM
ursidae69 - 1-27-2005 at 01:55 PM
Cool thread...
Here is a crested caracara I saw in March 04:
Here is a Harris Hawk on the same trip:
and the winner is...
gringorio - 1-30-2005 at 09:26 AM
There were several great entries for the new Baja Birding home page photo. Thank you! Check out: http://www.bajabirding.org/ to see the changes and new photo.
