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Cardinals in the Baja?
Any members of the Audubon Society on this Board?
This morning, while on my morning walk out in the desert in the Los Cabos area, I saw for the first time a brilliant all red bird. He was about 20
yards away flitting through the mesquite and creosote bush. He was about 8 inches long from beak to tail and was bright red with no other markings.
Although he was a little far away, he appeared to have a topknot on his head. Are there cardinals in the Baja?
Also can someone tell me what the bright yellow bird with black head and black wings is? I see than quite often. They are beautiful!
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There are LOTS of Cardinals in Baja
It sounds like you may have seen a male. The females are not so bright red as their hubbies.
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Sounds like the second bird is a hooded oriole, also quite common here in BCS.
There is a growing base of photos and info on Baja flora and fauna here:
http://www.bajatrekker.com
http://www.bajatrekker.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=9...
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I agree with tehag.. about the bird and about the links.
This photo shows a bit more orange than yellow, but is this your birdie?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tehag
Sounds like the second bird is a hooded oriole, also quite common here in BCS.
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Yep, checked the photos, and that is the guy!
Thanks vagabundo and tehag! The more time I spend in the Baja, the more entralled I am with the beauty. What a magnificent place! The US should
have annexed the Baja and forget about Texas. Just joking, my Tejano friends! I'm rooting for the Spurs.
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Nah...if the US had annexed Baja(actually it did in the war, then gave it back) it would be much more developed by now...
The Cardinals in Texas seem smaller and more orange than the ones I've seen in Baja(mid-peninsula in the mountains east of G. Negro). Anyone know if
its the more northerly US Cardinals that overwinter in Baja?
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tehag
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Cardinals nest here in BCS, and I see them pretty much year around.
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Cardinals sing their little hearts in Los Barilles, too.
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Around sunset, they make the most wonderful sound. I listen for it every night. They sure are pretty...the males that is. The females are not so
beautiful. Does any one know if they both have the same song?
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tehag
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cardinals
Reference book says both sexes sing almost year round.
NGS Field Guide to the Birds of North America
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They are the state bird of Virginia.......sure are a long way from home!
Come to think of it....I used to live in Virginia as well and I would rather be in Baja too....smart birds!
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Cardinals.... my Grandmother (my Father's mother), may she rest in peace, used to tell us Grandkids that when you see a RED Cardinal on the front
porch, then you were going to have visitors within 48 hours. Anyone ever hear of that old tale? She swore by it.
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A very Special Cardinal resides near Loreto!!
If you are in the Rancho Notri area South of Loreto and can get over to the Area where the Rocks set aganis the Hills, you will be able to see "Black
Cardinals!! Yes Black, with the Top Notch. Many years ago while gathering Rocks for Rancho Sonrisa in Loreto, at that Location I observed many of
these Birds. I had always thought Cardinals were Red.
This Morning in the Great State of Texas, the Bob-Whites are calling, the Wild Turkeys are roaming, The Eagle is on top of the Transmission Lines, The
Swallows have a nest on the Back Patio, The Hawks are Hunting, The Dove are Mating, The Quail are Nesting, The Robins are Chirping, and it is great to
be Alive as I approach my 76th Birthday!!
Let me tell you Youngins, It is Great to be Alive!!, It is Great to have had the Experience of Baja for 40 years, to Know the Mexican People, to Ply
the Waters of the Sea of Cortez!!, to Walk the Sierras, to Fish the Streams of Montana, To have Worked in the Beautifull Yosemite Nat. Park, to have
Cowboyed in West Texas,
I am looking forward to another 20 years!!
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I'm not a birder but that "Black Cardinal" is not a cardinal but a phainapepla (sp). We have some dedicated birders here and they report not one of
these birds has been seen since hurricane John. Phainapepla may well be an Indian name meaning DON'T LIKE THE WIND or FEATHERWEIGHT BLACK BIRD LIKE A
CARDINAL.
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Pompano and all
In Comitan we also have black Cardinals, and Cardinal Red To Hot Pink. The Orioles are mostly very yellow not the orange.
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Thanks for the information on the "Black Cardinals" they seem to be more Skittish than the "Reds". At Rancho Sonrisa the Reds would set in the Window
Sills during Mating Season, that is when the RoadRunner was not on the Counter eating Breakfast Scraps!!
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I rarely see cardinals inside the city in Loreto, except for in cages. Some of the locals keep them as pets.
I had one in the house, though. I took this picture of it after I got it out on the porch:
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Pompano,
What we see here and call Black Cardinals are really Black including Top Notch.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
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Phainopepla is a silky flycatcher. Looks like a small black cardinal. Super abundant here in Loreto. Pyrrhuloxia is closely related to the cardinal
(same genus) and is fairly common here.
There is a growing base of photos and info on Baja flora and fauna here:
http://www.bajatrekker.com
http://www.bajatrekker.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=9...
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