Big January 2012 Bird List

I am listing birds seen on a trip to the Pacific Coast near San Blas, Mexico on December 31, 2011. I know these technically are not January birds (unless I was in Malaysia at the time with another brother!)

*Life Birds

Mangrove swamp (by boat)-10                                 At the beach-5

Great Blue Heron                                                         Magnificent Frigatebird*
Neotropic Cormorant                                                   Brown Pelican
Green Heron                                                                 Shorebird 1 (TBI)
Great Egret                                                                   Shorebird 2 (TBI)
Anhinga*                                                                      Western Gull
Kingfisher (?tropical)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron*
Black-crowned Night Heron
Mississippi Kite*
Tropical Kingbird*

Birds seen January 1-31, 2012  - 93 Species  
(54 Canada, 43 Mexico with 4 birds common to both lists)

Tepic, Nayarit on the family property and at a nearby park -35


Vermillion Flycatcher            Painted Bunting*                    Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Says Phoebe*                         Blue Bunting*                         Rufous Hummingbird*
Western Kingbird            
Great Kiskadee                      Lesser Goldfinch*                  Boat-tailed Grackle
                                               Lark Sparrow*                       Starling
Gila Woodpecker                   White-winged Dove               Grooved-billed Ani*
                                               Common Ground Dove          Mexican Yellow-winged Cacique*
American Kestrel                   Northern Mockingbird
White-tailed Kite*                 Rufous-backed Robin             Audubon Warbler* (Yellow-rumped)
Loggerhead Shrike                Pyrrhuloxia*                            Nashville Warbler
Turkey Vulture                      Hooded Oriole                         Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Black Vulture                        Western Meadowlark             
American Coot                      Hermit Thrush                        
B.B. Whistling Duck             House Wren
White-faced Ibis*


San Pedro, Coahuila MX and area -8

Aztek Dove*
Collared Dove*
Merlin
Phainopepla*
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Vireo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Raven
(Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, N. Mockingbird, Boat-tailed Grackle)


Canada (54) incl 4 species also seen in Mexico (in brackets)

Mallard Duck                        Black Duck                            Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose                       Cackling Goose                      White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser             Red-breasted Merganser         Greater Scaup   
Bufflehead Duck                   Common Goldeneye               Ruddy Duck
Ring-billed Gull                    Great Black-Backed Gull       Canvasback
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull                       Mute Swan                             Northern Shoveler
Iceland Gull                                                                          Long-tailed Duck
Northern Cardinal                  Blue Jay                                 Double Crested Cormorant
American Tree Sparrow        Carolina Wren                        (American Coot)
Black-capped Chickadee       Brown Thrasher                     Tundra Swan
House Finch                          (Hermit Thrush)
American Gold Finch            Snow Bunting
Dark-eyed Junco                    Horned Lark
American Crow
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
House Sparrow
Belted Kingfisher

Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
(Merlin)
(American Kestrel)
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Coopers Hawk

Pileated Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch

Wild Turkey


(Birds seen other years in January that should have been relatively easy to find or why my total was not more than 100-: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Snowy Owl, Rough-legged Hawk, Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, American Robin, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Hooded Merganser)


1 comment:

  1. What a great list so far! Canada (Ontario) has great birding, but it would be so exciting to go to another country and see what they have. I don't know if I could contain myself. I remember how excited I got when I saw the Raven in BC...we have them here, but I had to go to BC to see it. I love birding it is such a treasure hunt with a great find each time.

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