Ajijic Report

Audubonistas Report

From the Ajijic Pier March 11 2007

Hello Allen, Today was a beautiful day at the park and pier in downtown Ajijic, Jalisco. Thirty four early birders gathered at 8 a.m. to the sunrise spectacular. Great throngs of Great and Snowy Egrets perform their Sun Salutations on distant lirio floats. A battalion of White American Pelicans cruise above the waterline assessing the fortunes of the fishing boats . Water snakes mingle with a dozen or so American Coots . A group of White Faced Ibises, their bills downturned, fly in formation along the shoreline.

Audubonistas Potluck Dinner: April 14, 2007 Saturday 4 p.m. Social 5 p.m. How To Identify Birds 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. Awards and Prizes Where: Casa Aves, C. Del Fresno #145 Baja Chula Vista Door prizes, Birder of the Month, Rara Avis Award.

Today's Bird Checklist Birds identified by members of the group include the following thirty-six species: White Pelican Neotropic Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Tricolored Heron Little Blue Heron Green Heron Black Crowned Night Heron White- faced Ibis American Coot Ring-billed Gull Caspian Tern Inca Dove Mourning Dove Parrot (sp.?) Broad Billed Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Vermillion Flycatcher Cassin's Kingbird Tropical Kingbird Great Kiskadee Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Rufous-Backed Robin (Thrush) Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher Cedar Waxwing Yellow-Rumped Warbler Great- Tailed Grackle Orchard Oriole Black-Vented Oriole Hooded Oriole White-Collared Seadeater House Sparrow And we thank Lead Birders John Roynon, Tom Holeman, Judy Boyd, and Don Bell for their assistance in identifying these birds. Visit our website: Hosted by Aves Galeria In April we will have another Bird Walk at a time and place to be announced later. You are also invited to our casa for a special potluck dinner. Featured will be a bird identification workshop, Rara Avis Awards for unusual sightings, and door prizes. Vernal Equinox Potluck Dinner Saturday April 14, 2007 4:00 Social/5:00 Bird Identification/6:00 Dinner /7 awards Lower Chula Vista, Calle del Fresno #145

	Contacts
	Aves Galeria @ Ramon Corona #23	Allen Turner y Judy Boyd	766 2759	avesajijic@yahoo.com

Thanks for participating in this program. Our Audubonistas are creating the living database of the Birds of Lake Chapala. Be sure to stop by Aves Galeria to browse our bird reference books and enjoy a cup of our Nayarit Mountain Coffee -- "Fuerte para Suave." Allen y Judy