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Your hosts
John and Rosemary Keeling
Website:
www.avesajijic.com
Telephone:
376 766 1801
| | | Next Bird Walk Wednesday, August 12, at 8.30 a.m. | | | Join leader Don Bell on the next bird walk at La Christina. Expect to see white-winged doves, orioles, lesser goldfinches, and white collared seedeaters. At about 10.30 we will go for breakfast at Doña Lola's on the west side of Ajijic to complete the bird list.
How to get there: Go west from Ajijic about 2 mi (3km), turn left towards the lake at the sign to La Christina, which is a few yards west of the turn-off to Las Palmas. Park near the lake or on the street signed 'Calle Rosales'. | | | | | | | July Influx of Tropical Tanagers | | |  Stan Dunn has seen the first Flame-colored Tanager to be reported in the Lake Chapala area - see illustration. Also seen in July were Hepatic Tanagers, and Red-headed Tanagers. This last species is endemic to Mexico and is easily confused with the Western Tanager. However, the Western Tanager goes north for the summer, so if you think you are seeing a Western Tanager here in the summer - think Red-headed. | | | | | | | Report on July 31 Bird Walk | | | Eleven birders joined leader Stan Dunn at the Jocotepec Malecon. Thirty species were sighted including stripe-headed sparrow and yellow warbler. The species seen are indicated with asterisks in the list below. | | | | | | | Birds Seen Here in July | | | Below is the list of 96 bird species seen around the Lake during July, 2009, by Stan Dunne, Flossie Merrifield and John and Rosemary Keeling. Codes (explained at the bottom) indicate where the uncommon or unexpected birds were seen. Asterisks indicate a bird seen on the July 31 Bird Walk.
Ani, groove billed *
Avocet, American (Dp)
Bittern, least
Blackbird, red-winged
Blackbird, yellow headed
Bobwhite, northern (Cp)
Bushtit
Caracara, crested
Coot, American
Cormorant, neotropic *
Cowbird, bronzed
Cowbird, brown-headed *
Cuckoo, squirrel (At)
Dove, common ground (Cp)
Dove, Inca *
Dove, mourning (Cp)
Dove, white-winged
Duck, black-bellied whistling (Dp)
Duck, fulvous whistling (Dp)
Duck, Mexican *
Egret, cattle
Egret, great *
Egret, snowy *
Finch, house *
Flycatcher, cordilleran
Flycatcher, dusky-capped
Flycatcher, gray silky (Af,Rs)
Flycatcher, sulphur-bellied (Sl)
Flycatcher, vermilion *
Flycatcher, social *
Goldfinch, lesser *
Grackle, great-tailed *
Grassquit, blue-black
Grebe, least
Grebe,pied-billed (Cp)
Grosbeak, blue
Heron, black-crowned night *
Heron, great blue *
Heron, green
Heron, little blue
Heron, tri-colored
Hummingbird, beryline
Hummingbird, broad-billed
Hummingbird, magnificent
Hummingbird, sparkling tailed
Hummingbird, violet-crowned *
Hummingbird, white-eared
Ibis, white-faced *
Jacana, northern
Killdeer
Kingbird, Cassin's
Kingbird, tropical *
Kingbird, western
Kiskadee, great *
Kite, white-tailed
Meadowlark, eastern (Cp)
Mockingbird, blue
Mockingbird, northern (Cp)
Moorhen, common *
Motmot, russet-crowned (Rr)
Oriole, black-backed
Oriole, black-vented
Oriole, Bullock's (Cp)
Oriole, hooded
Oriole, streak-backed *
Parakeet, orange-fronted (Af)
Pelican, American white (Dp)
Phoebe, black (Te)
Pigeon, rock
Raven, common
Sandpiper, least (Dp)
Seedeater, white collared *
Shrike, loggerhead
Sparrow, house *
Sparrow, rufous crowned (As)
Sparrow, stripe-headed *
Spoonbill, roseate (Dp)
Stilt, black-necked
Stork, wood (Dp)
Swallow, barn *
Swallow, cliff (Cp)
Swallow, northern rough-winged
Tanager, flame-colored (Ap)
Tanager, hepatic (At)
Tanager, red headed (At,Ap)
Thrasher, curve billed
Thrush, orange-billed nightingale (At)
Thrush, rufous backed *
Towhee, canyon *
Warbler, yellow *
Woodpecker, golden-fronted *
Woodpecker, ladder-backed (Af,Ap)
Wren, canyon *
Wren, Bewick's *
Wren, cactus (Ap)
Wren, spotted
Codes for areas of sightings:
Af - Ajijic La Floresta
Ap - Ajijic Pantheon
As -Ajijic Saddle above shrine
At - Ajijic Tepalo waterfall
Cp - Santa Cruz pumping stn
Dp - Dike near La Palma
Rr - Riberas reservoir
Rs - Riberas shore
Sv - San Antonio Chula Vista
Te - San Juan Tecomatlan
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