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Your hosts
John and Rosemary Keeling
Please send information of any interesting bird sightings to:
avesajijic@yahoo.com
or phone 766-1801
Website:
www.avesajijic.com
| | | Next Bird Walk Friday, November 20, at 8.30 a.m. at Riberas Ravine |
| Join bird leader Stan Dunn for a Bird Walk up the Riberas Ravine on November 20. Expect to see orioles and various flycatchers and, if we are very lucky, a squirrel cuckoo or a russet-crowned motmot. At about 10.15 we will go for breakfast at Mom's Restaurant to complete the morning's bird list. Bring binoculars of course, and wear hiking shoes as the trail is rocky in parts.
How to get there:
From Ajijic, drive to Riberas; turn left at Mom's Restaurant onto San Jorge; proceed two blocks to the end of the street, and park. |
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| | Dates Announced for Christmas Bird Counts |
| There will be two "CBCs" here this year:
A) Friday December 18 will be the regular Ajijic area Bird Count.
B) Wednesday December 16 will be the new Bird Count at the other end of the lake, designated as the 'Ciénega de Chapala' Bird Count. Ciénega means marsh, referring to the old marsh which, before it was drained for farming in 1910, constituted one third of the area of the lake. Expect to see a wider range of water birds and raptors there.
These are open to the public. There will be a fee which will include an identification workshop on a prior day and a dinner celebration at the end of the counting day. We are looking for volunteers to help with organizing. Further details will be given out later this month. Please put these dates on your calendar now.
The Christmas Bird Count for Guadalajara will be conducted on Monday December 14. Anyone interested in taking part in the Guadalajara count should reply to this email. |
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| | Lake Chapala Bird Festival |
| The first Lake Chapala Migratory Bird Festival will be held from November 21-28. Sponsored by "Corazón de la Tierra" (Heart of the Earth), this will be a first attempt at developing an appreciation for birds in the local people. Included will be a display of bird photographs by Vince Gravel in Chapala City Hall, and some Bird Walks with Spanish-speaking leaders, however details of these have not yet been finalized. |
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| | Report on the last Bird Walk |
|  Photo of Lucy's Warbler
Vince Gravel led 12 birders on a productive walk October 23 at the Carnero dam at Santa Rosa. Forty five species were sighted including Fulvous Whistling Duck and Lucy's Warbler. Thank you, Vince. |
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| | 120 Species Sighted in October |
| Below are the species seen around the lake in October by Don Bell, Stan and Darnelle Dunn, and others. Don Bell identified a Willow Warbler, which is a first for Chapala. John and Rosemary Keeling spotted a Yellow-crowned Night Heron and Northern Harrier from the dike at the east end of the lake. For several days a Lesser Nighthawk slept all day on a tree beside Stan Dunn's house in La Floresta. Elegant Euphonias were reported by several people.
Groove-billed ani
American avocet
Brewer's blackbird (Ac)
Red-winged blackbird
Yellow-headed blackbird
Bushtit
Crested caracara (Dp)
Yellow-breasted chat
American Coot
Neotropic cormorant
Bronzed cowbird
Inca dove
Mourning dove
White-winged dove
Black-bellied whistling duck (Rc)
Fulvous whistling duck (Rc)
Mexican duck
Muscovy duck
Ruddy duck (Rc,Cd)
Cattle egret
Great egret
Snowy egret
Elegant euphonia
House finch
Dusky-capped flycatcher
Gray flycatcher
Gray-silky flycatcher
Least flycatcher
Social flycatcher
Vermillion flycatcher
Willow flycatcher (Ac)
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Lesser goldfinch
Great-tailed grackle
Blue-black grasquit
Least grebe
Black-headed grosbeak
Blue grosbeak
Laughing gull
Northern harrier (Dp)
Cooper's hawk (Ac)
Red-tailed hawk
Sharp-shinned hawk (Ac)
Black-crowned night heron
Great blue heron
Green heron
Little blue heron (Dp)
Tri-colored heron
Yellow-crowned night heron (Dp)
Broad-billed hummingbird
Caliope hummingbird (Ac)
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Rufous hummingbird
Violet-crowned hummingbird
White-faced ibis
Northern jacana
American kestrel
Killdeer
Cassin's kingbird
Thick-billed kingbird
Tropical kingbird
Western kingbird
Belted kingfisher
Great kiskadee
White-tailed kite (Jo,Dp)
Blue mockingbird
Northern mockingbird
Common moorhen
Russet-crowned motmot (Ac)
Lesser nighthawk (Af)
Black-backed oriole
Black-vented oriole
Hooded oriole
Orchard oriole
Streak-backed oriole
Great horned owl
American white pelican
Greater pewee
Western wood pewee
Rock pigeon
Common raven
Rufous-backed robin
Least sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper
White-collared seedeater Northern shoveller (Rc)
Loggerhead shrike
House sparrow
Lark sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
Rusty-crowned ground sparrow
Stripe-headed sparrow
Black-necked stilt
Barn swallow
Northern rough-winged swallow
Tree swallow
Western tanager
Blue-winged teal
Cinnamon teal
Green-winged teal
Curve-billed thrasher
Orange-billed nightingale thrush
Canyon towhee
Warbling Vireo
Black vulture
Turkey vulture
Black and white warbler
Black-throated gray warbler (At)
Lucy's warbler (Rc)
McGillivray's warbler
Nashville warbler
Wilson's warbler
Yellow warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Golden-fronted woodpecker
Ladder-backed woodpecker
Bewick's wren
Canyon wren
House wren
Spotted wren
Codes for areas of sightings:
Af - Ajijic La Floresta
Ac - Ajijic La Cristina
Ap - Ajijic Pantheon
As - Ajijic Saddle above shrine
At - Ajijic Tepalo waterfall
Cp - Santa Cruz pumping stn
Cd - Santa Cruz dams
Dp - Dike near La Palma
Pt - San Pedro Tesistan
Pz - San Pedro Itzican
Jo - Jocotepec
Pe - Petatan
Po - Poncitlan
Pt - Las Protrillos hill
Rc - Santa Rosa Carnero dam
Ro - Rancho del Oro
Rr - Riberas reservoir
Rs - Riberas shore
Sv - San Antonio Chula Vista
Sc - San Juan Cosala
Te - San Juan Tecomatlan
Tu - Tuxcueca
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