Greetings from Mexico

Well thanks Margaret! So I'm assuming your honey eaters are hanging out on those trees. Seems to be a favorite here.

Thanks for the IDs Resin. Would you believe that Northern Mockingbird is a first for me? I had to go to Mexico to see one!

haha. Cross posted Nanny. YAH! I was so amazed how a hummingbird in the desert let me get closer than the ones at home!

Hi Mrs. Ed!! I have been enjoying your trip immensely but have been unable to comment until now as I have been locked up with a 3 year who has the attention span of a 3 year old! LOL! I love all the colorful birds you are posting and am extremely impressed with your ID abilities!! LOL...who knew?

Margaret...beautiful shots!

Have a safe trip home Marna and see ya when you get back!

Checked out the flycatcher, fairly certain it is Gray Flycatcher.

Resin

Rose...LOL!!!!!!

thanks for the ID resin,

thanks Rose. I'm home now, I waved at you when we flew over Missouri!!!

Okay here are the last of the birdies I saw from Mexico.

white-winged dove again

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And that's it folks, Thanks for looking!

Thanks for sharing your holiday with us. We had some good laughs. Resin's shaking in his boots, fearing he's about to be toppled as master ID'er.

Last one's Western Kingbird

Resin

Welcome home Marna! Thanks for sharing your trip with us!

you are welcome all.Yup, I'm pretty sure that they should put me in charge of Bird Files. ;)

So for those of you not keeping track (tee hee), Here are my new life list Birds from this trip.

Gila Woodpecker
Cactus Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lesser Goldfinch
Moorhen
Great Egret
Ruddy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Spotted Sandpiper
Double-crested Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird
California Quail
White-winged Dove
Northern Mockingbird
Gray Flycatcher
Costa Hummingbird
Western Kingbird
Osprey
Snowy Egret


(as IDed by Resin)

This message was edited Jan 22, 2009 2:46 PM

Great list of new birds there!!

Congratulations Marna...what a fabulous trip it must have been!

Well it was wonderful weather, but I was disappointed that I did not get to make it to the canyon where I expected to see many birds and butterflies. So there I was trekking through the desert!

I know there must have been numerous birds I could not identify because of no picture. I know for sure that the California Quail did NOT want to be photographed! I saw some sort of a hawk, lots of little warbler/vireo sized birds too. a couple other hummingbirds that weren't close enough to photograph, etc.

This message was edited Jan 22, 2009 2:48 PM

That's a wonderful amount of new birds Marna!

You are right pelle!

To think that I never ever noticed more than house sparrows, brown pelicans and gulls!!!