Category Archives: ChrisnDebbie’s Birds Eye Views

Some Baja birds are adorable.

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  I suppose the word “adorable” is fitting for Teddy Bears, kittens and some babies but just look at this face.  What other word could I use?  This is the face of an Ash-throated Flycatcher.     For birders Ash-throated Flycatchers … Continue reading

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Baja Birding up an arroyo

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  Haven’t been up the San Bartolo arroyo in several years.  Funny how we can become creatures of habit, possibly missing so many opportunities to experience different species and how they live their lives at the same time we are living ours … Continue reading

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Birding Baja’s San Bartolo arroyo.

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  The San Bartolo arroyo offers up some spectacular scenery.  It starts at the sea and runs up nearly along side the road from Los Barriles towards the little town of San Bartolo. I don’t know who did it, but the trash … Continue reading

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A Baja buzzard that’s not really a buzzard.

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  Most all of us know this is a buzzard.  This Turkey Vulture is in a family of birds some people seem to look down on.  To some, they’re ugly.  Like I always say “everyone has a mother”.  Maybe a … Continue reading

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Some reminders about Baja Bird disease.

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  Today I’m going to show  some photos of diseased birds.  It isn’t pretty so skip over the unpleasant photos if you want to. Gila Woodpeckers should look like this one pictured to the left and not like the one … Continue reading

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Birding a Baja Lagoon.

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  Off to the lagoons in La Rivera yesterday.  Debbie and I packed some water, munchies, cameras and mom.  Mom, (Debbie’s mom, Edith) has become quite the birder.  She’s into the routine of always having water and binos in hand wherever … Continue reading

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One of the funnest things about birding in Baja Sur.

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  Discovering new places to bird often gives us chances of identifying birds new to us.  Debbie and I took a quad ride up the hill the other day.  We were trying to find a little micro-habitat that may hold … Continue reading

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A little spring in the Baja Sur air.

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    The weather warmed up early this morning.  Debbie and I knew our morning bird-walk wouldn’t last too long because of this.  So, the idea today was to focus  more on quality and less on quantity.  We’d (there’s that … Continue reading

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When we hear the Ladder-Backed Woodpecker.

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  It’s call sounds to me like a quick pik followed by a high-pitched whinny.  In Baja Sur there’s no other sound like it. When Debbie and I are out birding, listening can be as important as watching but nobody … Continue reading

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We finally did it in Baja…part 2

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  If you remember back to my last post, I was finally able to photograph my birding nemesis, the male Varied Bunting sitting on a bush by our pool. Before that fateful day, Debbie and I had been returning time and time … Continue reading

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After birding Baja for years, we finally did it.

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  I remember back a few years ago, Debbie and I sprang up out of bed one day.  We were pretty excited about the day we had planned so our normal morning momentum had a little more umph than usual. … Continue reading

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My little Baja buddies, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.

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  Just about any time of day when I’m doing a walk-about in the scrub birding these little buddies of mine are almost always nearby.  Kinda hard to see, these birds make me aware of their presence by their constant … Continue reading

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Looks like a little bird brawl brewing in Baja Sur.

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  Debbie and I have a few bird feeders placed off the south patio kinda out of the wind.  We have a little water station, a couple of platform feeders and hummer feeders.  We also have an area free of … Continue reading

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An American Kestrel in action in Baja Sur.

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  It was getting a little late in the morning so Debbie and I did a little walking.  Did a little standing in the shade bird-watching and a little walking.  The weather is warming up so its a good time … Continue reading

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The Gray Thrasher, a Baja Bird we see

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    around the backyard quite a bit.  These fine-lookin’ members of the Mimidae family, which includes Mockingbirds, are some of the finest songsters around. These birds are monomorphic so I really can’t tell the guys from the gals by appearance. … Continue reading

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This is one of the coolest Baja Birds.

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    The Green-tailed Towhee.  When all’s quiet.  Those precious times when construction stops, when nobody is racing by on the road.  When I can hear the quiet I can hear the little Towhees.  Not singing but I can hear … Continue reading

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Visit the sea and you will see Cormorants.

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    In Baja California Sur we are so very lucky to be able to see such a variety of sea-birds.  For the most part, there are 3 different types of Cormorants we might have the chance to see.  The … Continue reading

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Remembering Valentine’s Day with Baja Birds.

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  This is such a fun time of year.  A day set aside to focus on your sweetheart.  Being an avid birder, my life is full of beauty.  Every day starts off with a cup of coffee, watching the sun … Continue reading

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The Birds and the Bees and a thing called Love

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Happy Valentine’s Day!  My honey and I have been thinking about this day and decided to do some Birds Se See in Baja California Sur posts and share them with you!  We love watching and listening to the birds and … Continue reading

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The bounty of Baja Birding.

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  Birding in Baja California Sur, Mexico is not always just about “the birds”.  Debbie and mom were busy with this and that this morning so I went on a little birding adventure by myself.  A little too cloudy for … Continue reading

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