Birding West Mexico Endemics

Friday, January 26: San Blas
Hotel Garza Canela

Bird road north of San Blas, Chacalilla village and San Blas beaches

BIRD of the DAY: Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

First thing in the morning, Bill checked the van but could not find his hearing aid. Luis called Chencho, the boat driver and left a message for him. Then everyone, except Chris who was in sick bay, got on board and we headed out to do some road birding on the Tecuitata Road in the hilly countryside outside San Blas and near Chacalilla village . It was hot work. We returned to San Blas for lunch at “McDonalds” restaurant and bar.



Luis got a call back from Chencho to say that he had found the hearing aid in the boat, so Luis drove us over to his house nearby to pick it up. Whew! Then we returned to our hotel to join our group for siesta time.



Back to work. We drove to San Blas beach – some good birds but more no-seeums were in waiting. Once again we had a beautiful sunset over the ocean.



We enjoyed another excellent dinner at our hotel. Note that our guide, Chris, ordered toast – he is recovering from a bout of gastro. It’s good to see him back in action. Pat was a pharmacist so she had provided him with some good advice. Also, Luis contacted a doctor who arrived on a motorcycle with more medication. It wasn't long before Chris was pishing in the birds for us.



January 26 Birds
Chacalilla (pueblo), Nayarit, MX
Jan 26, 2018 7:36 AM - 1:36 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.7 kilometer(s)
91 species

Blue-winged Teal 3
Cinnamon Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 2
Gadwall 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Rufous-bellied Chachalaca 2 heard
Elegant Quail 2
Least Grebe 2
Wood Stork 7
Magnificent Frigatebird 3
Neotropic Cormorant 2
Anhinga 1
American White Pelican 4
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
White Ibis 4
White-faced Ibis 1
Roseate Spoonbill 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Common Black Hawk 1
Gray Hawk 2
Sora 1
American Coot 2
Black-necked Stilt 5
American Avocet 2
Northern Jacana 3
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Red-billed Pigeon 2
Inca Dove 9
Common Ground-Dove 8
Ruddy Ground-Dove 13
White-winged Dove 7
Groove-billed Ani 2
Squirrel Cuckoo 1 heard
Broad-billed Hummingbird 1
Cinnamon Hummingbird 1
Citreoline Trogon 1 heard
Golden-cheeked Woodpecker 2
Gila Woodpecker 1 heard
Lineated Woodpecker 1 heard
Collared Forest-Falcon 1
Orange-fronted Parakeet 4
Willow Flycatcher 1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher 1 heard
Great Kiskadee 4
Social Flycatcher 3
Tropical Kingbird 3
Thick-billed Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Black-throated Magpie-Jay 3
Sinaloa Crow 38
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 21
Happy Wren 1 heard
Sinaloa Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 1
Rufous-backed Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Lucy's Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 2
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 4
Tropical Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 5
Fan-tailed Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Blue-black Grassquit 1 female
White-collared Seedeater 1
Grayish Saltator 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Lazuli Bunting 1
Painted Bunting 3
Yellow-winged Cacique 2
Orchard Oriole 2
Hooded Oriole 2
Streak-backed Oriole 3
Bronzed Cowbird 34
Great-tailed Grackle 29
Scrub Euphonia 2 heard