Xenornis

Durante el Conteo Navideño de Aves del Pacífico (14 de diciembre) observé, junto a Osvaldo Quintero, un grupo de aproximadamente 15 Collared Plovers, junto a poco más de 50 Wilson's en playa Veracruz, en un banco de arena a la salida del río. También en la playa (pero al otro extremo) logré observar un Elegant Tern junto a varias Laughing Gulls, Royal y Sandwich Terns lo cual me permitió hacer comparaciones directas. El Conteo de Aves del Atlántico (28 de diciembre) resultó muy interesante. Rafael Luck y mi persona observamos en el Drop Zone 6 Muscovy Ducks al vuelo, 8 Blue Grosbeaks, 1 hembra de Common Yellowthroat y un Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, el cual observamos por espacio de 30 minutos aproximadamente (Lifer para ambos). En la tarde, observamos una Northern Parula caminando el oleoducto en Rancho Ramos, probablemente una hembra por lo mate del plumaje (aunque aún atractivo, en la foto distante no se aprecia el anillo ocular entrecortado... era muy evidente en el campo...

Solange Anchor sent the following report Sunday April 2nd with my husband we went hiking from Sora to Altos de María and down to Felipino village, just before the village in a small rice plantation , we saw a small “family group” of blue grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea) 4 adult males 2 adult females and 2 or 3 immature. Field marks: Heavy conical beak. Adult males deep blue with 2 broad chestnut “rusty” wing bars. Immature looked patchy with blue and brown. Females were brownish-gray with two chestnut wing bars, and rump very pale blue. The field was divided in 4 sections , one had rice almost ready to crop, another looked like it was recently planted , the other two were muddy but one had 10cm of water . They were foraging on ground in the parcel that seemed recently planted, and occasionally perching on wires of the fence or on low branches of a tree close by. Yellow face grassquit (Tiaris olivacea pusilla) one fork tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savanna monacha) were in the same field. Wild...