BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA 
ry Modesitt, Jake Mohlman, Michael O’Brien, 
Eduardo L. Prieto, Peter Pyle, Kurt A. 
Radatnaker, Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos, Mike 
San Miguel, Daniel S. Singer, E. Soto Montoya, 
Gary]. Strachan, Joe Sweeney, Ryan S. Terrill, 
David Wimpfheimer, Christopher L. Wood 
(eBird), Enrique D. Zamora-Hernandez. © 
Richard A. Erickson, LSA Associates 
20 Executive Park, Suite 200, Irvine, California 92614 
(richarci.erickson@lsa-assoc.com) 
Roberto Carmona, Departamento de Biologi'a Marina 
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur 
Apartado Postal 19-B, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico 
(beauty@uabcs.mx) 
Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos, Facultad de Ciencias 
Universidad Autdnoma de Baja California 
Apartado Postal 233 
Ensenada, Baja California, 22800, Mexico 
U. S. mailing address: PMB 064, P. 0. Box 189003 
Coronado, California 92178-9003, (gruiz@uabc.mx) 
Mexico 
Hector Gomez de Silva 
NORTHERN MEXICO 
DUCKS THROUGH TROGONS 
At least 4000 Brant were in the estuary at Ya- 
varos, Son. in early Apr (BW). The Brant dis- 
covered in Aticama, Nay. in Feb was still the- 
re 10 Mar (HGdS). A female Wood Duck and 
12 ducklings were seen in the Canon de Fer- 
nandez S.P. on the Nazas R., Dgo. 17 May, 
confirming the presence of a breeding popu- 
lation (AVJ). Nine Buffleheads near Gomez 
Farias, Chih. 21 May were late (MC). A flock 
of 16 American White Pelicans was at Laguna 
Los Boquillos near Anahuac, Chih. 24 May 
(MC). A Magnificent Frigatebird at Puerto Pe- 
nasco. Son. 12 Apr seemed early (MP). A Ne- 
otropical Cormorant was reported from a 
farm pond near Cuauhtemoc, Chih. 23 May 
(BG, JL). An imm. White Ibis was inland at 
Ejido El Azteca, Tamps. 31 May (T&JB). A 
Snail Kite was near La Tovara near San Bias, 
Nay. 9 Mar, where the species has become re- 
gular, and another was on the Manzanillo air- 
port road 15 Mar (HGdS). A Northern Gos- 
hawk was near Madera, Chih. 22 May (MC). 
A juv. Broad-winged Hawk was spotted eating 
a White-winged Dove in Bosque Venustiano 
Carranza, Torreon, Coah. 4 Apr (MRLL, 
FVP), where this species has been recorded 
ocasionally in the past. Northern Jacana con- 
tinues to disperse northward along the Pacific 
coast: an ad. was in n. Mazatlan, Sin. 24 Feb, 
and an imm. was near the Mazatlan airport on 
the same date (MC). Two Limpkins were near 
La Tovara 9 Mar, and around 12 ads. with 3-5 
small chicks were on the cocodrilario road 
near Aticama 10 Mar (HGdS). A Limpkin was 
heard on the Manzanillo airport road 15 Mar 
(HGdS). A Willet was seen in the company of 
Black-necked Stilts in the was- 
tewater treatment facility in 
Gomez Palacio, Dgo. 29 Mar 
(MRLL, ph. FVP). A Black 
Turnstone was at San Bias, 
Nay. 3 Mar (MC). A first-year 
Glaucous Gull and 10 ad. 
Franklin’s Gulls were at the se- 
wage ponds at Puerto Penasco, 
Son. 13 Apr (MP). A Ring-bi- 
lled Gull was at Laguna Los 
Boquillos 24 May (MC). A 
Mangrove Cuckoo was in dry 
forest near Nuevo Morelos, 
Tamps., near the border with 
S.L.P. 28 May (MC). A Eura- 
sian or African Collared-Dove 
was at Las Varas, Nay. 8 Mar 
(HGdS). Eurasian Collared-Doves have been 
seen with increasing frequency by resident 
birders in Torreon during this period. 
A pair of Red-crowned Parrots was seen 
near Ejido El Azteca 31 May (T&JB). Two Ea- 
red Poorwills responded to tape playback at 
La Noria, Nay. 1 Mar (MC); 3 answered play- 
back on the Providencia road near El Tuito, 
Jal. 13 Mar (HGdS); and one sang spontane- 
ously at noon from the oak canyons on the 
road up Volcan de Fuego, Jal. 18 Mar (HGdS). 
At least three pairs of Tawny-collared Night- 
jars responded to playback near Linares, N.L. 
25 May (MC). A female Green-breasted Man- 
go was seen at Bocatoma II, Tamps. 28 May 
(MC). A Berylline Hummingbird was on the 
Singayta road near San Bias 9 Mar (HGdS). 
Three Mountain Trogon territories were on 
Mesa de Arturo on the road from Cerocahui 
to Urique, Chih. in late Mar (BW). Two Vio- 
laceous Trogons responded to playback near 
El Naranjo, S.L.P. 29-30 May (MC). 
WOODPECKERS THROUGH FINCHES 
An ad. male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and an 
imm. Red-naped Sapsucker were within 50 m 
of one another at El Palmito, Sin. 26 Feb 
(MC). Silent Olive-sided Flycatchers were at 
Linares N.L. 25 May, Gomez Farias, Tamps. 
Willets are very rare in Mexico away from the coastal lowlands. This one in Gomez 
Palacio in the state of Durango on 29 March 2009 probably represents only the 
second record from Durango. Photograph by Francisco Valdes Perezgasga. 
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