MEXICO 
In Mexico, this adult King Vulture found above Gomez 
Farias, Tamaulipas 20 October 2008 was the first for that 
state in perhaps a decade; indeed, there are very few 
records from Veracruz and Tamaulipas in recent decades. 
Photograph by Clay Sutton. 
included 2 Caspian Terns, 2 Franklins Gulls, 
an ad. Laughing Gull, and one ad. California 
Gull (BW, MW, AF, SW). 
Six pairs of Military Macaws were in a side 
canyon of the Rio Choruybo near Otachique, 
Chih. 28 May (BW, MW, AF, SW). Around 80- 
100 Black Swifts were at Casacada de 
Basaseachic at dawn 27 May (BW, MW, AF, 
SW). A Violaceous Trogon responded to play- 
back at Gomez Farias 1 Jun (MC). Two Amer- 
ican Dippers were at the drainage e. of Cuite- 
co, Chih. 31 May (BW, MW, AF, SW). Two 
pairs of Blue Mockingbirds were in thornscrub 
just above Uruachi, Chih. 29 May (BW, MW, 
AF, SW). An ad. male Tennessee Warhler at 
Cascada de Basaseachic 27 May was late and 
probably the first record for Chih. (BW, MW, 
AF, SW). Two Flame-colored Tanagers were at 
the drainage e. of Cuiteco 31 May (BW, MW, 
AF, SW). Late migrants at Los Murillos village 
1 1 Jun were a female Indigo Bunting (AL, AD) 
and a Yellow-breasted Chat (AD). 
At least three territories of Rufous-capped 
Brush-Finch were found in a side canyon of 
the Rio Choruybo near Otachique 28 May 
(BW, MW AF, SW). Two pairs of Five-striped 
Sparrows and a pair of Black-vented Orioles 
were in thornscrub just above Uruachi 29 
May (BW, MW, AF, SW). A pair of Evening 
Grosbeaks was 4 km w. of San Juanito, Chih. 
30 May (BW, MW, AF, SW). Four Hooded 
Groseaks and 2 Black-headed Siskins were in 
the drainage e. of Cuiteco, Chih. 31 May (BW, 
MW, AF, SW). 
Contributors (area compilers in boldface): 
Michael Carmody, Alex Dzib, Andy Fenner, 
Dan Hardy, Ricardo Jimenez, Barbara MacK- 
innon, Alfonso Tangle, Derek Muschalek, 
Clay and Pal Sutton, Francisco Valdes Peres- 
gasga, Mark Watson, Bill West, Sherman 
Wing. 
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HERONS THROUGH HUMMINGBIRDS 
A male Blue-winged Teal was near Minatitlan, 
Ver. 18 Jun (MG). Two Cooper’s Hawks were 
at Meseta de Tarango, D.F. 6 Jun (MPV, 
HGdS). A White-tailed Kite was at Meseta de 
Tarango 18 Jun (HGdS, MPV). A light-morph 
Short-tailed Hawk at Meseta de Tarango 24 
Jun furnished the first record for the D.F 
(HGdS, ph. MG, MPV). A Peregrine Falcon 
was seen over Lomas de Bezares 11 Jun (MG). 
There were 3 Eurasian Collared-Doves in 
Coatzacoalcos, Ver. 22 Jul (MC). Three pair- 
bonded Tuxtla Quail-Doves were at Ruiz 
Cortinez, Ver. 27 Jul (MC). A female and an 
imm. male Violet Sabrewing were at Parque 
ers, including two pairs, at Meseta de 
Tarango 24 Jun were a surprise (HGdS, MPV, 
ph. MG). Two Hutton’s Vireos were at Cha- 
pultepec Tercera Seccibn 22 Jun (HGdS, 
MPV). A Cliff Swallow was near Minatitlan 
18 Jun (ph. MG). A summering female Black- 
and-white Warbler was near Ruiz Cortinez 
22 Jul (LH, MC). A Louisiana Waterthrush, 
an early migrant, was near Ruiz Cortinez 22- 
23 Jul (MC). Up to 2 Hooded Yellowthroats 
were singing in planted eucalyptus woodland 
with brushy undergrowth at Chapultepec 
Tercera Seccibn in the latter half of Jun 
(HGdS, MPV). A Cinnamon-bellied Flower- 
piercer was singing in Baji'o and Tuxpan in 
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This vireo, either a Yucatan Vireo with yellow undertail coverts and a malar streak or else a Black-whiskered VIreo, was pho- 
tographed 26 June 2009 In the ruins of Xel-ha. If the latter species, it would represent the only summer record of a species 
that is a rare transient in the area. Photograph by Mark Dennis. 
El Haya in Xalapa, Ver. 23 Jun (ph. AM, JM). 
Fifteen active Monk Parakeet nests were 
found at Cienega Grande, D.F in Jun and Jul 
(RC, AMH). Two Common Nighthawks were 
at Las Choapas, Ver. 22 Jul, whereas Spot- 
tailed Nightjars seemed to be absent (MC). 
Two probable Black Swifts were seen briefly at 
Ruiz Cortinez 23 Jul (MC). 
Two Northern Beardless-Tyrannulets were 
at Chapultepec Tercera Seccibn, D.F 22 Jun 
(HGdS, MPV). Five White-throated Flycatch- 
downtown Mexico City 6 Jun (HGdS, MPV). 
Up to 5 male Grassland Yellow-Finches were 
on territories in Cienega Grande throughout 
the period (RC, AMH). 
Contributors (area compilers in boldface): 
Rafael Calderon, Michael Carmody, Hector ; 
Gomez de Silva, Manuel Grosselet, Larry I 
Hood, Amy McAndrews, Alejandro Melendez i 
Herrada, Monica Perez Villafana, Jorge 
Montejo, 
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