Alamos Bird Triplist
	NT & P Trip January 9-13, 2008	by Larry Liese
	Species	Notes
1	Common Loon	Seen in ocean on estuary tour
2	Least Grebe	A couple of sightings, though they were quick ones
3	Pied-billed Grebe	One seen final morning in Navojoa
4	Eared Grebe	Hundreds!
5	Blue-footed Booby	One seen flying soon after arriving at ocean on estuary day
6	American White Pelican	Voted # 1 sighting!  Birds lining up in "V" formation was a treat!
7	Brown Pelican	Fairly common on coast
8	Double-crested Cormorant	The bigger one with bulkier head and neck
9	Neotropic Cormorant	The smaller one with slender neck & less orange/yellow on face
10	Magnificent Frigatebird	Magnificent!  At ocean.
11	Bare-throated Tiger-Heron	Three seen!  Two juveniles (one in scope @ Santa Barbara), 1 ad.
12	Great Blue Heron	Common
13	Great Egret	Common
14	Snowy Egret	Seen here and there at ponds
15	Little Blue Heron	Seen best on estuary day, next to Reddish Egrets for comp.
16	Tricolored Heron	A few seen while boating in estuary
17	Reddish Egret	Two or three seen on estuary day
18	Green Heron	A couple of them seen
19	Black-crowned Night Heron	Fairly common on this trip
20	Yellow-crowned Night Heron	Favors salt water
21	White Ibis	First was with next species, then seen again
22	Roseate Spoonbill	Five seen perched and flying.  What colors!
23	Wood Stork	One seen flying behind 2nd car when arriving at Agiabampo
24	Mallard	On float trip
25	Northern Pintail	At estuary before getting into pongas
26	American Wigeon	Big flock seen on float trip
27	Ring-necked Duck	One female seen on final morning in Navojoa
28	Lesser Scaup	Most widespread duck species seen on trip
29	Bufflehead	Abundant on estuary
30	Red-breasted Merganser	Small groups scattered along estuary
31	Ruddy Duck	Three seen in small pond returning to Alamos from estuary
32	Black Vulture	Fairly common
33	Turkey Vulture	Fairly common
34	Osprey	A few seen along Rio Mayo, plus one in San Carlos
35	White-tailed Kite	Nice views of hovering individual, plus one seen perched
36	Cooper's Hawk	One juvenile seen in tree returning from float trip (2nd car only)
37	Common Black Hawk	Fairly common along river, plus one at estuary & pair in San C.
38	Harris's Hawk	Beautiful bird!  Seen a couple of times perched on phone poles.
39	Gray Hawk	Another beautiful raptor.  Seen three days.
40	Red-tailed Hawk	A couple seen soaring
41	Crested Caracara	Wow!  Maybe a hundred of these.
42	American Kestrel	Our smallest falcon, seen fairly often
43	Merlin	One seen zipping across river.  Always a good sighting.
44	Peregrine Falcon	Four seen on river.  Usually only one or two seen on whole trip.
45	Common Moorhen	A couple seen on last morning in Navojoa
46	American Coot	In Navojoa
47	Wilson's Plover	One seen in Agiabampo after estuary trip
48	Semipalmated Plover	Seen in Agiabampo
49	Killdeer	A few in shallow muddy flats
50	American Oystercatcher	Nice views in scope at Agiabampo
51	Black-necked Stilt	A couple of these too
52	Greater Yellowlegs	One or two seen
53	Willet	Common at estuary, plus one in San Carlos
54	Spotted Sandpiper	Fairly common along shores
55	Whimbrel	One seen well from pongas walking along in grass
56	Long-billed Curlew	Same as with whimbrel
57	Marbled Godwit	A number of these were in the further mudflats at Agiabampo
58	Short-billed Dowitcher	This is the hump-backed one.
59	Long-billed Dowitcher	Both this and previous species together at Agiabampo
60	Parasitic Jaeger	New to my Mexico list.  Difficult sighting.
61	Laughing Gull	Mostly in winter plummage
62	Bonaparte's Gull	A couple of these were around before getting into the pongas
63	Heermann's Gull	A pretty gull.  Immatures are dark.  Most common gull.
64	Ring-billed Gull	Fairly numerous, with dark ring near tip of bill
65	Yellow-footed Gull	Mexican specialty species, easily found in Sea of Cortez
66	Gull-billed Tern	Tern with dark bill and legs.  A couple seen in estuary.
67	Caspian Tern	Bulky tern with large blood-red bill
68	Royal Tern	Slimmer tern with slimmer, orange bill and dark nape
69	Forster's Tern	Tern with dark smudge behind eye
70	Rock Pigeon	In towns
71	White-winged Dove	Fairly common
72	Mourning Dove	Scattered about
73	Inca Dove	A few seen, some up close at Santa Barbara
74	Common Ground-Dove	Seen from boat and in Navojoa
75	White-tipped Dove	Large plain dove that frequently walks on ground
76	White-fronted Parrot	One or two distant sightings.  Usually better.
77	Squirrel Cuckoo	Most uncommon sighting!  Only one boat got views, though.
78	Greater Roadrunner	Seen only by Sarah
79	Broad-billed Hummingbird	A few seen, one by petroglyphs
80	Violet-crowned Hummingbird	Seen from boat at flowers on bank
81	Belted Kingfisher	Common
82	Green Kingfisher	Nice to get good views of these, too
83	Gila Woodpecker	A few seen in thornscrub habitat
84	Ladder-backed Woodpecker	One or two seen
85	Gilded Flicker	Seen by some
86	Tufted Flycatcher	Nice bird!  One nicely seen in Aduana, then on float trip.
87	Greater Pewee	In Aduana
88	Gray Flycatcher	A couple seen.  Best was at lunch on float trip.
89	Pacific-slope Flycatcher	Fairly common empid with pointy eye-ring
90	Black Phoebe	Common near water
91	Say's Phoebe	One seen well at Santa Barbara, plus in Navojoa
92	Vermilion Flycatcher	Common on river and elsewhere
93	Ash-throated Flycatcher	One seen in Santa Barbara
94	Nutting's Flycatcher	A couple seen.  "Wheep" call heard a few times.
95	Great Kiskadee	Fairly common
96	Social Flycatcher	Fairly common
97	Cassin's Kingbird	A few seen
98	Thick-billed Kingbird	Nice views in Aduana Wash
99	Western Kingbird	Some seen
100	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Best views were of perched birds in Navojoa
101	Black-throated Magpie-Jay	Voted # 2 sighting!  First flock in Aduana, then along river.
102	Sinaloa Crow	Big flocks seen
103	Chihuahuan Raven	Some ravens were this species
104	Common Raven	More common raven species
105	Verdin	One heard at 5-striped site
106	Bushtit	Seen once by some
107	Cactus Wren	Seen on last day
108	Canyon Wren	Heard in Aduana
109	Happy Wren	Only heard.  A skulking species that sometimes cooperates.
110	Marsh Wren	Seen on last day in Navojoa
111	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Fairly common
112	Black-capped Gnatcatcher	Fairly common, makes "mewing" call
113	Northern Mockingbird	Quite common
114	Loggerhead Shrike	A few seen
115	European Starling	One seen at Pemex station
116	Mangrove Vireo	Seen up close by first boat on estuary trip.  Missed by others.
117	Bell's Vireo	Seen two days
118	Orange-crowned Warbler	One seen at boat take-out point, also in Navojoa
119	Mangrove (Yellow) Warbler	Seen well by all on estuary trip
120	Yellow-rumped Warbler	A handfull were in Aduana
121	Black-throated Gray Warbler	One seen near petroglyphs
122	Wilson's Warbler	Seen twice
123	Northern Cardinal	One seen in Aduana, one at boat take-out point
124	Varied Bunting	Male seen early on float trip in tiptop of tree
125	Five-striped Sparrow	Great views on hillside on road to Navojoa
126	Lark Sparrow	Seen a couple of times
127	Lark Bunting	Flock at lunch spot on drive home
128	White-crowned Sparow	Heard going through toll booth!
129	Red-winged Blackbird	Large flock of females wheeling about on drive back from estuary
130	Brewer's Blackbird	Flocks seen mostly along Highway 15
131	Great-tailed Grackle	Seen every day
132	Brown-headed Cowbird	Seen by some
133	Streak-backed Oriole	Nice views in San Carlos, plus others later
134	House Finch	Only seen once!
135	Lesser Goldfinch	Small flock seen at boat take-out point
136	House Sparrow	Yeah, these count too