This Black Phoebe youngster was continuously hungry. It appeared that its parent was making it fly from place to place in order to earn its meals.
I never did get a photo of the bird being fed.
Photographed at Estero Beach, Baja California on May 1 of this year.
European Starlings are cavity nesters, and this family chose a hotel room vent to nest in.
Mealtime!
An Anna's Hummingbird:
A few of the birds at the Estero Beach Hotel estuary:
The Tricolored Heron is rarely seen in Southern California, but can usually be seen at Estero Beach:
Long-billed Curlew:
Willet:
Photographed on the first of May of this year.
The hillsides near San Telmo, on the way to San Pedro Mártir National Park, are excellent habitat for the Gray Thrasher, a bird found only in Baja California. This area is near the northern extent of its range:
I'm outta' here!
The Brown-headed Cowbird is not loved by birders since it is a nest parasite, but it is a handsome bird.
A coyote strolls through a meadow in San Pedro Mártir National Park:
In late April in San Pedro Mártir National Park, nesting was seemingly going on everywhere you looked!
Here is a Western Bluebird leaving a nest cavity very high in a tree. I'm surprised I got a somewhat reasonable photo.
A Pygmy Nuthatch takes a look around its nest cavity:
See previous posts below for nesting Pacific-slope Flycatchers.
In 1989, Western Flycatchers were split into two species, the Pacific-slope and Cordilleran Flycatchers.
In July 2023, they were re-lumped! In other words, the visually identical Pacific-slope and Cordilleran Flycatchers are now, again, called Western Flycatchers. (no need to get into why they were initially split and later re-lumped...)
When I visited Baja's San Pedro Mártir National Park in April of this year, these birds were still called Pacific-slope Flycatchers.
I have never seen so many!
Pacific-slope Flycatchers were seemingly everywhere. OK, not everywhere, but I must have seen a dozen or more.
Here are a few:
This one was building a nest inside a storage shed near the park entrance:
This one was nesting within the hole in this log:
Can a flycatcher do a swan dive?
A few birds photographed in San Pedro Mártir National Park in April of this year.
A Pinyon Jay doing what a Pinyon Jay does best, make noise!
Hairy Woodpecker:
Black-throated Gray Warbler:
Western Bluebird:
Located in the foothills on the road to San Pedro Mártir, Meling Ranch is one of the most peaceful places to relax in Baja California.
There is a stream which runs through it.
On an April morning I sat quietly by the stream and waited for birds to approach. ("Pick a good spot and let the birds come to you.")
A Killdeer hunts for insect prey:
An American Robin plunges head first to bathe:
Where's my hot towel?
A female Lawrence's Goldfinch comes for a drink:
An Anna's (probably) Hummingbird comes to drink:
The grounds of Jardines Baja Hotel in San Quintin is a great spot for birding.
While I did not stay there on my recent trip, I did stop for a late lunch (delicious!) and found these birds willing to pose:
A Common Ground Dove comes to a fountain for a drink:
This may be a juvenile or female (or both!) Anna's Hummingbird:
