Butterfly

Small changes for the up coming year. This is the last picture of the 2007. A vote of gratitude for LES for his valuable lessons. Happy new year to all my readers.

- EC

Carolina Wren

Thyrothorus ludovicianus 5.5"

One more picture before the year ends. Good bye 2007

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus 23"

That is what I call a fish dinner in high tension.

American Goldfinch

Cardueles tristis 5 "

Looking for water in the desert in a contaminated enviroment. Sorry bird.

Cedar Waxwing

Ampelis chinito 7.25"

Bombycilla cedrorum

Just an other picture. They are very nice looking birds.

SPI 07

Groove billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris 13.5"

Taken in Cuernavaca Mexico

Eastern Bluebird

Azulejo garganta canela 7"

Sialia sialis

Taken in Atlanta GA

An old shot

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis 8.75 "

Red Naped Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus nuchalis 8.5 "

( chupasavia nuca roja)

Commmon in Canada and West Coast. Sometimes seen way into the continent or even ut to the South East Coast.

Philadelphia Vireo

Vireo phildelphicus 5.25"

From North and North East mainly.Comes to SPI every year, not easy to find.

American Robin

Turdus migratorius 10"

Strong and adaptable bird. Very successfull and spread in all America.

Acorn Woodpecker

Melanerpes formicivorus 9"

10/07 Ruidoso New Mexico

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra 6.25"

San Juan Island, WA.

August/07

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus 9.25 "

San Juan Island, 06/07

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus 3.75 "

Clowdcroft New Mexico

Jun/6/07

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus 3.75"

Not common to see in South Padre Island, nevertheless we got him one evening for a short period. Sorry about the picture quality.

Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow.
Petra

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica 6.75"

Just a picture of an insect lover

Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia 6.25 "

I have my doubts in IDing this guy. Juvenile?. what do you think?.

http://algunasaves.blogspot.com/

Song Sparrow.
Petra

Red breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis 4.5 "

Absolute beauty of a bird, by looks and by action. Hours of waitng allowed this picture. Aug. 07

Red breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis 4.5 "

Lovely bird.

Chestnut backed Chickadee

Poecile rufescens 4.75 "

Check out the pine tree in the back. They love this dense and humid enviroment. It is a great bird to watch and see him watching you. Hard to take with the camera. Lime Kiln Point. San Juan Island, WA. August 07

Townsend's Warbler

Dendroica townsendi

This is not the best picture, but showing the side we can ID better. This guy breeds from central Alaska to Baja. It is a beautiful bird.

Sorry about the picture.

Townsend's Warbler

Dendroica townsendi 4.75 "

Check http://algunasaves.blogspot.com/

Townsend Warbler

Dendroica townsendi 4.75 "

check the blog algunas aves

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus 31 "

San Juan Island July, 07

House Wren

Troglodites aedon 4.75 "

July,07

San Juan Island. WA.

White crowned Saparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys 7"

July 07. San Juan Island

American Redstart

Not easy to picture, they are always moving.

This is an adult male

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla 5.25 "

When they come, they come.

They are abundant in the Island in migration time

Scarlet Tanager

This is an adult nonbreeding.

Piranga olivacea 7 "

Red lored Parrot

Amazona autumnalis 12.5"

Amazona species escape occationally from his usual tropical areas. Hybrids are not rare. Good and noisy

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura 26 "

Clark's Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana 12 "

West USA and Canada. a friendly bird, specialy at lunch time

Gray Jay

Perisoreus canadensis 11.5 "

Black billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia 19 "

Common Raven

Cuervo comun 24 "

Corvux corax

Black Vulture

Zopilote comun 25 "

Coragyps atratus

Mas comun en areas calidas, menor distribucion que su primo el Zopilote o Aura comun . Cabeza pequeña y desplumada hasta el cuello, para falicitarle la recuperacion de carroña en las cavidades de los cuerpos.

MacGillivray's Warbler

Oporornis tolmiei 5.25 "

When in dought as an expert;

Ernesto remember that a Nashville has the yellow all the way up the throat right to the lower bill. So this is a female Macgillivary's the mourning has the full hood like the Mac. Scarlet

Worm eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum 5.5 "

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria 8.5 "

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus 12.5 "

Junco hyemalis

Dark eyed Junco 6.25 "

Dark eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis 6.25 "

New Mexico 2007

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus 3.75 "

At the end the big one took the honey. No sharing at this point

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus 3.75 "

Cactus Wren

Building up a nest.

Great place for a new home and racing babies.

Cactus Wren

Campylorhinchus brunneicapillus 8.5 "

Just found a nice place to build a nest

Groove billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris 13.5 "

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos 10 "

All the voices