Today was spent mostly in the meetings of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group there at the Playa Mazatlan. Granted, I was still able to visit the gardens at the hotel with my bincs and camera to see what I could find.
Below is an Orange-crowned Warbler, the most common warbler species I encountered:
One very neat species put on a show every morning and evening from the gardens. The Mexian Parrotlet, a west Mexico endemic, apparently roosts in the trees at the hotel:
Orchard Orioles were very common in the gardens, this female posed for a picture:
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I took a picture of a distant oriole on a palm from my room patio. Turns out, it was a Streak-backed Oriole. This species was fairly common throughout our stay:
There was one hummingbird feeder at the hotel. This Broad-billed Hummingbird was one of the usual birds that visisted:
It doesn't take long to realize that having a hotel on the beach has its perks. For example, hardly a minute went by that a Magnificent Frigatebird wasn't in view:
Below is a list of the new trip species:
(*) = west Mexico endemic
Booby, Brown
Finch, House
Hummingbird, Broad-billed
Hummingbird, Cinnamon
Kingbird, Tropical
Oriole, Streak-backed
* Parrotlet, Mexican
Stilt, Black-necked
Warbler, Yellow
Warbler, Yellow-rumped
Woodpecker, Gila
