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These are photos captured during our trip to Baja, California, Mexico. November 21 – December 7, 2023
!["Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Buenavista Resort, Buenavista, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Buenavista Resort, Buenavista, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Reproduction of Indigenous Art",]()
!["Common Ground Dove (© Nick Viani) Reserva De La Biosfera Sierra La Laguna",]()
!["Black-crowned Night-heron (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White-faced Ibis, White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Thick-billed Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cassin's Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Lark Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["House Finch (© Nick Viani) Buena Vista Resort",]()
!["Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Gray Thrasher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Phainopepla (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Bell's Vireo (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) El Triunfo Cabanas Hotel Boutique, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) El Triunfo Cabanas Hotel Boutique, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Spotted Sandpiper (winter plumage) (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Least Grebe (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Least Grebe (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cattle Egret (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cattle Egret (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["American Kestrsl (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["American Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["American Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico - note the bands (both legs)",]()
!["American Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Whimbrel (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Reddish Heron (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Black-crowned Night-heron (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cinnamon Teal, Coots, Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Snow Geese (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Short-billed Dowitcher, Western Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Short-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Black-necked Stilt (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Marbled Godwit (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Playa Balandra",]()
!["Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Mushroom Rock (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["John Barker, our traveling companion",]()
!["Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Butterfly species (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["White-winged Doves (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Domestic pic wallowing (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Orange-crowned Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Net fisherman (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Loggerhead Shrike (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["American Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico - Note: Isla Jacques Cousteau in the background - privately owned and for sale",]()
!["Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Black-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Family Rancho of our guide, Martín Ortega, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Family Rancho of our guide, BCS, Mexico"]()
!["Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Sanderling (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Sanderling (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Wilson's Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Wilson's Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Sooney & John birding on the Rio Loreto (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Xantus's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Belding's Yellowthroat (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Willet (© Nick Viani) (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Whimbrel (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["California Gull (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Osprey (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Brandt's Cormorant (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-footed Booby - with fish (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Yellow-crowned Night-heron (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Short-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Black-bellied Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Willet (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Greater Roadrunner (© Nick Viani) Sierra de la Giganta mountains, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cathedral, San Javier",]()
!["House (English) Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico"]()
!["Common Ground Dove (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Stream Bed (© Nick Viani) Sierra de la Giganta mountains, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Costa's Hummingbird - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Costa's Hummingbird - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["California Scrub-Jay (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Costa's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Costa's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Great Blue Heron (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Great Blue Heron (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Hooded Oriole - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Hooded Oriole - date palm (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Yellow-rumped Warbler - date palm (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Costa's Hummingbird - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Very interesting insects, Nopoló, Mexico",]()
!["Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Brown Booby (© Nick Viani) Loreto Marina",]()
!["Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Wilson's Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Short-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Little Blue Heron, Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",]()
"Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Buenavista Resort, Buenavista, BCS, Mexico",
"Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Buenavista Resort, Buenavista, BCS, Mexico",
"Reproduction of Indigenous Art",
"Common Ground Dove (© Nick Viani) Reserva De La Biosfera Sierra La Laguna",
"Black-crowned Night-heron (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"White-faced Ibis, White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Great Egret (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Thick-billed Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Cassin's Kingbird (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Lark Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Soccer field wetlands, Pueblo de Santiago, BCS, Mexico",
"House Finch (© Nick Viani) Buena Vista Resort",
"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Gray Thrasher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Hooded Oriole (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Phainopepla (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Gila Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Bell's Vireo (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Santuario de los Cactus, Rosario, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) El Triunfo Cabanas Hotel Boutique, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) El Triunfo Cabanas Hotel Boutique, BCS, Mexico",
"Spotted Sandpiper (winter plumage) (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Least Grebe (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Least Grebe (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Cattle Egret (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Cattle Egret (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"American Kestrsl (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"American Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"American Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico - note the bands (both legs)",
"American Oystercatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Whimbrel (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Reddish Heron (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Playa El Tecolote, BCS, Mexico",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Black-crowned Night-heron (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Grand Plaza Hotel, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Cinnamon Teal, Coots, Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Snow Geese (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Short-billed Dowitcher, Western Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Short-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Black-necked Stilt (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Marbled Godwit (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"White Ibis (© Nick Viani) Eco Parque Municipal De La Juventud De La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Playa Balandra",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Yellow-footed Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Mushroom Rock (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"John Barker, our traveling companion",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Western Gull (© Nick Viani) Playa Balandra, La Paz, BCS, Mexico",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"Butterfly species (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"White-winged Dove (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"Scott's Oriole (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"White-winged Doves (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"Domestic pic wallowing (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"Orange-crowned Warbler (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"Ash-throated Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Arroyo Los Encinitas, Pueblo de Tamales, BCS, Mexico",
"Net fisherman (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"Loggerhead Shrike (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"American Kestrel (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico - Note: Isla Jacques Cousteau in the background - privately owned and for sale",
"Turkey Vulture (© Nick Viani) Carretera a los Planes (La Ventana), BCS, Mexico",
"Black-throated Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Family Rancho of our guide, Martín Ortega, BCS, Mexico",
"Crested Caracara (© Nick Viani) Family Rancho of our guide, BCS, Mexico"
"Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Sanderling (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Sanderling (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Least Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Wilson's Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Wilson's Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Sooney & John birding on the Rio Loreto (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Spotted Sandpiper (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Xantus's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía estuary, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Belding's Yellowthroat (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Willet (© Nick Viani) (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Whimbrel (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"California Gull (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Osprey (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Magnificent Frigatebird (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) Rio Santa Rosalía, Mulugé, BCS, Mexico",
"Brandt's Cormorant (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-footed Booby - with fish (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-footed Booby (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Yellow-crowned Night-heron (© Nick Viani) La Darsena Marina, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Short-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Black-bellied Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Willet (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Snowy Egret (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Tricolored Heron (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Greater Roadrunner (© Nick Viani) Sierra de la Giganta mountains, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Cathedral, San Javier",
"House (English) Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico"
"Common Ground Dove (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico",
"Stream Bed (© Nick Viani) Sierra de la Giganta mountains, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Costa's Hummingbird - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Costa's Hummingbird - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"California Scrub-Jay (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Costa's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Costa's Hummingbird - male (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Great Blue Heron (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Great Blue Heron (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Royal Tern (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Vermillion Flycatcher (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Hooded Oriole - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Hooded Oriole - date palm (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler - date palm (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Costa's Hummingbird - female (© Nick Viani) Loreto Golf Resort & Spa, Nopoló, BCS, Mexico",
"Very interesting insects, Nopoló, Mexico",
"Cactus Wren (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Brown Booby (© Nick Viani) Loreto Marina",
"Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Wilson's Plover (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Short-billed Dowitcher (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",
"Little Blue Heron, Royal Terns (© Nick Viani) Oasis Hotel Estuary, Loreto, BCS, Mexico",