BIRD WATCHING

“The peninsula and islands of Baja California host around 300 known species of birdlife—one of the highest concentrations in North America—and provide undisturbed avian habitat par excellence.”  (Baja Moon Travel Handbook)   We recommend you check out Peterson and Chalif’s A Field Guide to Mexican Birds before coming to familiarize yourself with the varieties you will see. Palapas Ventana will also give you a checklist of the most familiar species you will see in this area.  Below is a partial list. 

• Xantus Hummingbird - endemic (Trochilidae)
• Gray Thrasher - endemic (toxostoma cinereum)
• Yellow-footed Gull - endemic (Larus livens)
• Magnificent frigate bird (Fregata Magnificence)
• Ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) and Gila woodpecker (Centurus uropygialis)  
• Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis),
• Scott’s Oriole (Icterus parisorum) and other varieties of oriole
• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
• Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
• Heerman’s gull (Laurus heermani)
• Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica),
• Least tern (Sterna albifrons)
• Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
• Costa’s hummingbird (Calypte costae)
• White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)
• Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
• Crested caracara (caracara plancus)
• Greater roadrunner (Geococycs californianus
• Great blue heron (Florida caerulea)
• Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax

Our sighting list continues to grow with the help of our observant birding guests.

Prices:  Free on your own - (we’ll provide a checklist to identify many local birds)