FEMALE GOLDEN-CHEEKED WOODPECKER, RIO PITILLAL, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO, 12/15/2023

   Photos were taken via digiscoping with cell phone.

 

ORANGE-FRONTED PARAKEETS, RIO PITILLAL, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO, 12/15/2023

      In the first photograph you can see the orange forehead on the left Orange-fronted Parakeet.  These photos were taken via digiscoping with a cell phone.

 

PLUMBEOUS VIREO, BOCA DE TOMATES, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO, 12/15/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this bird as a Plumbeous Vireo as follows:

• Thick, dark bill with hooked end.
• Whitish underparts with flanks having grayish wash.
• Gray head, face, neck and what can see of the back.
• White spectacles.

   The Plumbeous Vireo is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.  The ebird Life List now stands at 1,099.

 

FEMALE WILSON'S WARBLER, BOCA DE TOMATES, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO, 12/15/2023

 

AMERICAN CROCODILES, BOCA DE TOMATES, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO, 12/15/2023

 

TROPICAL KINGBIRD & GREAT KISKADEE, BOCA DE TOMATES, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO, 12/15/2023

   The Tropical Kingbird is on the left and the Great Kiskadee is on the right.

 

YELLOW-WINGED CACIQUE (MEXICAN CACIQUE ), BOCA DE TOMATES, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO,MEXICO, 12/15/2023