Birds Seen on Legacy Tours Mexico Trip
Finest Route between Acapulco and Mexico City
led by Michael Carmody
Peter R. Bono  22 - 31 March 2007


h Thicket Tinamou   Crypturellus cinnamomeus
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      heard only; loudly calling at dawn at km 25 or so; too far off road to try to call in
Least Grebe   Tachybaptus dominicus
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      4
Pied-billed Grebe   Podilymbus podiceps
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      4
Eared Grebe   Podiceps nigricollis
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      4
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Western Grebe   Aechmophorus occidentalis
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      10
Clark's Grebe   Aechmophorus clarkii
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      30
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      many
American White Pelican   Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
Brown Pelican   Pelecanus occidentalis
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
Blue-footed Booby   Sula nebouxii
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      4 on offshore rocky pinnacles
Brown Booby   Sula leucogaster
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1 off a beach w. of Acapulco
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1 over ocean along beach
Neotropic Cormorant   Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      2
Magnificent Frigatebird   Fregata magnificens
    3/22/2007   Hotel Parador Diamante urban areas, Acapulco, Guerrero      1
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      several over a beach w. of Acapulco
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1
Great Blue Heron   Ardea herodias
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      4
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      2
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Great Egret   Ardea alba
    3/22/2007   Hotel Parador Diamante urban areas, Acapulco, Guerrero      1
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      several
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      2
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      2
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      several
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      several
Tricolored Heron   Egretta tricolor
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      2
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      2
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      2
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Little Blue Heron   Egretta caerulea
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      6
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
Snowy Egret   Egretta thula
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      4
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      6
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      several
Cattle Egret   Bubulcus ibis
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      several
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      several
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      several
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      many
Green Heron   Butorides virescens
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      2
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      3
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
Black-crowned Night-Heron   Nycticorax nycticorax
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      1
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   Nyctanassa violacea
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron   Tigrisoma mexicanum
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      1 seen very well
Wood Stork   Mycteria americana
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      3
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      20
White Ibis   Eudocimus albus
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      1
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      2
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
White-faced Ibis   Plegadis chihi
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      3
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      6
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      many
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck   Dendrocygna autumnalis
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      50
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      200 or more on sandbank of reservoir
American Wigeon   Anas americana
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Green-winged Teal   Anas carolinensis
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      10
Mallard   Anas platyrhynchos
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2 Mexican Duck (A.p. diazi)
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2 Mexican Duck (A.p. diazi)
Northern Pintail   Anas acuta
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Blue-winged Teal   Anas discors
    3/22/2007   Hotel Parador Diamante urban areas, Acapulco, Guerrero      8 on golf course pond
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      several
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      many
Cinnamon Teal   Anas cyanoptera
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Northern Shoveler   Anas clypeata
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      10
Ring-necked Duck   Aythya collaris
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Ruddy Duck   Oxyura jamaicensis
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      many
Black Vulture   Coragyps atratus
    3/22/2007   Hotel Parador Diamante urban areas, Acapulco, Guerrero      several
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      several
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      2
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      several
    3/28/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (6500-8000'), Guerrero      2
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      6
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/30/2007   San Juan Union + Microwave Tower Rds, n. of Iguala, Guerrero      several
Turkey Vulture   Cathartes aura
    3/22/2007   Hotel Parador Diamante urban areas, Acapulco, Guerrero      several
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      several
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      1
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      several
    3/27/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (3500-8000'), Guerrero      1
    3/28/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (6500-8000'), Guerrero      1
    3/28/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (lower thorn), Guerrero      2
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      2
    3/29/2007   Road to Tetipac west of Taxco, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/30/2007   San Juan Union + Microwave Tower Rds, n. of Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/30/2007   Ecological Reserve, Ixtapan de la Sal, State of Mexico      2
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture   Cathartes burrovianus
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      1 seen well; blue on head; on ground at carcass
Osprey   Pandion haliaetus
    3/22/2007   Hotel Parador Diamante urban areas, Acapulco, Guerrero      1
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      1 carrying a fish
    3/23/2007   Dry, semideciduous forest btw Acapulco and Atoyac, Guerrero      1
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      2
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
White-tailed Kite   Elanus leucurus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1 seen hovering over fields along Acapulco by-pass
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
Northern Harrier   Circus cyaneus
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Sharp-shinned Hawk   Accipiter striatus
    3/29/2007   Road to Tetipac west of Taxco, Guerrero      1
Great Black-Hawk   Buteogallus urubitinga
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      2 seen from above as they circled below us in a canyon
Broad-winged Hawk   Buteo platypterus
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      3
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      1
    3/28/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (6500-8000'), Guerrero      1 seen perched
Short-tailed Hawk   Buteo brachyurus
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      1
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      1
Zone-tailed Hawk   Buteo albonotatus
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      1
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      1
Red-tailed Hawk   Buteo jamaicensis
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      1
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      1
    3/27/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (3500-8000'), Guerrero      1
Barred Forest-Falcon   Micrastur ruficollis
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      heard only at dawn; not very close to road
    3/28/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (6500-8000'), Guerrero      heard only close to road; could not locate nor get to move
Collared Forest-Falcon   Micrastur semitorquatus
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      heard only; pair calling very close to road, but we could not find them despite trying for many minutes
American Kestrel   Falco sparverius
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      1 seen hovering
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
Bat Falcon   Falco rufigularis
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      2
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      1
Peregrine Falcon   Falco peregrinus
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      2 high in clouds; probably migrating
F West Mexican Chachalaca   Ortalis poliocephala
    3/23/2007   Punta Diamante, east of Acapulco, Guerrero      2 seen very briefly, but heard often
    3/30/2007   San Juan Union + Microwave Tower Rds, n. of Iguala, Guerrero      2 seen well at dawn at top of ridge; perched and flying; heard
Crested Guan   Penelope purpurascens
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      heard only
h Long-tailed Wood-Partridge   Dendrortyx macroura
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      heard only many times; sometimes at close range; seen by a few in the group, but not by me
    3/28/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (6500-8000'), Guerrero      heard only; not particularly close to road
F Banded Quail   Philortyx fasciatus
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      2 seen along roadside in private housing development near reservoir in late afternoon
h Singing Quail   Dactylortyx thoracicus
    3/25/2007   Atoyac road--km 35 to well above Paraiso (km 70), Guerrero      heard only; very close to us, but could not move them from their cover; only heard that one time
Virginia Rail   Rallus limicola
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Sora   Porzana carolina
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      6
Purple Gallinule   Porphyrio martinica
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      4
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
Common Moorhen   Gallinula chloropus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      2
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      several
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      many
American Coot   Fulica americana
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      8
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      several
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      many
Northern Jacana   Jacana spinosa
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      20
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
Black-necked Stilt   Himantopus mexicanus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      2
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Semipalmated Plover   Charadrius semipalmatus
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      2
Killdeer   Charadrius vociferus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Collared Plover   Charadrius collaris
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      2 on grassy verges of reservoir in private housing development
Wilson's Snipe   Gallinago delicata
    3/30/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      4
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      2
Long-billed Dowitcher   Limnodromus scolopaceus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      6
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
Whimbrel   Numenius phaeopus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1 along beach
Greater Yellowlegs   Tringa melanoleuca
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1
Lesser Yellowlegs   Tringa flavipes
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      2
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
Spotted Sandpiper   Actitis macularia
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      3
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      10
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      1
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1
Willet   Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1 western race
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      6 of western race
Ruddy Turnstone   Arenaria interpres
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      1 on grassy verge of reservoir holding basins.
Seen well and photographed by Jim Livaudais.
Least Sandpiper   Calidris minutilla
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      2
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      several
Baird's Sandpiper   Calidris bairdii
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      1
Wilson's Phalarope   Phalaropus tricolor
    3/31/2007   Rio Lerna Marshes, Amaloya del Rio, State of Mexico      6
Laughing Gull   Larus atricilla
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
Caspian Tern   Sterna caspia
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      4
Elegant Tern   Sterna elegans
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      1
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      3
Sandwich Tern   Sterna sandvicensis
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      6
Royal Tern   Sterna maxima
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      many
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      many
Common Tern   Sterna hirundo
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
Forster's Tern   Sterna forsteri
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
Black Tern   Chlidonias niger
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several offshore
Black Skimmer   Rynchops niger
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      2
Rock Dove   Columba livia
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      several
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      several
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
    3/26/2007   Thorn scrub north of Chilpancingo, Guerrero      several
    3/27/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (3500-8000'), Guerrero      several
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/30/2007   San Juan Union + Microwave Tower Rds, n. of Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/30/2007   Ecological Reserve, Ixtapan de la Sal, State of Mexico      several
Band-tailed Pigeon   Patagioenas fasciata
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      2 flying over
Red-billed Pigeon   Patagioenas flavirostris
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      4
    3/24/2007   Atoyac road--km. 25 to above Paraiso (km 60), Guerrero      2
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Corizal Marsh/thorn scrub, Guerrero      1
Mourning Dove   Zenaida macroura
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      10
White-winged Dove   Zenaida asiatica
    3/22/2007   Hotel Parador Diamante urban areas, Acapulco, Guerrero      8
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero      several
    3/26/2007   Coastal plain/mangroves: Playa Paradiso boat ride, Guerrero      several
    3/27/2007   Filo de Caballos Rd, nw. Chilpancingo (3500-8000'), Guerrero      several
    3/28/2007   Reservoir and nearby thorn scrub s. of Iguala, Guerrero      several
    3/29/2007   Tuxpan Lake and nearby thorn scrub, Iguala, Guerrero      1
Common Ground-Dove   Columbina passerina
    3/23/2007   Lowland area around e. Acapulco and Lake Coyuca, Guerrero