We spent a few hours at Cerro de San Juan this
morning and got off to a decent start with a displaying male Bumblebee Hummingbird, but it was more
heard than seen but still an amazing sighting. The first of many Rufous-capped Warblers gave crippling
views and excellent photographic opportunities, and there was also a female Anna’s/Allen’s Hummingbird, and both Broad-billed & White-eared Hummingbirds here as well.
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| Rufous-capped Warbler |
Moving higher up the mountain a large flock of
buntings were feeding in the fields and we were particularly pleased to see our
first Lazuli Buntings amongst the
numerous Indigo and a few Varied Buntings, with White-collared Seedeater and both Stripe-headed and Rusty Sparrows as well. A walk through the pine forest was pretty
quiet but a close White-striped
Woodcreeper and Crescent-chested
Warbler showed exceptionally well.
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| Crescent-chested Warbler |
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| White-striped Woodcreeper (endemic) |
And that was it, the Fat Lady was
singing and we had to head back to the highway and drive 3 hours to Puerto
Vallarta for a shower and change of clothes before our evening flight to Mexico
City and onward journey to London.
We had enjoyed a fabulous time in Mexico with Kim
Risen, nailing 327 species seen and of those, 47 were Mexican endemics. Not too
shabby huh? I look forward to repeating this tour in March 2019, but let's do Oaxaca next year....
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