Includes nine nights’ accommodations, all meals as noted in the itinerary, purified water, airport transfers, ground transportation in vans, professional guide services, park and other entrance fees, and miscellaneous program expenses. As of 1993 there was some evidence of a population decline. Colonial Alamos is rich in history, noted as the base for the start of the large Coronado expedition in 1540 and established as a village in 1685. I breed both Black Throated Magpie Jays ( It has blue upperparts, white underparts, a black, upright crest and a very long tail. Departures from Tucson can be planned at any time on Thursday, December 10. And while the focus of this trip is birding, we would be remiss if we didn’t enjoy the rich cultural history of the region. Their website will show a grid of tour cost and your age category for you to make selections. Accommodations at El Pedregal (B,L,D), Today, we take a short 15-minute drive out to the Aduana Arroyo for birding in cut over tropical deciduous habitat and agricultural fields. We talked with other San Diego birders and heard things like “Oh, that’s a yard bird in my neighborhood.”. Being based from one location for our time in Alamos is one of the great features of this tour, allowing you to settle in and feel at home.

Notable buildings include private mansions, an elaborate city hall, the church of La Purisma Concepcion and La Capilla. The black is less extensive in the other subspecies. The species has a particularly long tail and a slightly curved crest of feathers on the head. We saw one flock of at least 11 of these birds.

Black-Throated Magpie-Jay November 12, 2011 Calocitta colliei: This week, a major plot line of the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory revolved around a bird. In most birds, the throat and chest are also black, but some in the southern part of the range have various amounts of white there. Mar 16, 2018 - Today we went to Tijuana River Valley Regional Park: Bird & Butterfly Garden. Southwest PA. As smart as Sheldon is, you'd think he'd have known everyhing about that bird. This evening, we enjoy a delicious and bountiful Sonoran feast at El Pedregal! In juveniles, the crest has a white tip and the patch below the eye is smaller and darker blue than in adults. [3], The calls are varied, loud, raucous, sometimes parrot-like. Accommodations in Hermosillo (B,L,D), After birding locally and breakfast, we make our way to the colonial city of Alamos, making a few birding spots along the way, but mostly this is a travel morning. And for those who prefer birding, we also offer an outing. Here we take care of customs and immigration paperwork. PACE: Moderate, with full days of birding and walks on quiet roads and trails. I can't thank my readers enough, it's been wonderful! Relax!

Instead, it another Mexican bird claimed our attention. Raising Magpie Jays from hatching to weening age is a very labor intensive since the babies need to eat almost continously to live and grow. A very pretty bird that was referred to only as a Blue Jay, though it was unlike any Blue Jay I had ever seen. Cost of the tour: $3590 DBL / $4195 SGL>, based on double occupancy from Tucson, AZ. The Common Brushtail Possum is a species of Marsupial found in Australia. The white-throated magpie-jay was formally described in 1827 by the English naturalist William John Swainson from a specimen that had been collected by the naturalist William Bullock in Temascaltepec, Mexico. But if juveniles and sub-adults begin showing up in numbers, they may be here to stay! What a striking bird!!