Site Report: Nazas River
Total Solar Eclipse Showing Huge Prominence
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Mexican Duck (Anas diazi) - Male
Mexican Duck (Anas diazi) - Female
Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
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Total Solar Eclipse Showing Huge Prominence
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Mexican Duck (Anas diazi) - Male
Mexican Duck (Anas diazi) - Female
Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
River in desert
Visits
- 2024-04-07: After a long drive, we found out that there are no Sunday afternoon alcohol sales in Coahuila state. After trying several stores, we finally found a place to buy beer just across the border in Durango state. We rented a ranch with a few of our friends, and we arrived just in time to avoid night-time driving.
- 2024-04-08: Today was the day of the solar eclipse. The weather had turned slightly nasty with a thin cloud cover above Torreon. We all piled into four cars and drove south toward a blue patch of sky. Just before the eclipse, we found ourselves more or less under the blue sky. Following the eclipse, we went for lunch at a nearby reservoir. The waitress dropped many plates of food with a loud crash and broken plates and glasses everywhere.
- 2024-04-09: Our last day at the ranch, I went with Tony and Jasper to buy a clean shirt for the plane ride home.
- 2024-04-10:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (47 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(47 records)
Class: Birds
(47 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Mexican Duck (Anas diazi)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Order: Perching Birds
(25 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Family: Bushtits
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
- Family: Verdins
- Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)
- Family: Vireos
- Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
- Family: Wrens
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons)