Site Report: San Blas Ponds

Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)

Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)

Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)

Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja)

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)

Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

A couple of tidally influenced ponds that hold a large concentration of birds in the winter. There is a small parking area near the intersection.

Visits

2008-01-07: None
2008-01-08: None
2008-01-09: None

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (15 records)

Phylum: Chordates (15 records)

Class: Birds (15 records)

Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (2 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Herons
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Swallows
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

Lifelists

Trips

Mexico, Nayarit