Adapted from Jim Conrad's online book
A Birding Trip through Mexico

MESQUITE/GRASSLAND
Chihuahua State

Here are the birds spotted at this stop in northern Chihuahua's Mesquite-grassland:

October 7 latitude 29º28'N, longitude 106º23'W

MEXICO: Chihuahua; ±100 kms N of Chihuahua City, on west side of lake on some maps named Laguna Encinillas; elev. ±1,500 m (±4900 feet); Mesquite averaging 3 m high, interspersed with house-lot-size natural grass meadows.

RESIDENCY STATUS:
permanent resident
transient
winter resident
  1. Turkey Vulture
  2. Cooper's Hawk
  3. Harris' Hawk
  4. Red-tailed Hawk
  5. American Kestrel
  6. Mourning Dove
  7. Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker Verdin
  8. Cactus Wren
  9. Loggerhead Shrike
  10. Wilson's Warbler
  11. Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler
  12. Green-tailed Towhee
  13. Black-throated Sparrow
  14. Clay-colored Sparrow
  15. Rufous-crowned Sparrow
  16. Song Sparrow
  17. Vesper Sparrow
  18. White-crowned Sparrow