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They say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. I don’t know how this month will end but we’ll be roaring right into it. After my unforgettable week in Guatemala and Corey’s extended odyssey in Honduras, we’ll be unpacking our Neotropical adventures for the foreseeable future. And yet, just because [...]

When we started organising Parrot Month we wondered (a little anxiously) how it would be recieved by our fellow bloggers: month-long, organised themes might not be seen as a “blog thing” (we think it is obviously, but not everyone might agree). Turns out we needn’t have worried. We’ve been truly inspired by the generosity of [...]

When I posted about the now extinct Carolina Parakeet yesterday I was very careful to say that it was North America’s only endemic mainland parrot. Similarly when I wrote about the Puerto Rican Parrot I was careful to say that it was the last native parrot still breeding within US borders. I had to be [...]

Red Warbler Ergaticus ruber
Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City. 26 March 2005 and 24 March 2007

The dazzingly beautiful Red Warbler, a Mexican endemic found in oak-pine woodland between 2000 and 3500m, is common at Desierto de Los Leones (just outside Mexico City) where it’s distinctive “pseet” call is one of the commoner sounds along the [...]

Crescent-chested Warbler Parula superciliosa
Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City. 24 March 2007

The beautiful Crescent-chested Warbler, usually placed in the genus Parula with the Northern and Tropical Parulas but sometimes in Vermivora with eg Orange-crowned and Virgnia’s Warblers, is a resident of montane oak-pine and mixed softwood forests of northern Mexico to Nicaragua. Some seasonal migration [...]

Desierto de los Leones Recreational Park, Mexico City
24 March 2007

>Mexico City is located near the southern end of the plateau of Anáhuac, at an altitude of c.7,800 ft (2,380 m). The horizons of the city are almost obscured by mountain barriers, and the peaks of Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl are not far off. The climate [...]

Canyon Towhee Pipilo fuscus
Mexico City, June and August 2004
 

Chapultepec Park, August 2004
 

Chapultepec Park, August 2004
 

Chapultepec Park, August 2004
 

Chapultepec Park, August 2004
 
 

Juvenile, Teotihuacan Pyramids, June 2004
 

Juvenile, Teotihuacan Pyramids, June 2004
 

Teotihuacan Pyramids, June 2004
(For more on the Teotihuacan Pyramids please go to http://www.mexicocity.com.mx/teoti_i.html)

 
All photos copyright Charlie Moores
 

Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli belli
Desierto de los Leones, Mexico City, 26 March 2005

The only species of Basileuterus endemic to northern Central America, the Golden-browed Warbler is fairly common and found in pine-oak forest (like that at Desierto de los Leones) and cloud forest with a dense understory from 1300-3500m. Birds are sedentary and pairs remain [...]

Desierto de los Leones Recreational Park, Mexico City26 March 2005.
 
Mexico City is located near the southern end of the plateau of Anáhuac, at an altitude of c.7,800 ft (2,380 m). The horizons of the city are almost obscured by mountain barriers, and the peaks of Popocatapetl and Iztaccihuatl are not far off. The climate is [...]