Alamos Wildlands Alliance Weblog
Weblog for the Alamos Wildlands Alliance and Navopatia Field StationArchive for November, 2007
The first pulse of the 2007-08 MoSI (Monitoreo Sobrevivencia Invernal) bird banding program went well. We banded 47 birds of 14 species, up slightly from last year. There were even a few recaptures from last winter. The species banded this week were:
Orange-Crowned Warbler
Bell’s Vireo
Verdin
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
White-crowned Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Rufous-Winged Sparrow
Cactus Wren
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Ladderbacked Woodpecker
Gila Woodpecker
The Field Station will be ready for guests in December. January will be busy and mostly booked so come down now. For availability call 647-108-3712 (from a land line in Mexico you must dial 044 first, from the states use the prefix – 011521 then the number) Our phone issues should be solved soon allowing us to once again check messages and (sometimes) get to the phone in time to answer it. You can also email navopatia@gmail.com , please give us a little time to respond. The weather and water are beautiful, we hope to see you soon.
The Field Station is soon to be up and running. Sallie and Adam retuned to find that the summer hurricanes did minimal damage. Ruben and Lupita look forward to seeing everyone again even though Ruben has again lost quite a bit of weight. Joaquin passed the summer well also.
Shorebird migration does not seem to have hit yet, however there are plenty of birds moving through. There were a few new clearcuts on the road out to the coast but none near the proposed reserve. Thanks to everyone for their support and more news will follow.
