Birds of Baja
Birds you may see during our 12-day itinerary on a Searcher Natural History Tour!
Sea Birds
Double-crested cormorant @ Nigel Carter
Brandt’s cormorant @ Nigel Carter
Red-billed tropicbird @ Rich Crossen
Bonaparte’s gull @ Tom Blackman
Cassin’s auklet @ Tom Blackman
Red-necked phalaropes @ Nigel Carter
Craveri’s murrelet @ Nigel Carter
Craveri’s murrelet with chicks @ Chris Earley
Black-footed albatross @ Nigel Carter
Black-footed albatrosses @ Nigel Carter
Black-vented shearwater @ Chris Earley
Blue-footed boobies @ Nigel Carter
Brown Booby @ Lee Morgan
Brown pelican @ Lee Morgan
Eared grebe @ Lee Morgan
Eared grebe raft @ Nigel Carter
Heerman’s gull @ Nigel Carter
Laysan albatross @ Nigel Carter
Magnificent frigatebird @ Lee Morgan
Magnificent frigatebirds feeding
Parasitic jaeger @ Tom Blackman
Pink-footed shearwater @ Tom Blackman
Red-necked phalarope @ Tom Blackman
Yellow-footed gull @ Nigel Carter
Shore Birds
Spotted sandpiper @ Nigel Carter
Osprey @ Nigel Carter
Osprey nest @ Chris Earley
Ridgway’s rail @ Chris Earley
Greater yellowlegs @ Chris Earley
American oystercatchers @ Nigel Carter
White-faced ibis @ Nigel Carter
White ibis @ Lee Morgan
Sandpipers @ Rich Crossen
Willet @ Lee Morgan
Long-billed curlew @ Chris Earley
Marbled godwit @ Chris Earley
Land Birds
Costa’s hummingbird @ Ally Marsh
American kestrel @ Nigel Carter
Crested caracara @ Nigel Carter
House finch @ Nigel Carter
Ash-throated flycatcher @ Hilary Thompson
Black-throated sparrow @ Nigel Carter
Gila woodpecker @ Nigel Carter
Gray thrasher @ Nigel Carter
(Baja endemic)
Loggerhead shrike @ John Davison
Mangrove warbler @ Lee Morgan
Northern cardinal @ Nigel Carter
Hooded oriole @ Nigel Carter
California quail @ Nigel Carter
Common raven @ Nigel Carter
San Benito savannah sparrow @ Nigel Carter
(Baja endemic)
Turkey vultures @ Ally Marsh
Verdin @ Nigel Carter
Vermilion flycatcher @ Nigel Carter
Xantus hummingbird @ Rich Crossen
(Baja endemic)
Heron/Egrets
Great blue heron @ Chris Earley
Reddish egret @ Nigel Carter
Reddish egret (fishing) @ Nigel Carter
Tri-colored heron @ Chris Earley
Snowy egret @ Mark Underwood
Snowy egrets @ Ally Marsh
Great egret @ Chris Earley
Yellow-crowned night heron
