Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.

Every once in a while, I think people need to be disturbed. This is the one-eyed turkey that lived next door to us in Chavarrillo. It ac...

Some nights big flocks of Swainson's Hawks and Broad-winged Hawks come in to spend the night on the hill above town. As with all the...

One of the many, many Broad-winged Hawks that passed overhead this spring. April 15, 2011. We are near the end of the peak migration peri...

Social Flycatchers. Ever present companions for birders throughout eastern Mexico. Sick. *Written during a brief period of Fear and Loat...

See? A rain of raptors. Or, in Spanish, un chingo de repaces. Most mornings now, the skies open up and it rains raptors. Today, when the ...

As far as I can tell, Chavarrillo is known for two things. The spring raptor migration and overall good birding is one. The other…..aliens. ...

Sharp-shinned Hawks are common migrants here, frequently terrifying songbirds in the local neighborhood on their way North. Sund...

The view of Chavarrillo looking west from the tower. Wooooooooooooo I love fast internet connections! I finally found one. Expect a few m...