I am beginning this blog in the aeropuerto de Ciudad Obregón… And that is as far as I got before I left Obregón to fly to Hermosillo and left Hermosillo to fly to LA and then, after delays due to a need to change a tire and then deal with auxiliary power, taking off and finally arriving in Seattle and then at my home 14 hours after I left Alamos in a truck headed, via … Continue reading
los cielos no los cuervos su paso: el aire barrido Those birds in the photo above are not crows. They are black vultures and caracaras and turkey vultures. There were quite a number of them soaring above us on the ranch we visited this morning. We did not trap any quail today but we visited a ranch that is relatively undisturbed, quite beautiful and full of natural seeps which have water even in this dryest … Continue reading
We trapped more elegant quail this morning. According to many accounts of this species the elegant quail is shy and hard to find. But we have found them. And we have been helped to find them. They are different in the way they behave, though, and that is interesting. Because we have such a short time and because we are still trying to find the best places to work, we will not have time on … Continue reading