Following is list of birds my wife and I saw on weeks trip to Cabo San Lucas.
Feb.4-11, 2000.

Pied billed grebe many
Eared Grebe 2
Least grebe many
Brants cormorant 1
Northern Pintail many
American widgeon few
Blue winged teal many
Cinnamon teal many
Western shoveler many
Ruddy duck many
American coot many
Common moorhen many
Lesser scaup Many
Red head duck Few
American white pelican 1
Brown pelican Many
Magnificent frigatebird many
Ringbilled gulls many
Laughing gull 1
(may have been Franklins)
Bonapartes gull 1
Western gull many
Great blue heron 3
Great egret 10
Cattle egret 4
White faced Ibis 1
Black necked stilt 1
Common snipe 1
Killdeer many
Spotted sandpiper many
Least sandpiper many
California quail 20
Northern Harrier 1
Red tailed hawk many
Turkey vultures many
(one with white head and shoulders)
Osprey many
Crested caracara 7
Prairie falcon 1
American kestrel many
White winged dove many
Common ground dove many
Rock dove many
Greater road runner 1
Northern mockingbird many
Costas hummingbird many
Gila woodpecker many
Ladderbacked woodpecker many
Northern flicker 1
Vermilion flycatcher 3
Cassins kingbird many
Ashtroated flycatcher many
Black phoebe 1
Grey flycatcher few
American pipit many
Common raven many
Scrub jay many
Verdin many
Cactus wren many
Marsh wren 1
Bluegrey gnatcatcher many
Grey thrasher 2
Loggerhead shrike 1
Yellow rumped warbler many
Orange crowned warbler many
Common yellowthroat few
Wilsons warbler few
Brewers blackbird few
Hooded oriole many
Scotts oriole many
White crowned sparrow many
Lark sparrow many
Black throated sparrow 1
Greentailed towhee 1
Blackheaded grosbeak 1
Pyrrhuloxia many
Blue grosbeak 1
Lazuli bunting 4(all female)
Varied bunting 2
Northern cardinal many
House finch many
Lesser goldfinch many
House sparrow many

Many were more than 10, few less than 10. Possible sightings, but not sure,
were a Red naped sapsucker, nighthawk, western flycatcher(pacific slope),
cowbirds.
There were many Brown pelicans dead on the beaches. As many as 10 in a 100
yard stretch. We were sure we had a Laughing gull and when we went back to
our room we started talking ourselves out of it in favor of a Franklins gull.
But I still lean towards the Laughing gull. (first impressions being the
best?). We didn't take a boat trip and we didn't want to spend all our time
trying to figure out the gulls so we dont have a list of pelagics. The book
"A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America" was great and
so were our Peterson's and National Geographic guides. Thanks to those who
recommended them. We spent almost all of our time birding and rented a car.
In one week we had 82 species. Not great but 29 were lifers and that makes
it exciting.
see you in the field
Len Jellicoe
Dianlen at aol.com.
Surrey,BC