Birding wonders never cease, and last Friday saw a doozy in Baja California Sur: Mexico’s first Little Bunting was beautifully photographed at San Jose de Castro.

Little Bunting, Baja California Sur, with kind permission of Kurt Radamaker.

Baja California, with its endemics and the odd startling vagrant, is full of astonishments at any time of year, but fall through spring offers opportunities  to enjoy multitudes of wintering passerines, seabirds, and shorebirds. And who knows, maybe a vagrant or two….