Arguably top ranked among birds of color is the stunning Rosy Thrush-tanager (a potential split as Mexican Thrush-tanager), here a male.
Although male Orange-breasted Bunting is also a strong contender!
And even a male Bronzed Cowbird in good light is really quite stunning
The male Red-breasted Chat is stunning in a different way, and rather easy to see here in spring.
The violet-blue mask highlights of Russet-crowned Motmot (a potential split, as Mexican Motmot, from Guatemalan birds) can be appreciated close-up, and they are amazingly COMMON here!
Another potential split, the West Mexican Vermiculated/Middle American Screech-Owl showed well, and Steve made some good recordings that may help resolve the taxonomic uncertainty.
The most surprising bird of the ten days at Rancho Primavera was this Long-eared Owl, watched chasing a Northern Potoo!
The next night, this obliging Mottled Owl was “all” we could find in the same trees.
Probably the rarest bird of the trip was Sinaloa Martin, seen a few times from the patio of Steve’s casita.
And here’s his Rancho Primavera “office” away from home, in late afternoon (beer time)—where, oddly, not much work was done!