Logistics of seeing Baird's junco (2 Viewers)

[Tiraya]

Hey all,

Title says it all, remarkably little information about this species and the region it occurs in. As a tourist birder, is there a feasible way to get to this bird without a tour guide? There is one area that looks like it could be reached, but I don't know how much I trust a low clearance hire car to make it up those roads and cross the two large sandy washes to get to the starting point...

 

[Xenospiza]

Yes, looks doable, but it's a six km hike to get to the habitat:

San Antonio de la Sierra

3, 4 & 5 July 2013 In the cape region of Baja California Sur are a couple of isolated mountain ranges, the best known being the Sierra de la Laguna. The Sierra de la Laguna has several endemic …

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[THE_FERN]

Yes, looks doable, but it's a six km hike to get to the habitat:

San Antonio de la Sierra

3, 4 & 5 July 2013 In the cape region of Baja California Sur are a couple of isolated mountain ranges, the best known being the Sierra de la Laguna. The Sierra de la Laguna has several endemic …

birdsofpassage.wordpress.com

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There's another more recent report covering this (check cloud birders). From memory it was quite easy. I think they followed Josh & Kathy's route but ?drove up? Anyway report is good: iirc has GPS etc

 

[Tiraya]

That looks like the spot I'm eyeing up. Issue is there's at least two wide arroyos to drive through, and there's a gate halfway to the top of the mountain road I believe. So it comes down to if the hire cars can cross those arroyos, and if so, or if not, where to proceed from there.

 

[Tiraya]

Oh yeah, anyone know what the pygmy owl situation is? I heard that they can't be found in summer as they go too remote and too high in elevation, it's hard to glean from eBird records since few people seem to go in summer.