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Photo Gallery
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Common Birds |
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) is one of the most common species with broad distribution in the Ensenada de La Paz.
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Long-billed Curlew (Numenius Americanus) occurs in low densities although it is commonly observable in the Ensenada de La Paz.
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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is one of the most common species in the Ensenada de La Paz.
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Two common species of shorebirds in the Ensenada de La Paz: Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri), the most abundant species in the lagoon, and Dunlin (Calidris alpina), a less common species.
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Less Common Birds |
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), a species preferring rocky environments, is occasionally observed in the Ensenada de La Paz.
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Sanderling (Calidris alba) is a species occasionally found in the Ensenada de La Paz.
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Red Knot (Calidris canutus) is one of the less common species in the Ensenada de La Paz.
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Work |
Daily work in the Ensenada de La Paz includes the capturing, measuring, and banding of Least Sandpipers (Calidris minutilla). Here is an adult in autumn molting its primary feathers.
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A Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) once the banding procedure has been finished.
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Occasionally a Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) is caught in the mist nets. Here is one shown compared with the Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri), the most common species of the Ensenada de La Paz.
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Photos courtesy of Georgina Brabata and Roberto Carmona
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Site Facts
Country, State,
Province/Region:
Baja California Sur,
MexicoRelative Location:
The inlet is on the southeast coast of the Baja California peninsula, opening onto the Gulf of California. The city of La Paz is adjacent to the WHSRN site.Latitude/Longitude:
24º 06' 0.8" N, 110º 25' 24" Category:
Regional site Basis for Designation:
More than 20,000 shorebirds use the site every year. More than 1% of the biogeographic populations of the Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), and Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) have been recorded there. Size:
194 hectares/479 acres
Joined:
March, 2006
Site Owner/Steward:
Federal Government, ejidos (a system of communal land tenure in Mexico).
Site Partners:
Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Human Population within 100 km
180,000 inhabitants
Contact:
Roberto Carmona
beauty@uabcs.mx,
Adriana del Moral Romero
acdmr@uabcs.mx
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