3.3 Birds visiting Huevos De Caballo
As summarized in Appendix 2, during thirty-two visits a total of
thirty-one bird species were observed in Huevos de Caballo trees.
Twenty-four fed on the fruits/seeds; there were also two hummingbirds
and five species did not feed on the fruit. Twelve species fed on the
Main Street tree in seven visits (two visits are historical); eight
species fed in the woods above the cemetery trees in five visits (four
visits are historical); and nineteen species fed in Willy’s tree in
twenty visits. Four different species — Hoffman’s Woodpecker
(Melanerpes hoffmanii ), Red-legged Honeycreeper, Rufous-naped
Wren (Campylorhynchus rufinucha ), and Yellow-green Vireo — were
observed feeding at all three sites.
Of the thirty-one species observed in Huevos de Caballo , only
five were classified as migrants. Two of them — American Redstart
(Setophaga ruticilla ) and Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
(Amazilia tzacatl ) did not feed on either the fruit or the
flowers. The other three only fed on a few occasions — Summer Tanager
(Piranga rubra ) - (1 time); Baltimore Oriole (Icterus
galbula ) - (3 times); and Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia ) -
(3 times). However, Yellow Warbler was observed in the trees eight other
times (possibly hunting for insects).