Central & Gulf Coast Mexico and Belize 2003

(an RV caravan for birders and their partners)

Chapter 1.  Rendevous in Texas

Day 1 - January 13 - Arrival in Pharr, Texas

Day 2 - January 14 - Preparation & Birding Workshop

 

Chapter 2.  Northern Plateau

Day 3 - January 15 - Tamaulipas coastal plains to Sierra Madre Oriental foothills
Day 4 - January 16 - Birding beyond Cola de Caballo, Nuevo Leon
Day 5 - January 17 - Through the mountain pass to Entronque San Roberto, Nuevo Leon
Day 6 - January 18 - Birding and visiting under Cerro El Potosi, Nuevo Leon
Day 7 - January 19 - Across the Northern Plateau to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Day 8 - January 20 - Traffic jam in Celaya

 

Chapter 3.  Sierra Madre del Sur

Day 9 - January 21 - Monarch Butterfly preserve above Angangueo, Michoacán
Day 10 - January 22 - Through the mountains to Pátzcuaro, Michoacán
Day 11 - January 23 - Birding Tecámbaro, exploring Pátzcuaro
Day 12 - January 24 - Rough road to Playa Azul, Michoacán
Day 13 - January 25 - Coastal road to Acapulco, Guerrero
Day 14 - January 26 - Birding Sierra de Atayac, shopping Acapulco
Day 15 - January 27 - Driving the mountain toll road to Cuernavaca, Morelos
Day 16 - January 28 - Great birding at the high elevation of Coalmulco
Day 17 - January 29 - Cuernavaca and Taxco, Morelos
Day 18 - January 30 - Sparrows at La Cima; Sightseeing in Cuernavaca
Day 19 - January 31 - Wrong turn in Puebla
Day 20 - February 1 - Volcanoes in route to Oaxaca
Day 21 - February 2 - Rare birds near Oaxaca
Day 22 - February 3 - A view atop Cerro San Felipe
Day 23 - February 4 - Birding and shopping at Teotitlán del Valle
Day 24 - February 5 - Ruins at Yagul
Day 25 - February 6 - Ruins at Monte Alban

 

Chapter 4.  Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Day 26 - February 7 - Driving the coastal mountains to Tehuantepec
Day 27 - February 8 - Denizens of the hot and dry thorn forest
Day 28 - February 9 - Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, the King Tut of birds
Day 29 - February 10 - Pacific coast side of the isthmus
Day 30 - February 11 - A remnant of virgin forest
Day 31 - February 12 - Atlantic coast side of the isthmus
Day 32 - February 13 - La Venta museum, a jungle oasis in a bustling city

 

Chapter 5.  Southeast Mexico

Day 33 - February 14 - A Valentine's Day party in Palenque
Day 34 - February 15 - Bonampak: hot birds and hot weather
Day 35 - February 16 - Dark jungles and hidden tombs of Palenque
Day 36 - February 17 - Water falls and waterfalls at Miso-hal and Agua Azul
Day 37 - February 18 - Heading to the Caribbean

 

Chapter 6.  Belize

Day 38 - February 19 - Belize border bureaucracy
Day 39 - February 20 - Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary by boat
Day 40 - February 21 - Driving and birding through northwestern Belize
Day 41 - February 22 - Rio Bravo Conservation Area
Day 42 - February 23 - "Hey, Ricky!"
Day 43 - February 24 - Books for Belize
Day 44 - February 25 - Birding the New River dawn to dark
Day 45 - February 26 - Random thoughts
Day 46 - February 27 - Belize Zoo & Guanacaste National Park
Day 47 - February 28 - Cockscomb National Park: hot birds in hot jungle
Day 48 - March 1 - Boating the Sittee River
Day 49 - March 2 - Colors of Scarlet Macaws, saltwater fish and mating frigatebirds
Day 50 - March 3 - Sex on the minds of birds at Blue Hole National Park
Day 51 - March 4 - Short report from Ambergis Caye

 

Chapter 7.  Campeche, Tabasco, Veracruz

Day 52 - March 5 - To catch a thief
Day 53 - March 6 - Colors of the Gulf Coast
Day 54 - March 7 - Bad roads take their toll
Day 55 - March 8 - Catemaco birding and shopping
Day 56 - March 9 - Missing the good ones
Day 57 - March 10 - Veracruz City
Day 58 - March 11 - Finding a nemesis bird
Day 59 - March 12 - Coastal travel
Day 60 - March 13 - Nesting birds and migrating transients

 

Chapter 8.  Tamaulipas

Day 61 - March 14 - Changing times in Mexico
Day 62 - March 15 - Patience pays in yellowthroats
Day 63 - March 16 - Surprise sightings at La Pesca
Day 64 - March 17 - Jambalaya
Day 65 - March 18 - Farewell dinner

 

Epilogue

 

Appendix A.  Bird List

 

Appendix B.  Mammal List

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