Yucatán Peninsula, Belize and Guatemala 2004
(a birding trip by RV caravan)
© Bert & Shari Frenz, 2004 All rights reserved.
- Chapter 1. Rendevous in Texas
- Day 1 - January 14 - Problems at the border
Day 2 - January 15 - Birding 101
- Chapter 2. Northeast Mexico
- Day 3 - January 16 - Crossing the border
Day 4 - January 17 - Under the baldcypress
Day 5 - January 18 - Bad roads from Tampico to Costa Esmeralda, Veracruz
Day 6 - January 19 - Flying birds and Papantla fliers at El Tajín
Day 7 - January 20 - A Laughing Falcon laughs for two hours
- Chapter 3. Humid Southeast Mexico
- Day 8 - January 21 - Birds and flowers of a coffee plantation at Amatlán, Veracruz
Day 9 - January 22 - Traveling through the coastal savannah of Veracruz and Tabasco
- Chapter 4. Yucatan Peninsula
- Day 10 - January 23 - Following the western coast of the Yucatán Peninsula
Day 11 - January 24 - Cindy's 2000th life bird
Day 12 - January 25 - The creature lurking atop the Building of Five Stories
Day 13 - January 26 - A bump on the road to Uxmal
Day 14 - January 27 - Forest-falcons calling in pre-dawn darkness
Day 15 - January 28 - Of owls and chickens
Day 16 - January 29 - Hurricane-damaged Dzibilchaltún
Day 17 - January 30 - Pauraques calling in the night
Day 18 - January 31 - Chichén Itzá and kids playing under the RV
Day 19 - February 1 - Wildlife of northern coast of Yucatán
Day 20 - February 2 - Rough ride to Paamul
Day 21 - February 3 - How hard is it to replace a shock absorber?
Day 22 - February 4 - Butterflies of Paamul
Day 23 - February 5 - Cozumel endemics
Day 24 - February 6 - Cats, birds and coatis
Day 25 - February 7 - Triumph of Cobá
Day 26 - February 8 - Xel-Ha, a snorkeling paradise
Day 27 - February 9 - Spider monkeys
Day 28 - February 10 - Tunnel vision
Day 29 - February 11 - "It's a puffbird"
- Chapter 5. Belize Coastal Savannahs & Lowland Forests
- Day 30 - February 12 - Border crossing: a new procedure yet again
Day 31 - February 13 - A boat ride through Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
Day 32 - February 14 - The birds of the Mennonite farming region of western Belize
Day 33 - February 15 - A day and night in the jungle
Day 34 - February 16 - King Vultures and a diving hawk-eagle
Day 35 - February 17 - The price of gasoline
Day 36 - February 18 - Up the New River to Lamanai: day and night
Day 37 - February 19 - Not much happening
Day 38 - February 20 - The Belize Zoo inside and out
- Chapter 6. Guatemala
- Day 39 - February 21 - The ride to Tikal and a tour of the famous ruins
Day 40 - February 22 - A thump in the night and no Pheasant Cuckoo in the morning
- Chapter 7. Belize Pine Forests
- Day 41 - February 23 - The Orange-breasted Falcons of Mountain Pine Ridge
- Chapter 8. Belize Lowland Broadleaf Forests
- Day 42 - February 24 - A visit to Guanacaste National Park
Day 43 - February 25 - No Scarlet Macaws at Red Bank
Day 44 - February 26 - A plethora of birds at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
Day 45 - February 27 - Misadventures in Dangriga
Day 46 - February 28 - On the trail in Blue Hole National Park
Day 47 - February 29 - Singing off key in Corozal
- Chapter 9. Humid Southeast Mexico, Part 2
- Day 48 - March 1 - Medical alert at the border
Day 49 - March 2 - Surprise birds and surprise bird book author
Day 50 - March 3 - Trails and tales of Palenque
Day 51 - March 4 - Up the Usumacinta River bordering Guatemala
Day 52 - March 5 - Through the marshes of the Usumacinta River
Day 53 - March 6 - A climb into the foothills to see waterfalls
Day 54 - March 7 - Counting owl hoots in Villahermosa
- Chapter 10. Sierra de los Tuxtlas
- Day 55 - March 8 - Health status of Schaldach
Day 56 - March 9 - Rained out in the mountains
Day 57 - March 10 - A Big Day of birding
Day 58 - March 11 - Birding where the road ends
- Chapter 11. Gulf Coast of Northeast Mexico
- Day 59 - March 12 - A pretty drive through mountains and along the coast of Veracruz
Day 60 - March 13 - Eighty-eight jacanas along a busy Veracruz street
Day 61 - March 14 - Birding the Pemex Stations of Mexico
Day 62 - March 15 - Bad roads, bad binoculars, but breaking 400
Day 63 - March 16 - Altamira Yellowthroats and Wild Turkeys
Day 64 - March 17 - Tinamous and omelets
Day 65 - March 18 - The last goodbye
- Epilogue
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- Appendix A. Bird List
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- Appendix B. Mammal List
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- Appendix C. Reptile & Amphibian List
Copyright © 2004 Bert Frenz. All rights reserved.
Revised: October 29, 2012.