Central Mexico & Belize 2009

(a birding trip by RV caravan)

© Bert & Shari Frenz, 2009 All rights reserved.

CHAPTER 1 – GETTING STARTED AT THE TEXAS BORDER

Day -14 – January 1 – Mustang Island
Day -2 – January 11 – Pharr
Day -1 – January 12 – Pharr
Day 0 – January 13 – Pharr
Day 1 – January 14 – Pharr

CHAPTER 2 - SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL

Day 2 - January 15 – Santiago
Day 3 - January 16 – Cola de Caballo and Highrise
Day 4 - January 17 – San Roberto

CHAPTER 3 – CENTRAL PLATEAU

Day 5 - January 18 – San Miguel de Allende
Day 6 - January 19 – Guanajuato
Day 7 – January 20 – El Charco del Ingenio and San Miguel de Allende

CHAPTER 4 – VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

Day 8 – January 21 – Pátzcuaro
Day 9 – January 22 – Tecámbaro and Pátzcuaro
Day 10 – January 23 – Cerro Burro, Lago de Pátzcuaro and Janitzio
Day 11 – January 24 – Zitácuaro
Day 12 – January 25 – Angangueo
Day 13 – January 26 – Cuernavaca
Day 14 – January 27 – Coajomulco
Day 15 – January 28 – Atlacholoya and Taxco
Day 16 – January 29 – Huitzilac and Lerma marshes
Day 17 – January 30 – Puebla

CHAPTER 5 – VALLEY OF OAXACA

Day 18 – January 31 – Oaxaca
Day 19 – February 1 – Cerro San Felipe and Tlacolula
Day 20 – February 2 – Teotitlán del Valle
Day 21 – February 3 – Oaxaca
Day 22 – February 4 – Teotitlán del Valle
Day 23 – February 5 – Monte Alban

CHAPTER 6 – ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC

Day 24 – February 6 – Tehuantepec
Day 25 – February 7 – La Ventosa and Salina Cruz
Day 26 – February 8 – Tehuantepec

CHAPTER 7 – CENTRAL CHIAPAS

Day 27 – February 9 – San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Day 28 – February 10 – Cerro Huitepec
Day 29 – February 11 – San Cristóbal

CHAPTER 8 – NORTHERN CHIAPAS

Day 30 – February 12 – Ocosingo Road
Day 31 – February 13 – Palenque
Day 32 – February 14 – La Libertad Road
Day 33 – February 15 – Miso-Ha
Day 34 – February 16 – Bonampak

CHAPTER 9 – QUINTANA ROO

Day 35 – February 17 – Chetumal
Day 36 – February 18 – Oxtankah and Chetumal

CHAPTER 10 – CENTRAL BELIZE

Day 37 – February 19 – Border crossing
Day 38 – February 20 – Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Day 39 – February 21 – Western Highway
Day 40 – February 22 – Spanish Lookout
Day 41 – February 23 – Blue Hole National Park

CHAPTER 11 – COASTAL BELIZE

Day 42 – February 24 – Dangriga
Day 43 – February 25 – Red Bank
Day 44 – February 26 – Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
Day 45 – February 27 – Dangriga
Day 46 – February 28 – Mayflower Bocawina National Park
Day 47 – March 1 – Gra Gra Lagoon National Park

CHAPTER 12 – WESTERN BELIZE

Day 48 – March 2 – Orange Walk Town
Day 49 – March 3 – Blue Creek Village and La Milpa
Day 50 – March 4 – La Milpa
Day 51 – March 5 – Chan Chich
Day 52 – March 6 – La Milpa

CHAPTER 13 – CENTRAL BELIZE

Day 53 – March 7 – Honey Camp Lagoon
Day 54 – March 8 – Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
Day 55 – March 9 – New River and Lamanai

CHAPTER 14 – GULF COAST OF MEXICO

Day 56 – March 10 – Chetumal
Day 57 – March 11 – Villahermosa
Day 58 – March 12 – Catemaco
Day 59 – March 13 – Ruiz Cortinez
Day 60 – March 14 – UNAM and Lake Catemaco
Day 61 – March 15 – Veracruz
Day 62 – March 16 – Veracruz
Day 63 – March 17 – Costa Esmeralda
Day 64 – March 18 – Tampico
Day 65 – March 19 – USA

EPILOGUE

Mustang Island, Texas

Appendix A. Bird List

Appendix B. Mammal List

Appendix C. Reptile and Amphibian List

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Copyright © 2009 Bert Frenz. All rights reserved.
Revised: October 29, 2012.