Mexico's Gulf Coast, Yucatan and Belize 2001
(an RV exploratory expedition 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
- Day 3 - January 15 - Last Minute Details
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- Chapter 2. El Cielo Biosphere, Tamaulipas
- Day 4 - January 16 - Crossing the border into Mexico
- Day 5 - January 17 - Ciudad Victoria & Gómez Farías
- Day 6 - January 18 - Ciudad Mante & Gómez Farías
- Day 7 - January 19 - Ciudad Mante & El Naranjo
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- Chapter 3. Coastal Tamaulipas
- Day 8 - January 20 - Tampico: an island in a marsh
- Day 9 - January 21 - Costa Esmeralda: Emerald Coast of the Gulf of Mexico
- Day 10 - January 22 - Costa Esmeralda
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- Chapter 4. Veracruz
- Day 11 - January 23 - Veracruz traffic jam
- Day 12 - January 24 - Veracruz City & Amatlán coffee plantation
- Day 13 - January 25 - Road to Catamaco
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- Chapter 5. Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz
- Day 14 - January 26 - Laguna de Sontecomapan
- Day 15 - January 27 - UNAM Biological Station & Catemaco
- Day 16 - January 28 - Catemaco
- Day 17 - January 29 - Lake Catemaco
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- Chapter 6. Tabasco and Campeche
- Day 18 - January 30 - Road to Tabasco & back to Las Choapas, Veracruz
- Day 19 - January 31 - Traveling through Tabasco & Campeche
- Day 20 - February 1 - Isla Aguada, Campeche
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- Chapter 7. Yucatán
- Day 21 - February 2 - Yucatán Peninsula
- Day 22 - February 3 - Uxmal
- Day 23 - February 4 - Mérida & Progreso
- Day 24 - February 5 - Celestún
- Day 25 - February 6 - Mérida & Dzibilchaltún
- Day 26 - February 7 - Piste & Chichén Itzá
- Day 27 - February 8 - Chichén Itzá
- Day 28 - February 9 - Piste & Río Lagartos
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- Chapter 8. Quintana Roo
- Day 29 - February 10 - Cancun: an allusion
- Day 30 - February 11 - Cancun & Jardin Botanico Dr. Alfredo Barrera M.
- Day 31 - February 12 - Isla Mujeres
- Day 32 - February 13 - Xcaret: the ball game
- Day 33 - February 14 - Xcaret: water wonderland
- Day 34 - February 15 - Isla Cozumel
- Day 35 - February 16 - Paamul & Akumal
- Day 36 - February 17 - Cobá & Tulum
- Day 37 - February 18 - Paamul
- Day 38 - February 19 - Chetumal
- Day 39 - February 20 - Chetumal & Felipe Carrillo Puerto
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- Chapter 9. Belize
- Day 40 - February 21 - Crossing the border
- Day 41 - February 22 - Corozal & Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
- Day 42 - February 23 - New River & Lamanai
- Day 43 - February 24 - Shipstern Nature Reserve
- Day 44 - February 25 - Corozal & Copper Bank
- Day 45 - February 26 - Belize Zoo and Dangriga
- Day 46 - February 27 - Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
- Day 47 - February 28 - Sittee River & Barrier Reef
- Day 48 - March 1 - Hummingbird Highway
- Day 49 - March 2 - Corozal
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- Chapter 10. Chiapas
- Day 50 - March 3 - Exiting Belize, heading to Palenque
- Day 51 - March 4 - Palenque
- Day 52 - March 5 - Palenque ruins
- Day 53 - March 6 - Agua Azul and La Libertad Road
- Day 54 - March 7 - Ocosingo Highway & Palenque party
- Day 55 - March 8 - Palenque & Trail of the Inscriptions
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- Chapter 11. Veracruz: Heading North
- Day 56 - March 9 - Catamaco, Veracruz
- Day 57 - March 10 - UNAM & Catamaco, Veracruz
- Day 58 - March 11 - Veracruz City, Veracruz
- Day 59 - March 12 - El Tajin & Papantla, Veracruz
- Day 60 - March 13 - Tampico, Veracruz
- Day 61 - March 14 - Tampico to La Pesca, Tamaulipas
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- Chapter 12. Tamaulipas: Heading North
- Day 62 - March 15 - La Pesca and Gulf coast
- Day 63 - March 16 - La Pesca and mountains
- Day 64 - March 17 - La Pesca
- Day 65 - March 18 - Mission, Texas
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- Appendix. Bird List
- Complete list of 406 species, plus 15 subspecies identified
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Revised: September 13, 2012.