B221x1.jpg (35443 bytes)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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Appendix.  Bird List
Complete list of 406 species, plus 15 subspecies identified
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