Birding Mexico

Hasta la vista Mexico

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Mexico has always felt very comfortable and homey for both of us, and that feeling has only increased after spending more than 7 months there. While we were eager and excited to hit the road and travel further south our farewell to Mexico was quite sad as well. In a way, it feels like now we are finally starting our trip as we’re into new [...]

One more from Mexico – Vigia Chico Road, Quintana Roo, Mexico

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31 January – 4 February 2014 After spending three days in Cancun waiting for the new oil pan to arrive and be installed we were ready to chase down the last few Yucatan endemics that we had yet to see (Yucatan Poorwill, Yucatan Nightjar, and Yellow-lored Parrot). One of the best places in the Yucatan to see the poorwill and nightjar is Vigia [...]

The Yucatan Peninsula – from Celestun to Tulum and Cozumel and everything in between

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25 December 2013 – 11 January 2014 The Yucatan Peninsula has 11 endemic species, 2 near endemic species, and 2 Caribbean species that are found along the coast and nowhere else in Mexico. Species that are restricted to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico include Yucatan (Yellow-lored) Parrot, Yucatan Poorwill, Yucatan Nightjar, Yucatan Woodpecker, [...]

An accidental journey to El Remate and Isla Arena

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23-24 December 2013 We had planned to visit the city of Campeche, a world heritage site on the distinctly less touristy west coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, but our plans were foiled. Our camping Mexico book showed three RV parks around Campeche, but the first one we stopped at (Club Nautica RV Park) was a bit too expensive for an RV Park so we [...]

Calakmul

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21 – 22 December We arrived in the Calakmul region in the late afternoon and headed straight for the Yaax’che camping area, located approximately 6 km from the main highway. A quick evening walk around the trails at the campground produced nothing more than about a 1,000 mosquitoes, so we headed back to the truck to make dinner. We woke up [...]