Mexico Birding Trip Report
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Description: Report by Jon Hornbuckle from January-February, 1999.
WORLDTWITCH - Mexico Trip Report, January-February 1999, by Jon Hornbuckle I undertook a Mexico "clean-up" trip, excluding the northeast, having already briefly covered Yucatán and Sierra de Atoyac, plus Guatemala. This followed 10 days in Cuba and so started in Mérida, for the three coastal endemics, before proceeding to Oaxaca, southern Chiapas, Jalisco and Colima, San Blas, southern Baja (mainly for whales), and the Mazatlán area. For part of the time I was accompanied by Ashley Banwell. The trip was quite successful except in Chiapas where we were unlucky with the owls and chose a degraded locality in the morning, exacerbated by too little time. With few birds singing, it was harder work than I had hoped - 58 ticks but I failed to find any of the most difficult species such as Aztec Thrush, Eared Trogon or Thick-billed Parrot. Relied on birding reports, Brian Gee's being especially useful, until Oaxaca when obtained Steve Howell's
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| Date | Creation Date: 03-feb-2001 Expiration Date: 03-feb-2015 |