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Tables of Contents for A Bird-Finding Guide to Mexico
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Maps
xii
2
Abbreviations
xiv
1
Spanish Terms
xv
1
Preface
xvi
1
Acknowledgments
xvii
INTRODUCTION
1
20
Birding Ethics
2
1
How to Use This Book
2
5
Introduction/Key Species
2
1
Access
2
1
Birding Sites
3
1
Bird Lists
3
1
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
4
3
Things to Know before You Go
7
14
Entry Requirements
8
1
Driving into Mexico
8
1
Maps
9
1
Car Rental
9
1
Driving and Roads
10
1
Birding from the Highway
11
1
Buses and Camping/Dossing
12
1
Time Zones
13
1
Money
13
1
Language
13
1
People and the Land
14
1
Climate and Timing Your Trip
15
1
Food and Water
15
1
Other Health
16
1
Other Wildlife
16
1
Additional Literature
17
4
CHAPTER 1: Baja California
21
32
Site 1.1 Tijuana to Ensenada (Rosarito Creek, Rio, Descanso, Rio Guadalupe)
25
3
Site 1.2 Ensenada (Harbor and Pelagic Trips)
28
1
Site 1.3 Estero Punta Banda/La Bufadora
29
3
Site 1.4 Laguna Hanson
32
3
Site 1.5 Ojos Negros/Leyes de Reforma
35
2
Site 1.6 Mexicali to San Felipe
37
1
Site 1.7 The Sierra San Pedro Martir
38
3
Site 1.8 Bahia San Quintin/Laguna Figueroa
41
3
Site 1.9 San Quintin to La Paz
44
3
Site 1.10 San Jose del Cabo/Cabo San Lucas
47
3
Site 1.11 Miraflores/Boca de la Sierra
50
1
Site 1.12 Sierra de la Laguna
51
2
CHAPTER 2: Northwestern Mexico
53
16
Site 2.1 Puerto Penasco, Sonora
56
3
Site 2.2 Bajia Kino (Kino Bay), Sonora
59
1
Site 2.3 The Sahuaripa Road, Sonara
60
1
Site 2.4 Alamos, Sonara
61
2
Site 2.5 Agua Prieta, Sonora
63
1
Site 2.6 Janos, Chihuahua
64
2
Site 2.7 Cascadas de Cusarare (Barranca del Cobre), Chihuahua
66
3
CHAPTER 3: The Monterrey/Saltillo Area
69
13
Site 3.1 Cola de Caballo/Highrise, Nuevo Leon
72
3
Site 3.2 Presa El Tulillo, Coahuila
75
1
Site 3.3 Tanque de Emergencia/Hedionda Grande, Coahuila
76
2
Site 3.4 San Antonio de las Alazanas, Coahuila
78
1
Site 3.5 Cerro El Potosi, Nuevo Leon
79
3
CHAPTER 4: The Northeastern Gulf Slope
82
13
Site 4.1 Mouth of the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande, Tamaulipas
85
1
Site 4.2 La Pesca, Tamaulipas
86
1
Site 4.3 Presa Vicente Guerrero, Tamaulipas
87
1
Site 4.4 Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas
88
1
Site 4.5 El Naranjo, San Luis Potosi
89
6
CHAPTER 5: Mazatlan and the Durango Highway
95
12
Site 5.1 Mazatlan Airport, Sinaloa
98
1
Site 5.2 Mazatlan (Booby Rocks), Sinaloa
98
1
Site 5.3 The La Noria Road, Sinaloa
99
1
Site 5.4 The Durango Highway, Sinaloa/Durango
100
3
Site 5.5 The Panuco Road, Sinaloa
103
1
Site 5.6 Barranca Rancho Liebre, Sinaloa
104
3
CHAPTER 6: San Blas, Nayarit
107
20
Site 6.0 Puerto Vallarta, Jaliso
110
2
Site 6.1 San Blas, Nayarit
112
9
6.1a Sewer Ponds Trail
113
1
6.1b Peso Island
113
1
6.1c San Blas Fort
114
1
6.1d River Boat Trips
115
1
6.1e Ocean Boat Trips
115
1
6.1f The Shrimp Ponds Road
116
1
6.1g Matanchen Bay
116
2
6.1h Singayta
118
3
Site 6.2 La Bajada, Nayarit
121
2
Site 6.3 El Mirador del Aguila, Nayarit
123
1
Site 6.4 Cerro de San Juan, Nayarit
123
4
CHAPTER 7: Colima and Jaliso
127
27
Site 7.0 El Tuito, Jalisco
130
1
Site 7.1 Manzanillo Airport Marshes, Colima
130
2
Site 7.2 The Playa de Oro Road, Colima
132
2
Site 7.3 Manzanillo (Piedra Blanca, Power Station Outflow), Colima
134
1
Site 7.4 Barranca el Choncho, Jalisco
135
2
Site 7.5 Autlan/Puerto Los Mazos, Jalisco
137
3
Site 7.6 Autlan to Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco
140
3
Site 7.7 Ciudad Guzman/Laguna Sayula, Jalisco
141
3
Site 7.8 Volcan de Fuego, Jalisco
144
4
Site 7.9 Ciudad Colima to La Maria Colima
148
4
Site 7.10 Microondas La Cumbre, Colima
152
2
CHAPTER 8: Central Mexico
154
25
Site 8.1 UNAM Botanical Garden, D.F
158
1
Site 8.2 Bosque de Talpan (Pedregal) D.F.
159
1
Site 8.3 Popocatepetl, Mexico
159
1
Site 8.4 La Cima, D.F.
160
1
Site 8.5 Coajomulco, Morelos
161
2
Site 8.6 Cannon de Lobos, Morelos
163
1
Site 8.7 Laguna San Felipe, Puebla
164
3
Site 8.8 Almolya del Rio (Lerma Marshes), Mexico
167
2
Site 8.9 Temascaltepec, Mexico
169
5
Site 8.10 Tacambaro, Michoacan
174
3
Site 8.11 Tlanchinol, Hidalgo
177
2
CHAPTER 9: The Sierra de Atoyac, Guerrero
179
9
Site 9.1 Acapulco, Guerrero
182
1
Site 9.2 The Sierra de Atoyac, Guerrero
182
6
CHAPTER 10: Veracruz
188
27
Site 10.1 Tecolutla
191
2
Site 10.2 Coatepec
193
3
Site 10.3 Amatlan
196
2
Site 10.4 Colonia Francisco Barrios
198
2
Site 10.5 Las Barrancas
200
1
Site 10.6 The Sierra de Los Tuxtlas
201
8
Site 10.7 Uxpanapa Road
209
3
Site 10.8 Las Choapas
212
3
CHAPTER 11: Oaxaca
215
27
Site 11.1 Monte Alban
218
3
Site 11.2 Teotitlan de Valle
221
1
Site 11.3 Yagul
222
1
Site 11.4 Route 175 North
223
2
Site 11.5 Cerro San Felipe (La Cumbre)
225
2
Site 11.6 Oaxaca City to Tuxtepec
227
1
Site 11.7 Valle Nacional
228
2
Site 11.8 Tuxtepec
230
3
Site 11.9 La Soledad
233
2
Site 11.10 Puerto Angel/Playa Zipolite
235
2
Site 11.11 Puerto Ezcondido
237
1
Site 11.12 Oaxaca City to Tehuantepec
237
1
Site 11.13 Tehunatepec
238
1
Site 11.14 La Ventosa Lagoon
239
1
Site 11.15 Tapanatepec Foothills
240
2
CHAPTER 12: Central and Southern Chiapas
242
25
Site 12.1 El Sumidero
245
2
Site 12.2 Arriaga Foothills
247
1
Site 12.3 Puerto Arista/Boca del Cielo
247
3
Site 12.4 Mapastepec Microwave Valley
250
2
Site 12.5 Union Juarez
252
2
Site 12.6 The Motozintla Road
254
1
Site 12.7 Lagos de Montebello
254
4
Site 12.8 San Cristobal de las Casas
258
3
Site 12.9 El Triunfo
261
6
CHAPTER 13: Northern Chiapas
267
16
Site 13.1 Palenque, Chiapas
270
4
Site 13.2 The San Manuel Road, Chiapas
274
1
Site 13.3 The La Libertad Road, Chiapas
274
1
Site 13.4 The Usumacinta Marshes, Chiapas/Campeche
275
2
Site 13.5 Bonampak, Chiapas
277
1
Site 13.6 Yaxchilan, Chiapas
278
5
CHAPTER 14: The Yucatan Peninsula
283
32
Site 14.1 Jardin Botanico Dr. Alfredo Barrera M., Quintana Roo
286
1
Site 14.2 Coba, Quintana Roo
287
2
Site 14.3 Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Vigia Chico Road), Quintana Roo
289
3
Site 14.4 Rio Lagartos/Las Colaradas, Yucatan
292
4
Site 14.5 Chichen, Itza, Yucatan
296
2
Site 14.6 Progreso/Dzilam de Bravo, Yucatan
298
3
Site 14.7 Dzibilchaltun, Yacatin
301
2
Site 14.8 Celestun, Yucatan
303
3
Site 14.9 Uxmal, Yucatan
306
2
Site 14.10 Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo
308
7
Literature Cited
315
2
APPENDIX A: Checklist of Species Included
317
37
APPENDIX B: Sites for Endemics and Species of Interest
354
9
Index
363