MEXICO 2008: Puerta Vallarta.

Lunchtime at Guayabitos, Nayarit W. Mexico.

We "cropped" our journey along the coast of West Mexico by staying a night at the promising Rancho Primavera in the hills above Puerta Vallarta near El Tuito. Great place to see Military Macaws as it turned out as well as Russet-crowned Motmots the next morning. Must go back there and spend a little longer sometime.

Anhinga in La Tovara Mangroves near San Blas.

We arrived at Miramar in time to check in to the hotel (clocking some Mexican Parrotlets as we unloaded the bus) and then tokk the 20 minute trip down to San Blas.

Our late afternoon boat trip in the mangroves of La Tovara poduced Bare-throated Tiger-Herons, Yellow-crowned Night Herons and Lesser Nighthawks before returning to San Blas in the dark.

It wasn't too long before we found our first Northern Potoo and by the end of the journey we'd found 10 more!