MEXICO 2009.

Back home soon after nearly two months non-stop tour leading in Latin America. We're just about finished here in Mexico having arrived in Ciudad Guzman for our 3 days birding on Volcan Fuego and Volcan Nieve. This year we started in Mazatlan and travelled up the Durango Highway and the Tufted Jay Preserve (right). Returning to the coast once again we headed north to San Blas using the nearby Miramar as a base to explore Cerro San Juan and the La Bajada area. Continuing north we made our way to Barra de Navidad visiting Barranca el Choncho and the Playa de Oro Road before heading inland to Colima and our present position.
Highlights have been many (Tufted Jays, Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, Collared Forest Falcon, Grey-collared Becard, Flammulated Flycatcher and Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo to name a few) but a couple of surprises in the form of at least 6 Sinaloa Martins and a Chestnut-sided Warbler at Rancho Primavera were noteworthy. The latter is aparently a rare bird on the Pacific Slope of Mexico.
A more comprehensive account will follow (as well as finishing Ecuador and Guyana!).

Hasta luego.