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1996 [December] - Barry Levine

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A nine day trip to Puerto Vallarta, Barra, Colima, and San Blas was a little disappointing both numbers-wise and for some of the endemics I was hoping to find. Other birders that I encountered seemed to be experiencing the same malaise. What accounted for this I can`t explain. Maybe someone could tell me whether it is the time of the year (Xmas);s or just this particular year. The weather was hot on the coast during the day and the rivers were pretty low. The evenings and early mornings were quite cold. I nearly froze on the volcano at Colima. Warblers, flycatchers, hummingbirds and vireos abounded.

1998 [February] - Greg Roberts

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...Drove to Chamela Biological Research Station (CBS). Birded a dirt road near Chamela town and thorn forest around the station. Overnight at the station`s staff quarters (pre-arranged)...

2000 [April] - David R. Ferry

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I just visited the same area in February, however, and I didn`t find the road up Volcan del Fuego all that bad. We made it up in our usual rented Suburban to the 8 km exclusion zone which is decribed below. The rainy season doesn`t start for another month at least, so I doubt if the road changed that much after I was there...

2000 [July] - Andy Birch - Manzanillo

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In comparison to the real tourist areas such as Acapulco and Baja, Manzanillo on the Pacific Coast is relatively under-developed from the tourist point of view, which could be seen as a good thing...

2001 [January] - Don Lewis

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Ed Hall and I spent a week in Manzanillo and the city of Colima, Mexico, January 18-25, 2001. There are a number of very helpful trip reports available and we will not repeat much here...

2001 [March] - Richard Carstensen

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Between February 7th and March 6th, 2001, I completed a circuit through diverse bird habitats in western Mexico: Melaque - Autlán - Guadalajara - El Rosario - Mazamitla - Cuidad Guzman - Cuyutlán - Manzanillo. The 1999 Howell birdfinding guide was extremely useful on this trip, as were trip logs and species lists from Blake`s Birding the Americas web site.

2002 [February] - Stephen J. Davies and Eric Preston - Jalisco and Colima

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Eric Preston and I spent four and a half days birding in the west Mexican states of Colima and Jalisco from January 31st to February 5th 2002. A highlight of the trip was the opportunity to bird the higher elevations on Volcán de Fuego north of Colima. The entire region holds a rich avifauna and we could easily have spent 1-2 weeks here to really do it justice. Nevertheless, just over four days was enough time for a very enjoyable and productive trip, allowing us to see many of the region`s specialties and amass a trip list of 220 species...

2003 [January]

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...these pages are a crude travelogue detailing a recent birding trip to the west coast of Mexico. Having traveled a bit in the Mexican State of Sonora, I ventured farther south in February of 2002 and birded San Blas and the Durango Highway. Finding it hard to get enough of Mexican birding, I began plotting a trip farther south into the States of Colima and Jalisco...

2003 [March] - Neil Osborne

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This report covers a trip to West Mexico ( Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima) and The Yucatan Peninsula (Yucatan and Quintana Roo).

2004 [December] - Paul Prevett

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... This report provides brief updates for some of the familiar birding sites in the 3 west-central regions (5, 6, 7) of the country, reflecting changes we noted that might have relevance for visiting birders. We also give an overview of the birds we saw. Throughout, we use Howell’s site names and numbering system. Our trip encompassed 22 days from November 18 to December 9, 2004...

2005 [February] - Dave Sargeant

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...The habitat looks very good, though dense, and the road is pleasantly quiet with very little traffic. We failed to find Flammulated Flycatcher. The highlight of our visit was Lucy's Warbler in the mesquite immediately adjacent to the beach...

2005 [January] - Rich Hoyer

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...Around Km. 5.5 we had a very, very large mixed flock on the afternoon of Jan. 6, which the Field Guides tour apparently relocated around Jan. 20. In it was a female GRAY-COLLARED BECARD, one of the harder birds here...

2007 [Colima] - Bob Cecil - Manantlan Biosphere

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...A guide might also help you find what has been described as the West Coast counterpart of cloud forest, alleged to be on up the mountain. Talking to a couple of other guys, John got what he thought was a convincing description of Eared Quetzals, including the white undertail...