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1996 [December] - David Matson

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Birding sites near Acapulco apparently are not well known in the birding community. I birded 3 days during a recent trip, of which 1.5 days was spent looking for good birding spots...

1997 [January] - Timothy Barnekov

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This is a report of a trip that my wife and I made to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico, between December 28 and January 5, 1997. We recommend this trip for those who want to combine relaxing in the sun and sea with some reasonably good birding. This birding needs to be done along the coast because, much to our dismay, we discovered that any venturing into the foothills is extremely dangerous even for a sizable group...

1998 [July] - Martin Reid

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Here is my report summary; I am preparing a more detailed report, and a site guide for a couple of locations. please email me privately if you want more details...

1999 [April] - Scott Roederer

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This is a report on a trip my wife and I took to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo from March 28 to April 3, 1999. We relied on several reports from this web page in our planning and all were accurate and very helpful.

2000 [December] - Edward C. Hall

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This is a collective report for trips to Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico during the periods Nov. 23-Dec. 2, 2000 and Dec. 11-20, 1997 (before I knew these archives existed). Both were non-birding vacations with a non-birding spouse. Nevertheless, I got in a total of about 20 hours of dedicated birding plus many hours of stealth birding with compact binoculars in the course of more pedestrian, tourist pursuits.

2000 [March] - Serge Dumont - (en francais)

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J`ai passé une semaine merveilleuse de vacances en compagnie de mon fils à Ixtapa, Mexique...

2002 [July] - Craig Faanes

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...I found the first of only two White-tailed Hummingbirds at a flowering tree about 5km above Paraiso. This was life bird number 3,800...

2004 [February] - Helen Baines

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...The ship docked at dawn and we watched for the first movements of the local bird population amongst the trees and shrubs onshore, but all we could see were the ubiquitous Great-tailed Grackles and Rock Pigeons, but after breakfast we noted a Gray-breasted Martin perched on the ship's rigging, above the pool...

2006 [November] - Russ Namitz

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The primary purpose of this trip for me was to locate some target endemic bird species, but the primary purpose of the 9 other group members, including my wife, was to surf. The group was stationed out of Troncones, a surfing destination located about ½ hr north of the Ixtapa/ Zihuatanejo region. I was able to use the rental car for a long day trip up the west slope of the Sierra Madre de Sur (Sierra de Atoyac) and also for an overnight trip to the east slope of the Sierra de Atoyac...