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Mexico Sinaloa

Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarhynchus pitangua © Ian Montgomery http://www.birdway.com.au

Sinaloa is bordered to the north by Sonora and Chihuahua; to the south, by Nayarit; to the east by Durango, and to the west, across the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur. The eighteen municipios of Sinaloa are home to approximately 2,425,675 inhabitants. The coastal plain is a narrow strip of land that stretches along the length of the state and lies between the ocean and the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental Range, which dominates the eastern part of the state. Sinaloa is traversed by many rivers, which carve broad valleys into the foothills. The largest of these rivers are the Culiacán, Fuerte, and Sinaloa.

Sinaloa has a warm climate on the coast side, moderate-warm in the valleys and lower mountainskirts, moderate-cold in small mountains and cold in the high ones. Its weather characteristics vary from subtropical, found on the plains, to cold in the nearby mountains. Temperatures range from 22° C to 43° C with rains during the summer.

contributor

Wikipedia
(GNU Free Documentation License)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa

useful reading

Fieldguides, CDs etc.

For a selection of appropriate fieldguides and CDs etc see the general Mexico page of Fatbirder...

festivals

Mazatlan Bird Festival

http://www.mazatlanbirdfestival.com/
There are now hundreds of annual birds festivals, big and small, across North America and the Mazatlan Bird Festival promises to become the most important event of its kind in Latin America. Treat yourself to a birding vacation to an area of well recognized birding importance in sunny Mexico...

reserves

Tufted Jay Preserve

http://www.tufted-jay-preserve.org/index.htm
High above the warm coastal plains of the Mexican pacific coast in the cool forested canyons of the Sierra Madre Occidental is the Tufted Jay Preserve. This unique Preserve was created to protect the lush habitat of the spectacular and highly endemic Tufted Jay. Founded in December 2005 the Tufted Jay Preserve offers the visitor comfortable accommodations located in an area known for it´s varied and rich biodiversity...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can’t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page… give them a try!

1999 [February] - Dick Palmer

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Mazatlan-Sinaloa-02-99.htm
This hotel is an excellent base for birding the Durango Highway. It is a little rustic but certainly adequate for a birders needs. The management took care of all our needs, all we had to do was ask...

1999 [June] - L.R. Hays

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Durango-06-99.htm
A trip to Sinaloa and adjacent montane Durango (June 9-13) did not yield any spectacular rarities but did allow us to spend some quality time with birds that are apparently little known. Many species were actively breeding despite the fact that virtually all (lowland and montane) areas were extremely dry...

2000 [December] - George & Ellen West

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Mexico-11-2000.htm
We drove south from Green Valley, AZ through the Mariposa entrance to Mexico, leaving about 7:30 AM on November 17. We obtained permits and visas 25km along the way on Route 15...

2003 [March] - Neil Osborne

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/mexico/mexico15/mex-03.htm
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

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/mexico/mexico16/west-mex-dec-04.htm
... 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 [September] - Martin Reid

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Nayarit-Sinaloa-09-2005.htm
Sheridan Coffey and I recently returned from a trip to San Blas and the Durango Highway. I did not acquire data in sufficient detail to prepare a traditional Trip Report, so here is my alternative...

2006 [January] - Barry Cooper & Gail Mackiernan

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Nayarit-Sinaloa-01-2006.htm
Along with our friend Sally Wechsler we visited San Blas, Nayarit, and vicinity and sites along the Durango Road, Sinaloa. During our time at San Blas we stayed at the Hotel Garza Canela and while birding the Durango Road we stayed at the cabins at Daniel’s Restaurant and Hotel in Copala. We will only make the following limited comments on the accommodations, as both hotels have been discussed at some length in several earlier trip reports...

2007 [July] - Russ Namitz

http://maybank.tripod.com/Mexico/Nayarit-Sinaloa-07-2007.htm
I went on a 2 week birding trip to central Pacific Mexico in July. Beside one hellacious thunderstorm and another smaller one, it didn’t rain for the trip duration. Birding commenced mostly in the mornings and rarely in the afternoons as I had to juggle rental car logistics with the 3 surfers & non-birding spouse that I was traveling with...

tour operators

Birding Pal

http://www.birdingpal.org/Mexico.htm
Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Sendero Mexico

http://www.senderomexico.com
In addition to the beautiful beaches, islands, the historic downtown, cultural events and sites, the area around Mazatlan offers the traveller interested in nature and birdwatching an enriching experience. The area is characterized by long, white beaches, mangrove-lined brackish water estuaries (lagoons), tropical deciduous and dry thorn forest and in the higher elevations pine/oak forests. Each area is unique in the type of flora and fauna it is comprised of. For example the tropical deciduous forest possesses up to 40 % of the flora and fauna found in all of Mexico. Over 400 hundred species of birds, 35 Mexican endemics and another 17 Mexican/Central American endemics, are found in the three combined ecosystems...

places to stay

Hotel Santa Anita

http://www.mexicoscoppercanyon.com/lodges.htm
A modern hotel with 130 rooms and suites, known for its comfort and elegance, is located in Los Mochis, a prosperous agricultural city of over 300,000...

The Tufted Jay Preserve Cabins

http://www.tufted-jay-preserve.org/html/accomodations/accomodations.htm
Situated inside the Tufted Jay Preserve on the beautiful Mesa de los Alisos is the nature resort of the community, El Palmito (Ejido). The resort was created to offer comfortable accommodations in a peaceful and beautiful setting where our guests can experience nature as soon as they look out the front door. The resort offers 3 different lodging options: quaint wooden cabins, safari tents and campgrounds...