Photo Gallery
Steve Howell and Jean Bickal as noted
This diverse tour ranges from the spectacular Sumidero Canyon…
Photo: Jean Bickal
…home of the elegant Belted Flycatcher…
Photo: Steve Howell
…to the humid coastal lowlands of Chiapas…
Photo: Jean Bickal
…home of the very local Giant Wren…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and from the pine-oak highlands of Chiapas…
Photo: Jean Bickal
…with Pink-headed Warbler…
Photo: Steve Howell
…to the pine-oak highlands of Oaxaca, on the other side of the Isthmus…
Photo: Steve Howell
…with the Pink-headed’s counterpart, the Red Warbler
Photo: Steve Howell
Birds around Tuxtla Gutierrez, our starting point, include Canivet’s Emerald…
Photo: Steve Howell
…Russet-crowned Motmot…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and Great Curassow.
Photo: Steve Howell
Some nearby Atlantic-Slope rainforest has Keel-billed Toucans…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and the very local Nava’s Wren, perhaps never photographed prior to our 2007 tour!
Photo: Steve Howell
Crossing to the dry, Pacific-Slope foothills we should see…
Photo: Jean Bickal
…the stunning Orange-breasted Bunting…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and the very local and perhaps equally flashy Rosita’s Bunting…
Photo: Steve Howell
…plus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owls…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and perhaps even the elusive Lesser Ground-Cuckoo.
Photo: Steve Howell
Around the sleepy fishing village of Boca del Cielo we may find…
Photo: Jean Bickal
…Spot-breasted Orioles…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and nearby thorn-forest holds the very local Sumichrast’s Sparrow.
Photo: Steve Howell
In the Oaxaca Valley, cut hearts of agave are a characteristic sight of a mezcal factory…
Photo: Jean Nickal
…and the surrounding arid scrub offers a new suit of birds…
…including the handsome Boucard’s Wren…
Photo: Steve Howell
…and butterflies including the stunning Garamas Swallowtail…
Photo: Steve Howell
We’ll also visit the spectacular ruins of Yagul…
Photo: Hean Bickal
…and the famous zócalo (or main square) in Oaxaca City…
…before concluding the tour with a delicious final night’s dinner.
Photo: Jean Bickal