[Tweeters] Other birding options in Nayarit ...

[jimbetz at jimbetz.com]

Hi,

   I have not been to Isla Tres Marias - but we just returned from our yearly
trip to the very Southern part of Nayarit ... Nuevo Vallarta ... which you
get to by flying to Puerto Vallarta and then a short taxi ride North.

   There are two less well known options that leave from the Paradise Village
Marina - a "Canal Trip" and the "Rio Ameca Trip".  Both are about two hours
long and you will see lots of birds, iguanas, and probably even a crocodile
or two!  The Rio Ameca trip is the better because of the variety of birds
but either can produce ... Osprey, Brown Pelican, Neotropic Cormorant,
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, Black-Crowned Night Heron, Green Heron, Great
Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-Necked Stilt,
Willet, Green Kingfisher, Ribbed Kingfisher, Belted Kingfisher, Magnificent
Frigatebird, Wood Stork, Tri-colored Heron, Grackle, Great Kiskadee, Anhinga,
and several varieties of ducks.  On the River trip the birds are all very
close and you will get excellent opportunities for photography both perched
and in flight ... pretty much only limited by your gear and your skill.
   To book either of these go to the Marina if you are close and talk to
"Tony" or "David" ... or look it up on the web and call.  Neither has an
online booking presence.

   If you are in the Puerto Vallarta/Nuevo Vallarta area you can also get
excellent birding trips from EcoTours.  Cynthia was our guide to Desembocada
and Boca de Tomates and was excellent!  She's not the only guide for them.

   Here are some of the pictures I took in the last two weeks ... go forward
from this one:

    
https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-CqTjBC4/A

  It starts first with the Desembocada and Boca de Tomates and then moves on
to images from the Nayarit area.  The last 20 or so are primarily from the
boat trip to the mouth of the Rio Ameca.
                                                       - Jim