Veracruz

Sunday morning was chilly and dark when Robert picked Tamie and me up at our hotel, but the reward for early rising was the sight of sunrise over Xalapa, with forested Macuiltepetl rising up out of the heart of the city.

By the time we reached the oak and pine forests of La Joya, it had [...]

Saturday morning we set off early, downslope to the transitional tropical forest of Chavarillo, a charming little town full of kind and birder-friendly people. The main square (well, the only square, really) was full of equally charming little Social Flycatchers:

Birding Chavarillo turned out to be easy: park at the square, admire the Yellow-winged Tanagers and [...]

Continental stood me up for a full 24 hours, and I was well and truly cross when we finally landed in Veracruz shortly before 11:00 pm Thursday. But to my surprise, I made the bus to Xalapa, and to my delight, it proved clean, even fancy, and as comfortable as I could have wished for [...]