Mexico's Copper Canyon 9/2000

A birding trip to Copper Canyon (Barranco Del Cobre) Mexico. Fantastic scenery. The tour started in Los Mochis, a port town on the Sea of Cortez. We traveled by train and bus to a remote mountainous region up to 8,000 feet.

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Map of the tour area.

Pelicans on the Sea of Cortez.

Dolphin

Isla Farallon in the Sea of Cortez. Fantastic birding!

Magnificant Frigate Bird

Blue-footed Boobies

Yellow-footed Gull and California Sea Lion.

Pelican

Fishing boat on the Sea of Cortez.

View from the train.

Scenery from the train we took up to high mountains.

A canyon from the train.

Another view from the train

Church in El Fuerte

Jesuit Mission Church in Cerocahui

Children at the Jesuit mission girl's school, Cerocahui

Children at a Jesuit mission girl's school, and tour members Duncan and Elizabeth.

One of many canyons

One of the few roads in Tarahumara Indan country. This one much smoother than most!

Pat at one of the lodges we stayed at. Notice the "Winnie-the-Pooh" rock formation.

Close-up of the Winnie-the-Pooh rock formation.

A carved tree in El Fuerte

View of Urique Canyon from the Cerro Gallegos overlook.

Urique canyon, looking almost straight down--6000 feet.

Tarahumara Indian woman.

Tarahumara Indians

Tarahumara Indians

Tarahumara Indian craft. The three in front are made of pine needles.

Indian baby taken from a photo.

Indian baby

Canyon at Divisadero

The tour group, with tour guides Barry Lyon and Victor Emanuel, tour company owner.

Duncan and Elizabeth

Dan Van Zile, wife Barbara Burek, and Barb's mother Florence.

Ernesto Aragon Castillo our local cultural guide.

Victor Emanuel (left), tour company owner, and Barry Lyon, tour leader

Tour leaders Barry Lyon and Victor Emanuel at sunset.

Pancho Villa Museum--Photo of Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa Museum--wanted poster

Pancho Villa Museum-- bullet-riddled car in which Pancho Villa was ambushed and killed.

White-eared Hummingbird

Mountain Trogan

Northern Pygmy Owl

Striped Sparrow

Strickland's Woodpecker

The smudges just above the horizon are thousands of bats.