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.
 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. |