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Alejandro Marinez
ImageALEJANDRO (ALEX) MARTINEZ is a Specialized and Certified Bilingual Guide by SECTUR (The Mexican Bureau of Tourism), and also an active member in CAPAMEX, the international center for the preservation of birds in Mexico.  He is the Ecotourism and Activities director for birdinginmexico.com.  Alex is the publisher of the book "THE BIRDS FROM PARADISE  The Guide and Checklist of the Birds of Puerto Vallarta”.  Alex has been leading tours for over ten years, has a deep fascination with birds and is a dedicated conservationist.  He is the current President and Founder of the Macaws Forever Conservation Program.
Learn more about Alex and the many species of birds in the area at www.birdinginmexico.com .

* Images Compliments of ©Frank McCann
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     ALEX MARTINEZ RETREATS 2008/ 2009
 
  December 7th – December 14th                 
  January 4th-January 11th                    
  March 1st  - March 8th                              
  April 5th – April 12th
  April 19th - April 26th
  
  • $1525.00 per person / double occupancy  per person/per day = $218.00
  • $1675.00 per person / single occupancy per person/per day = $239.00
 
Birding Retreat Itinerary

7 night retreats either
Sunday – Sunday
or

Saturday – Saturday

Accommodations are at Baliville, a small community in an environmentally protected jungle reserve one mile from the town of Sayulita.  The homes are antique wooden homes imported from Indonesia.

Include:

  • 1 Day excursion to Punta Mita area including lunch
  • 1 Day excursion to San Sebastian area, including lunch
  • 1 Overnight excursion to San Blas area, with accommodations at the Hotel Garza Cananela, including lunch and dinner in local restaurants
  • 1 Day excursion to the Military Macaw Conservation site on the Bay of Banderas
  • 1 Anthropological lecture on the Huichol Indian culture by an anthopologist that has studied the culture for 20years
  • 5 Breakfasts at Baliville
  • 4 Evening meals at Baliville, with lectures on local birds
  • 2 Free evenings with transportation to and from the town of Sayulita
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Birds of San Sebastian
GRAY HAWK  asturina nitida
ZONE-TAILED HAWK  Buteo albonotatus
SOLITARY EAGLE  Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
RUFFOUS-BELLIED CHACHALACA  Ortalis wagleri
CRESTED GUAN Penelope purpurascens
BAND-TAILED PIGEON  Columba fasciata
RUDDY- GROUND DOVE  Columbina passerina
SQUIRREL CUCKOO piaya cayana
GROOVE- BILLED ANI  crotophaga sulcirostris
GREAT-HORNED OWL Burbo viginianus
BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD Cynabthus latirostris.
MEXICAN WOODNYMPH  Thalurania ridgwayi.
WHITE-EARED HUMMER Hylocharis leucotis
BERRYLINE HUMMER.   Saucerottia berylinia.
MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD  Eugenes fulgens.
BUMBLEBEE HUMINGBIRD  Atthis heloisa.
ELEGANT TROGON     trogon elegans.
MOUTAIN TROGON   trogon mexicanus.
CITREOLINE TROGON  trogons citreolus
RUSSET.CROWNED MOTMOT.  momoto mexicanus.
GRAY- CROWNED WOODPECKER   Piculus auricularis.
PALE-BILLED WOODPECKER   Campephilus guatemalensis.
IVORY-BILLED WODCREEPER.   Xiphorhrhynchus flavigaster
WHITE-STRIPED WOODCREEPER  Lepidocolaptes leucogaster.
TUFTED FLYCATCHER   Mitrephanes phaecocerus.
NUTTINGS FLYCATCHER   Myarchus nuttingi.
BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER  Myarchus tyrannulus.
BOAT-BILLED FLYCATCHER    Megarynchus pitangua.
THICK-BILLED FLYCATCHER  Tyrannus crassirostris.
ROSE-THROATED BECARD  Pachyramphus aglaiae.
 
Birds of San Blas
Aughing Falcon
Collared Forest Falcon
Bat Falcon
Military Macaw
Mexican parrotlet
Lilac-crowned Parrot
Colima Pygamy-owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Beryline Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby thr./black ch. Hummingbird
Bumblee bee Hummingbird
Citreoline Trogan
Elegant Trogan
Russet-crowned Motmot
ladder-backed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
pale-billed Woodpecker
ivory-billed Woodpecker
masked Tityra
Rose-throated Becard
San Blass Jay
Purplish Black Jay
Sinaloa Wren
Happy Wren
Orange Billed nightingale-Thrush
Grayish Saltator
Yellow Grosbeak
Blue Bunting
Blue Grosbeak
 
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