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Ecotour to Rancho Los Ebanos We're planning another trip to Rancho Los Ebanos, Tamaulipas, Mexico, where parrot watching is awesome! Los Ebanos is a private ranch, five thousand acres on the Gulf of Mexico, just north of Tampico, Mexico. The tour begins in Harlingen, Texas, on February 15. We'll spend the first two days there, staying at Vieh's Bed and Breakfast and exploring the wonderful wildlife preserves of the Lower Rio Grand Valley. Then we’ll head south to Los Ebanos. After our tour, we'll arrive back at the Harlingen, Texas, airport in time for 4:30 p.m. or later departures on February 21. The trip is an excellent value at $1199 including incredible, guided bird viewing, room and board (breakfast in Texas, all meals at Los Ebanos), but not airfare (RT to Harlingen, Texas) tips, or food on the road. We will make two or three daily field tours to see birds and other amazing flora and fauna of the Gulf Coast lowland forest including kingfishers, herons, cormorants, spoonbills, and osprey on the lake and channel and many shorebirds on the coast. High on the list of many birders' most "desired to see" list are the Elegant Trogon, Blue-crowned Motmot, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Boat-billed Heron, and Squirrel Cuckoo, and we have gotten good views of most of them on most visits. Raptors and other migratory species funnel through this site and are seen in incredible numbers in the spring and fall. There's a wonderful variety of habitat and an abundance of species! We will thrill to see three sympatric Amazon parrot species: Amazona oratrix (Yellow-headed), Amazona autumnalis (Red-lored), and Amazona viridigenalis (Red-headed or Green-cheeked). Red-heads are endemic to a very small territory and are highly endangered, though fortunately, we often get a view of them at this site. Yellow-heads too, are now red-listed and in serious danger of extinction in the wild! We will most likely get a view of these awesome birds in their natural habitat each day of our time at the ranch. The Los Ebanos cooks treat us very well with tasty local cuisine (accommodating vegetarian diets), and there's plenty of time for relaxing in the palapa hammocks sipping a cool cerveza or reading a book. The cabanas are clean and comfortable and feature local artesania. We have visited this area on our tours for the last ten years, and have never been disappointed! This tour is limited to a maximum of seven people so reserve your space NOW. Deposits due. Special Offer: Groups of three to seven will receive a discount of $50 each. For more information or to make a deposit, please contact Marie Digatono at (763) 315-1749. Click here to read logs of recent trips. Eco-tourism is an excellent way to contribute to conservation. Your dollars and enthusiasm encourage the preservation of critical habitat! Our groups have participated in repair of trees that have been ruined as nesting sites by poachers in the illegal bird trade, so we make significant contributions to the future of Amazons in the wild! What a thrill to watch them "en el monte," in the wild! Join us for a trip that you'll never forget!
Muchas Gracias, Vista de Pájaro Ecotours E-mail: marie@vistadepajaro.com Web Site: www.vistadepajaro.com Phone: (763) 315-1749
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