Barra de Potosi lagoon is a birdwatcher's paradise

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Bird Lists for the Birdwatcher in the Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo area of Mexico

The lagoons of the state of Guerrero, Mexico, are home to thousands of waterfowl and migratory birds. On our Kayak tours, we see an average of 50 different bird species per day.

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Birdwatching at La Barra de Potosí
Article by Kathe Kokolias,
(published in Another Day in Paradise, vol. 21, April 2002)

Hundreds of tiny webbed feet slap the water getting airborne, thunderous applause breaking the morning silence. Flocks of cormorant and coot are fleeing, squawking their displeasure in protest to our entry into their private lagoon. Bird books describe the cormorant as silent, but at least in this neighborhood, the Lagoon at La Barra de Potosi, they sound like a pen full of grunting piglets, causing one member of this group of birdwatchers to quip that maybe pigs do fly....

Photo by Zihrena Systems. Photo by Zihrena Systems. Photo by Zihrena Systems.
   

 


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