Author: Rodrigo Lopez

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Guanajuato Birding Adventure

Del 1 al 6 de abril del presente año recibimos la visita de un grupo de observadores de aves de Canadá. Agradecemos a La Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Ordenamiento Territorial, a la Dirección General de Áreas Naturales Protegidas de Guanajuato y a cada uno de los Guías, Guardabosques y Biólogos que nos apoyaron....

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Birding at El Carricillo, Guanajuato.

Biologist and Technology Consultant Raul Padilla recently posted the first state record for the Crested Guan in Guanajuato on eBird (Guanajuato is located in the Central Highlands of Mexico), very soon after, I received a message from my friend David Bell in which he expressed his interest in coming from California to explore the area...

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Finding your way around Mexico City (Sur)

Visiting Mexico City is daunting for some, but its ever renovating museums, restaurants, and attractions make it irresistible. Whenever I go, regardless of the purpose, I try to stay in the southern area, which is slightly higher in elevation, closer to natural preserves (g.e.: Desierto De Los Leones, Bosque de Tlalpan) less subject to...

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What makes Guanajuato’s rock paintings special?

Early inhabitants of our world found ways to record long-lasting messages on rocks, inside and outside caves, with varying levels of complexity and with a limited palette of colors, their topics varied from daily life scenes such as hunting to sacred events such as fertility ceremonies. While interpretations of the meaning of rock-art may...

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Wonders of Guatemala

It’s evident how much I’m in love with Mexico; its remarkable history, outstanding culture, vast biodiversity, wonderful weather and kind people make it a superb place in the world, a place that you can explore and explore for years and even so, never being able to uncover the total extent of its richness. Few...

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If you ever wanted to visit the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, this is the right time to do it.

Last December, I had the opportunity to lead a private tour to the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a Mom and her son from Washington D.C. joined me in this breathtaking experience. As you might know, the population of the Monarch Butterflies that migrate south every year, have been declining in the last decade at a alarming...

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A Slice of Totonac History

According to Totonac oral tradition, their ancestors helped build the ancient city of Teotihuacán, located 42 kilometers northeast of Mexico City! After the decline of the city, Totonac legend maintains, they migrated to the area that became known as Totonacapan. They established important centers of population at Cempoala and Tajin, in coastal Veracruz. Traditional...