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Mexico

Maya ruins, Yucatan
Maya ruins, Yucatan
©Ruth Norris
Event: Neotropical Birds Migrating
Where: Ria Lagartos and Ria Celestun Special Biosphere Reserves
When: October and November
Every year millions of neotropical songbirds, waterfowl and shorebirds arrive along the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. After flying over the open water of the Gulf of Mexico, the freshwater petenes and estuaries of the coastal fringe provide a welcome harbor.

Open to the public.
Pelicans
Pelicans
©Harold E. Malde
Event: Waterfowl and Shorebirds Migrating
Where: Laguna Madre Ecoregion
When: October through April
Every year millions of neotropical songbirds, waterfowl and shorebirds make an incredible journey to the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. A variety of wetlands, lagoons, mudflats, bays and seasonally flooded grasslands welcome countless migratory birds to the Mexican Laguna Madre located in the state of Tamaulipas. Nominated as an International Site of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, the Laguna Madre shoreline provides a wintering habitat of vital importance.
Pinacate Biosphere Reserve
Pinacate Biosphere Reserve
©Charlie Ott
Event: Desert Rains and Blooming
Where: Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonora
When: February and March
Not always predictable, rain in this desert environment can produce a spectacular blossoming of flowers over a brief two- to three-week period.

Open to the public. Facilities available: small visitors center.
Whale
Whale
©Lynda Richardson
Event: Whales Calving
Where: Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve
When: April and May
Migrating gray whales use Scammons Lagoon as a calving and nursing area during their northward spring migration.

Open to the public.
Green turtle
Green turtle
©Nancy Sefton
Event: Marine Turtles Arriving
Where: Ria Lagartos Special Biosphere Reserve
When: September and October
Each year thousands of globally endangered hawksbill and green turtles arrive along a 15-mile-long area of beach to lay their eggs above the high-water line.

Open to the public.

For additional information on a particular location, click on the name of the preserve associated with the event or visit the Mexico site.