Jan 22, 2013
We’d been stuck on 91 for a while, and morale was starting to fade. We had 160 bird species left to see if we hoped to positively identify every bird in Baja, and that meant we had to average about one new species a day for the rest of the trip. But we were prepared...
Jan 1, 2013
As we hiked through the desert scrub of Punta Santa Teresa, we came across one of the natural world’s greatest performances. Two peregrine falcons perched above the Sea, one atop a huge boulder that formed a cliff above the crashing waves, and one atop a giant cardon...
Dec 28, 2012
As you may remember, our time in the northern Sea of Cortez was spent mostly yelling to each other “Holy crap, look at all those fish” or “Holy crap, did you see the size of that fish.” It was the aquarium that Coustaeu remembered. As we’ve made our way south...
Dec 8, 2012
It may be hard to tell from the photos, but we’ve been doing more down here than snorkeling, fishing, feasting, and taking long walks on the beach. Yes, there’s been plenty of all that, but that’s not the entirety. Katie and I are both geeks. She is a...
Nov 8, 2012
After our long, overnight passage from El Choyudo on the mainland of Mexico we were all very happy to finally set foot on terra firma. Our landing point was an island in the Midriff Chain named Isla San Esteban. This island lies approximately in the middle of the...
Oct 23, 2012
After a few unsuccessful outings, we brought home the bacon at last. And by bacon, I mean a Gulf Opaleye (Girella simplicidens)and a Mexican Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus). We dove in the cool waters, Katie with Hawaiian sling and I with speargun in hand, and we set...
