Sailing Back to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

Sailing Back to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

- March 23, 2022

After more than a month in the Barra de Navidad/Tenacatita area, the time came to embark on our return north to Banderas Bay. Jen's sister and her fiancé were flying in to visit us there. We had a good two weeks before they arrived, so we sailed at our own pace, and more importantly, picked our weather window to round Cabo Corrientes.

After a great day sailing with a dolphin-pod escort, we anchored for a few nights off the town of Perula. This gave us a chance to take our dinghy to the nearby islands of Isla Pajarera and Isla Cocinas, which we had agreed to return to after our short stop here coming south. Several beautiful, secluded beaches make this a great stop.

We enjoyed the town of Perula, taking the dinghy through it's narrow breakwater entrance and tying up to a dock at a newly constructed malecon, where American Oystercatchers plied along shore. After our short stay, we timed a nice weather window, set sail north, and rounded Cabo Corrientes without any trouble or rough conditions.

We provisioned fresh vegetables and fruits at the local markets.

A little blurry (it's not your eyes!). American Oystercatcher.

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Birdlist

Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, American Crow, Northwestern Crow, American Robin, Bald Eagle, Red-winged Blackbird, Spotted Towhee, House Finch, Steller’s Jay, Common Raven, Rock Pigeon/Rock Dove, Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadee, Osprey, White-crowned Sparrow, Pelagic Cormorant, Wood Duck, Pileated Woodpecker, Surf Scoter, American Wigeon, Bufflehead, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Double-crested Cormorant, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Barrow’s Goldeneye, American Kestrel, Common Merganser, Blue-winged Teal, Greater Yellowlegs, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Trumpeter Swan, Hooded Merganser, Northern Shoveler, Horned Grebe, Cedar Waxwing, Varied Thrush, Ring-necked Duck, Gadwall, Pied-billed Grebe, Western Grebe, Killdeer, Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Zanaida Dove, Magnificent Frigatebird, Bananaquit, Great Kiskadee, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Murre, Rhinoceros Auklet, Black Oystercatcher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Brown Pelican, Great Egret, Whimbrel, Spotted Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Snowy Egret, Brewer’s Blackbird, Brandt’s Cormorant, Willet, Western Scrub-Jay (California Scrub-Jay), Acorn Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Red-tailed Hawk, Mourning Dove, Wild Turkey, Greater Roadrunner, Eastern Towhee, Northern Mockingbird, American Goldfinch, White Ibis, Wood Stork, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Boat-billed Heron, Tricolored Heron, Rufous-bellied Chachalaca, Roseate Spoonbill, Blue-footed Booby, Brown Booby, Red-billed Tropicbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Anhinga, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Golden-cheeked Woodpecker, Yellow-winged Cacique, Common Black Hawk, Neotropic Cormorant, Heerman’s Gull, Crested Caracara, Lineated Woodpecker, American Oystercatcher, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow,
Green Kingfisher, Yellow Grosbeak, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Elegant Trogon, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Rufous-backed Robin, Long-billed Mexican Hermit, Guineafowl, Smooth-billed Ani, Hooded Oriole, Mangrove Swallow, White-throated Magpie-Jay, Inca dove, White-bellied Chachalaca, Social Flycatcher, White-winged Dove,
Black-throated Magpie-jay, Muscovy Duck, Purple Gallinule, Barred Antshrike, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Orchard Oriole, Yellow-Tailed Oriole, Orange-chinned Parakeet, Green Heron, Rufescent Tiger Heron, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Wattled Jacamar, Shiny Cowbird, Panama Flycatcher, Lesser Kiskadee, Isthmian Wren, Keel-billed Toucan, Greater Ani, Tropical Kingbird, Crimson-backed Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, White-necked Jacobin, Yellow-throated Toucan, House Wren, Black-breasted Puffbird, White-necked Puffbird, Pied Puffbird, White-whiskered Puffbird, Slaty-tailed Trogon, Dusky Antbird, Black-bellied Wren, Cinnamon Woodpecker, Great Tinamou, Dot-winged Antwren, Southern Bentbill, Rufous-tailed Flycatcher, Rufous mourner, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Scarlet-rumped Cacique, Song Wren, Grey-chested Dove, Tawny-faced Gnatwren, Checker-throated Stipplethroat, Masked Tityra, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, Velvety Manakin, Red-capped Manakin, Blue-chested Hummingbird, Red Lored Parrot, Blue-headed Parrot, White-shouldered Tanager, Plain Brown Woodcreeper, Cocoa Woodcreeper, Crane Hawk, Blue-black Grosbeak, Collared Aracari, Fiery-billed Aracari, Chestnut-headed Oropendola, White-tailed Trogon, American Flamingo