Teacapan is a paradise for bird watches, its ocean entrance to the estuaries and lagoons as well as the river ending in this system of salt and sweet waters make it perfect for those in the search of birds watching.

The coastline of Teacapan with miles and miles of virgin beaches and about three million of palm coconut trees make it perfect for sea birds nest in season.

Huge mountains come down to this green zone extanding from novilleros, nayarit to chametla sinaloa. Novilleros south of Teacapan and Chametla north of Teacapan. The area is rich for farming and a lot of mango trees as

 
other fruit trees grow in the area making this perfect for the arrival of many birds.

Towards the sides of the valley there are low foothills, but then the mountains rise quite sharply, sometimes precipitously. On the east side.

The mountainside surrounding the valley are coated with vegetation distinctly different from that of the valley, namely the tropical forest. Locally, this jungle vegetation is incredible beautiful as watching birds walking in the side of the laggons and the great jungle of palm trees.

Birds you can watch in Teacapan: The GREAT WHITE HERONS or garza blanca locally called.


The ANHINGA duck: This bird is also known as the Snake Bird, because when it surfaces all that shows is its long skinny neck and sharp beak - and at first glance it sometimes looks like a snake.


The BROWN PELICAN: which is one of the most interesting of our American birds, is a constant resident in the pacific cost, a bird that never enters fresh-water streams.

The SEAGULLS: Seagull is actually the common name for a species of birds more formally known as herring gulls (Larus argentatus). Herring gulls mature in about four years, and their coloring changes frequently during the maturation process, from mottled, to gray, to white with gray features.

 

The HUMMINGBIRDS: Thornbills, brilliants, jewelfront, helemtcrest, barbthroats, fairies, goldenthroats, etc. some of the hummingbirds you can watch in Teacapan.


The ORIOLES: The Orioles don't sing very often in mid-winter in the tropics, and don't establish territories down there. They occur from about Mazatlan south from November through March. The flocks are so large because the habitat is so concentrated, and full of food, and the birds are not fighting to establish individual territories in the winter.