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Rio Aros and Yaqui, Dec. 2011

This trip was funded by the Northern Jaguar Project to study birds and associated habitat on the Northern Jaguar Reserve in central eastern Sonora. We used inflatable kayaks to run the river for 9 days, from Las Tesotas to the Rio Sahuaripa bridge near Sahuaripa, Sonora.

The water in the Aros was running clear at about 15 cubic meters per second (530 cfs) when we put on, good for December. Rain on and off for two days spiked the water level up to around 60 cubic meters per second (~2100 cfs), causing the river to turn muddy. Once we hit the Bavispe confluence the level went even higher with heavy releases from Presa La Angostura.

Photographer

Sky Jacobs

Gallery Date

Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:00
Frost killed foliage on Ficus, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Huge limestone cliffs, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Aaron on the Rio Aros/Yaqui
Morning fog, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Hymenocallis sonorensis, spider lily in bloom, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Thorn-scrub on the Rio Aros/Yaqui
Bald Eagle eating fish on the Rio Yaqui
Pan Duro Canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Paddling on the Aros, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Pretty flower, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Paso Nacori gauging station, Rio Aros
Clouds on the Rio Aros
Feline-killed deer, Rio Aros/Yaqui
First camp, Rio Aros/Yaqui
My boat!
Lysiloma-loving butterfly, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Lysiloma-loving butterfly, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Lysiloma-loving butterfly, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Mac on the River, Rio Aros/Yaqui
At La Lola's before the flood, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Las Burras Canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Cliff and Clouds, Rio Aros/Yaqui
La Morita rapid, Rio Aros/Yaqui
La Morita rapid, Rio Aros/Yaqui
At El Carrizoso Canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Limestone Walls, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Tabebuia impetiginosa, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Piñas for making bacanora!
Spider lily (hymenocallis-sonorensis), Rio Aros/Yaqui
Yaqui and Scenery, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Boats (Sotar), Rio Aros/Yaqui
Afternoon light, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Boats at the head of a canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Clouds and river, Rio Aros/Yaqui
White-tail skull, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Rainy day camp, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Debris on rock, Rio Aros/Yaqui
El Cubil gauging station, Rio Yaqui
Kapok branch (Ceiba acuminata)
Thorn-scrub in wet winter
Sand bar on Rio Aros
Aaron on the Rio Yaqui
Rio Aros/Yaqui
Rainbow over palm and ficus canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Frost killed foliage on Ficus (insipida) - from Feb. 2011
Thorn-scrub in canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Rancho La Lola and Rio Aros
Willows still leafed out, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Macabio
Blue heron and spotted sandpiper tracks, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Mac and Ficus petiolaris, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Tent on the river, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Rio Aros downstream of La Lola's, Rio Aros/Yaqui
River front, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Babisoso Canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Sand designs, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Paso Nacori cable car, Rio Aros
Babisoso Canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Sandpiper tracks, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Rio Aros just above Carrizoso Canyon
Getting boats ready, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Sinaloa wren nest, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Camp #3, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Scenery, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Mac in Babisoso Canyon, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Agave roasting pit ready to make bacanora, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Piñas for bacanora!
Looking for happy wrens, Rio Aros/Yaqui
Spider lily, Rio Aros/Yaqui
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