In the Shadow of the Carmens: Afield with a Naturalist in the Northern Mexican Mountains

Illustrations

Photographs Mexican lobo rug 16 Hacienda Santo Domingo 18 Chamiceras waterfall 22 Cañon Botella 25 Los Dedos, El Club 27 Coahuila mole 34 Aspen tree at Mesa Bonita 36 Chichimoco (cliff chipmunk) 38 Cañón del Diablo 45 Sierra del Carmen escarpment 46 Campo Cinco 54 Miller’s shrew 59 Meadow at Cuadra Pelota 60 La Laguna 62 Claret cup cactus, La Laguna 63 Cañón el Oso 66 Fir-Pine forest in Cañon el Oso 67 Montezuma quail in Cañón el Oso 68 Forest fire at Mesa Escondido 72 Rains in lower desert 74 Desert bighorns at Los Pilares Criadero 78 Radio collaring desert bighorns in Sonora, Mexico 80 Waterfall on the road to Campo Uno 89 Illustrations I l lustrations xiv Presa (dam) at Campo Uno 90 Snow in the Carmens 95 Viejito cactus in Cañón Juárez 98 Virginia creeper in Cañón Juárez 98 Tanque Zacatosa 103 Coryphantha cactus 104 La Cachuchua 108 Candles and coins left as offerings, La Cachuchua 109 Hacienda Piedra Blanca 112 Remains of adobe building at Hacienda Piedra Blanca 113 Arroyo del Àlamo 117 Casa San Isidro 118 Cañón el Álamo 121 Cuesta Malena 127 Cliffs on road to Campo Dos 129 Longspur columbine at Campo Dos 131 Mountain stream at Campo Dos 133 Black-tailed rattlesnake, Cañón Moreno 136 Pools in Cañón Moreno 137 Elk in Cañón Moreno 137 Burial cave in Cañón Morteros 142 Skeleton in the desert 146 Marina, radio-collared female with cub 150 Captured and radio-collared black bear 151 Male black bear, Sierra del Carmen 153 JoBoni satyr 158 Billy Pat and the Cessna 182 Wren 163 Pronghorns at El Carmen 165 Restored grasslands 166 Doc Baker at El Carmen, July 2007 168 Roberto Spence, Doc Baker, Chabela Spence Sellers, and Bonnie McKinney 169 Making tracks 171 xv Illustrations Color section, following page 000 Foothills of the Carmens Young redtailed hawk Black bear in the Carmens Beargrass and Maderas Peaks Sunset yuccas Clouds over Pico Centinela Desert bighorn ram Boletus mushrooms in pine-oak woodland Fall color in the Carmens Pico Loomis, highest point in the Sierra del Carmen Sunset on the Carmens Foothills of the Carmens Los Pilares Los Pilares headquarters Black bear, Marina, asleep in oak tree Mule deer with fawn El Carmen sheep team, Punto Cirios, Sonora, Mexico Mountain meadow in high country Puma with deer kill Red agave bloom Sunset on El Jardín rim Flying the Carmens with Vico in an ultralight Bonnie McKinney and radio-collared black bear, Porfirio Maps Places of interest in the Carmens xvi Texas-Mexico borderlands surrounding the Carmens xxii 1. Los Pilares headquarters 2. Santa Salomé 3. Los Frijoles 4. La Noria de Boquillas 5. Military checkpoint, Boquillas 6. Boquillas del Carmen 7. Cañón del Diablo 8. Rancho Los Ureste 9. Campo Dos 10. La Mesa Bonita 11. Campo Tres 12. La Mesa Escondido 13. Campo Cinco 14. Cuadra Pelota 15. La Cachuchua 16. Los Cojos 17. Cañón el Álamo 18. Cañón Morteros 19. La Linda, Coahuila 20. Rancho Casa Blanca 21. El Veinte 22. Pico Etero 23. Pila de Agua Chile 24. El Jardín 25. El Cerro del Alasan 26. Pico Centinela 27. Hacienda Piedra Blanca 28. Ejido Morelos 29. Cañón Botella 30. El Club 31. Campo Uno 32. La Laguna 33. Cañón Carboneras 34. Puerta Lince 35. Cañón Temblores 36. Rancho Guadalupe 37. Cañón Fronteriza and Fronteriza Mines 38. Chamiceras 39. Casa San Isidro 40. Cañón Juárez 41. Cañón Moreno 42. Hacienda Santo Domingo 43. Mesa de los Fresnos 44. Pico Loomis 45. Cuesta Malena 46. El Melón 47. Cerro Ombligo 48. Puerta Poblano 49. Cerro El Conejo 50. Los Pilares 51. La Caldera 52. Cañón el Oso 53. Rio Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) Places of Interest in the Carmen Mountains Map by J. D. Villalobos ...