Released: 1992 - Format: VHS
- Sound: Stereo - Duration: 51:00
Produced by Gorgas Science Foundation, Inc.
Over fifty years ago bird artist
and ornithologist George Miksch Sutton visited
a hidden river along the eastern escarpment
of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental. Although
he had visited many places in the world, perhaps
none so enthralled him. His vivid memories were
published in 1972 in "At a Bend in a Mexican
River." Exactly fifty years later cinematographer
John Bax was compelled to visit the same enchantingly
beautiful stream ... a stream that flows from
the front of the dark majestic mountains. Nature
and birding enthusiasts will appreciate the
opportunity to explore the biological richness
found along Sutton's river.
This video features thirty-eight,
rarely seen neo tropical birds. Many of these
and numerous others, are included in the sound
track.
Special segments feature Great Curassow, Common
Potoo, the diminutive 2 1/2" Bumblebee
Hummingbird, Mountain and Elegant Trogons, three
species of kingfishers, and nesting activities
of the Green-breasted Mango Hummingbird and
Barred Antshrike.
John Bax emigrated from Belgium to Canada after
World War II. At
