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Bob, the only resident snow-bird gringo on this wonderful beach, had decorated a driftwood tree with shells and bits of flotsam and jetsom off of the beach.

Mexico beach Christmas 2007

In our last two snow-bird migrations to Mexico from Canada, my husband, Bill Arbon and I always visit Santa Maria del Oro.

Gold trail to Santa María del Oro, Nayarit 2007

In our last two snow-bird migrations to Mexico from Canada, my husband, Bill Arbon and I always visit Santa Maria del Oro.

Gold trail to Santa María del Oro, Nayarit 2007

Bob, the only resident snow-bird gringo on this wonderful beach, had decorated a driftwood tree with shells and bits of flotsam and jetsom off of the beach.

Mexico beach Christmas 2007

The weather is turning, and that means they are mimicking their snow-bird grandparents by taking up residence in sunnier climes.

Drug Tests and Bell Checks: The Element of Surprise BikeSnobNYC 2009

In our last two snow-bird migrations to Mexico from Canada, my husband, Bill Arbon and I always visit Santa Maria del Oro.

Gold trail to Santa María del Oro, Nayarit 2007

Our guide, Cory Craig, a snow-bird from Canada, fit the part.

Trip Report: Deep Sea Fishing off the Coast of Costa Rica 2005

And there was the tiny rococco figurine of the Jewess herself, in a perfect little frock, and an apron, putting slices of ham on the dish, while the great snow-bird of a major, in a white sweater and grey trousers, cut bread, mixed mustard, prepared coffee, and did all the rest.

The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003

A snow-bird chirped in the foliage somewhere above the Overlanders.

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

You jingled in sleighs, you snowballed, you lived in snow like a snow-bird, and your blood coursed and tingled, in full tide of good, merry, real life, through your veins, -- none of the slow-creeping, black blood which clogs the brain and lies like a weight on the vital wheels!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various