We've added a 2nd Dominican
Republic 2012 tour...
Our original Dominican Republic tour with guide
Jesse Fagan filled quickly for the March 2012 time
slot, and so we've added a second departure, Apr
28-May 5. Jesse will be guiding this one, too,
from the Sierra de Bahoruco to Los Haitises! Contact
our office if you'd like to hold a space, and see our
itinerary and recent lists on our DR
web page.
Bolivia slideshow: hot off the press
Dan Lane and Jay VanderGaast recently wrapped up our
2011 Bolivia's
Avian Riches tour, and Dan put together a slideshow
of his images from the trip. Give yourself a treat and
take a visual
tour to this remarkable country! Once in the
gallery, click on the "Slideshow" button to see the
images in large format. We're headed back to Bolivia Sep
8-23, 2012.
Oaxaca...Megan's January tour is a "go"
Why head to Oaxaca, Mexico, January 22-29?
Here's guide Megan
Crewe's answer. "I can give you four good
reasons: 1) for the birds: some 225 possibilities
with more than 25 endemics, including Oaxaca
Sparrow, Ocellated Thrasher, Collared Towhee (at
right), and Dwarf Jay; 2) for the food, including moles
(spicy sauces served over chicken or pork), squash
blossom soups, and smoky mescals; 3) for the
weather: warm, sunny days and cool
sleep-under-the-blanket nights; 4) for the culture:
the spectacular ruins of Monte Albán, Yagul,
and Mitla (also good birding spots), and the
fascinating rug-weaving town of Teotitlán del
Valle. Why head to Oaxaca? For the chance to create
some truly wonderful memories!"
Upcoming tours with one or more
spaces open...
Louisiana: Yellow Rails &
Crawfish Tails: Nov 3-7 with Dan Lane & Jesse
Fagan (1 space)
Madagascar, Mauritius & Reunion:
Nov 8-Dec 4
with Phil Gregory & Megan Crewe (3 spaces; 2
on the extension; Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher shown
above) (We've just added Megan as second
leader here, and did you know you can do just the Madagascar
portion, without Mauritius and Reunion, if time
is an issue? Contact us!)
Guatemala
Thanksgiving: Nov 19-28 with Jesse Fagan
(3 spaces)
Oman & the UAE: Dec 1-17 with
George Armistead (2 spaces)
Uruguay:
Dec 3-17 with Alvaro Jaramillo (4
spaces)
Brazil's
Rio Roosevelt: Dec 15-28 with Bret
Whitney (1 space)
Trinidad
& Tobago: Dec 17-26 with Wayne
Petersen (2
spaces)
Panama's
Canopy Lodge at El Valle: Dec 27-Jan 3
with Chris Benesh (4 spaces)
New
Year in Mexico: Oaxaca & the Pacific Coast:
Dec 28-Jan 8 with Megan Crewe
Colima & Jalisco: Jan 13-21 with
Megan Crewe
Sacha
Lodge (Ecuador) I: Jan 13-22 with Willy
Perez (4
spaces)
Yellowstone in Winter: Jan 14-22 with
Terry & Karen McEneaney
Colombia: Bogota, the Magdalena
Valley & Santa Marta: Jan 14-30 with
Jesse Fagan & local guide (4 spaces)
Panama's
Fabulous Fortnight: (in two parts) Jan 20-26
and Jan 26-Feb 2 with Chris Benesh
Colombia: The Cauca Valley & Western and Central
Andes: Jan 21-Feb 6 with Richard Webster
& local guide (1 space; Gold-ringed Tanager
& Golden-fronted Redstart shown above)
Northern
India: Jan 21-Feb 12 with Terry
Stevenson
Oaxaca:
Jan 22-29 with Megan Crewe
The
Heart of Chile: Jan 28-Feb 11 with Peter
Burke & Ricardo Matus (3 spaces)
Sacha
Lodge (Ecuador) II: Feb 3-12 with Dan
Lane (4 spaces)
Winter
Japan: Cranes & Sea-Eagles: Feb 3-18
with Phil Gregory (2 spaces)
Panama's
Canopy Tower I & II: Feb 10-17 with
John Coons or Feb 25-Mar 3 with Chris Benesh (3
spaces on Feb 25 tour)
Trinidad
& Tobago: Feb 25-Mar 5 with Megan
Crewe (3 spaces)
Suriname: Mar 2-17 with
Dan Lane (1 space)
Honduras:
Land of the Emeralds: Mar 3-11 with
Jesse Fagan
Birding Plus Egypt: Mar
3-20 with Terry Stevenson
Colombia:
Santa Marta Escape: Mar 17-25 with
Richard Webster & local guide (3 spaces)
Puerto
Rico: Mar 18-24 with George Armistead
Bahamas:
Birds & Butterflies: Mar 31-Apr 5
with Jesse Fagan (4 spaces)
My
goodness...time to think about spring already?
Yes, it's true. There has been a lot of interest in
our May tours, in particular both Arizona
Nightbirds & More departures with Dave
Stejskal (May 3-7 and May 10-14; 3
and 2 spaces open, respectively), our Point Pelee Migration Spectacle
tour, May 12-19 now with Peter Burke (1 space),
Uganda: Shoebill, Rift Endemics
& Gorillas, May 17-Jun 7 with Phil
Gregory (3 spaces), and Marcelo's Brazil's
Rio Roosevelt trip, May 6-16. October
planning brings May scanning?
Check out the latest issue of our colorful newsletter, in PDF file format on our website now. It's got everything: 4 pages of photos from recent Field Guides tours, articles on our Jewels of Ecuador and Northern India trips and our Spitsbergen (Arctic Norway) cruise, and a tongue-in-cheek piece by guide Richard Webster about some flashy birds in Bhutan. Read on!
Some recent posts to our website and Facebook
Recent posts to our website's News page: a Japan's Charismatic Cranes & Sea-Eagles piece by guide Phil Gregory about his upcoming February 2012 tour, a Machu Picchu & Abra Malaga Birding Wrap-up from Dan Lane's recent tour, and a Peru's Magnetic North Birding Wrap-up from John Rowlett's summer trip. And on our Facebook page, Megan Crewe's been reporting on her Cape May tour, and Chris Benesh has continued with pics from his second Slice of California: Seabirds to Sierra trip.
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