The complete itineraries for our 2011 Bhutan tour (April 8-29) and our 2011 Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falklands cruise (January 5-26) are ready, along with those for Virginias’ Warblers (June 1-5) and Texas Coast Migration Spectacle (two departures: April 16-22 and April 23-29). [Other recently posted 2011 itineraries to Colombia, Cambodia, Texas Hill Country, Big Bend, Ghana, Guatemala, Mexico: Yucatan & Cozumel, South Texas, and Colorado Grouse are listed below.]

The 2011 tour will mark guide Richard Webster’s 11 consecutive year of leading our spring Bhutan trip full of great Himalayan birds (think beautiful pheasants, Ward’s Trogon, Rufous-necked Hornbill, Fire-tailed Myzornis, and much more) amongst hillsides bedecked with flowering rhododendrons and magnolias—a true spectacle. Add a backdrop not only of the imposing Himalayas but also of Bhutan’s distinctive culture and the imposing architecture of the dzongs and you have quite an experience to remember.

Dates are April 8-29, 2011. Click on the map to visit the tour page for more information, or go directly to our itinerary in PDF file format.

Antarctica hardly needs any introduction as a great destination for a birding holiday, but the key is all in the itinerary, which must include the highlight, South Georgia Island.  Guide George Armistead returns to lead our 2011 tour aboard the Plancius.  It’ll be a fantastic combination of seabirds, marine mammals, spectacular land- and seascapes, and wild solitude. There’s no other trip like it.

Dates are January 5-26, 2011. Click on the map to visit the tour page for more information, or go directly to our itinerary in PDF file format.

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VIRGINIAS’ WARBLERS
(June 1-5, 2011)

Unsurpassed locale for breeding wood-warblers; cool, mountain climate in both beautiful states on our birding tour; optional visit to Monticello.

See our tour page for more information, or go directly to our itinerary (PDF file).

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TEXAS COAST MIGRATION SPECTACLE
(April 16-22, 2011 or
April 23-29, 2011)

The migration mecca of High Island plus specialties of the Big Thicket and myriad waterbirds and shorebirds.

See our tour page for more information, or go directly to our itinerary (PDF file).

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Other Recently Posted 2011 Itineraries below:

Colombia: Cauca Valley/Andes Cambodia Texas Hill Country Texas’s Big Bend & the Hill Country Ghana

Guatemala Mexico: Yucatan & Cozumel Spring in South Texas Colorado Grouse

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COLOMBIA: CAUCA VALLEY/WESTERN & CENTRAL ANDES
(January 15-31, 2011 or
February 19-March 7, 2011)

Energetic, endemic-oriented birding tour connecting reserves up the Cauca Valley from Medellin to Cali.

See our tour page for more information, or go directly to our itinerary (PDF file).

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CAMBODIA
(February 19-March 3, 2011)

A “last chance” destination for some of the large, rare Asian waterbirds now extinct in neighboring countries, plus additional regional specialties and famed Angkor Wat.

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TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
(April 25-30, 2011)

Golden-cheeked Warbler, Tropical Parula, and Black-capped and Gray vireos head the list of enticing birds to be sought on our tour to the wildflower wonderland of the Edwards Plateau.

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TEXAS’S BIG BEND & HILL COUNTRY
(April 23-May 2, 2011)

Our birding tour for Colima and Golden-cheeked warblers, Montezuma Quail, and other southern borderland specialties in Texas’s grand desert mountain landscapes.

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GHANA
(March 19-April 2, 2011)

An exciting new birding destination for Field Guides, featuring excellent opportunities for a number of West African endemics and other highly prized avian species. Foremost perhaps among those endemics is the legendary White-necked Rockfowl, Picathartes gymnocephalus, a sensational prize.

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GUATEMALA: SHADE-GROWN BIRDING
(February 23-March 5, 2011)

A birding tour for numerous Middle American specialties, among them Resplendent Quetzal, a host of hummingbirds, and Azure-rumped Tanager, set against a dramatic volcanic landscape and colorful Mayan culture.

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MEXICO: YUCATAN & COZUMEL
(March 18-27, 2011)

Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and nearby Cozumel Island combine rich tropical birding with a spectacular cultural setting. Here the ways and history of the Maya are reflected in the impressive structures they left behind. We’ll have a chance to savor these magnificent ruins at Coba, Chichen Itza, and Uxmal as well as to search for some of Mexico’s most spectacular birds.

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SPRING IN SOUTH TEXAS
(March 26-April 3, 2011)

Magnificent Whooping Cranes, lots of South Texas specialties, and spring hawk migration on this exciting birding tour. We’ll begin in Rockport, then move to the Rio Grande Valley and such well-known sites as Santa Ana and Bentsen.

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COLORADO GROUSE I & II
(Two departures: April 7-17, 2011 & April 15-25, 2011)

There is no better place in North America to find prairie-chickens, sage-grouse and other gallinaceous birds than in the state of Colorado, and no better time of year to find them than in April. Our short birding tour seeks them all in this exciting and popular spring tour.

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