November 2016 emailing
November 29th, 2016 by Field Guides· Add a Comment
Greetings, birding friends! In this emailing we have some recent news from south of the border as well as north, a fun collection of people-on-tour pics from the past month, 5 fresh 2017 itineraries, 6 triplists from recent tours, and a beautiful assortment of 75 images assembled by guide Eric Hynes in our November Recent Photos gallery highlighting 11 departures across 5 continents. The New Holland Honeyeater below is a sample by participant Linda Rudolph on our Australia Part One tour. Enjoy reading, and good birding to all!
Recent News: birds & coffee, whisky jacks, and more
This month’s people pics
Private Tours: Plan Your Own
Triplists from recent tours
Comments from our travelers
Your post-tour comments on our evaluation form help us ensure that we offer the best possible tour experience and service, in the field and from our office.
“This was a great experience! I have been with Willy Perez before and had a wonderful time, so I knew it would be great to travel with him again. This was my first time with Jesse Fagan, and I would gladly travel with him again. Both are great with birds and are also just fun people to be around.” K.L., Northwestern Argentina 2016
“I especially appreciated the helpfulness and prompt replies from the office staff. It is so great to reach a person instead of a recording with menu! When I could not reach the tour manager directly, she called back in a very short time.” M.S., Louisiana: Yellow Rails & Crawfish Tails 2016
“Every kaleidoscopic day brought a wealth of bird treasures, many above and beyond just seeing them. Bret Whitney was patient, persistent and always positive. This invariably paid off….for everyone. His description of each ‘chase’ bird as it was approaching or being called in gave everyone the notice of what to look for, where, and how. Tom Johnson was a delight every day. Cheerful, supportive and as accomplished at spotting and putting folks on the birds as one could hope for. Field Guides always ranks the highest for me in terms of service before, during, and after the tour.” B.W., Spectacular Southeast Brazil 2016
Tour openings: January to April
If a blue-sky, emerald-sea, endemic-filled birding vacation sounds good, join guides Tom Johnson and Doug Gochfeld of their upcoming Puerto Rico tour, Mar 11-17. See Tom’s triplist here for all the highlights from our 2016 tour.
- Nowhere but Northeast Brazil!, Jan 9-27 with Bret Whitney & Dan Lane (3 spaces)
- Amazonian Ecuador: Sacha Lodge I, Jan 13-22 with Willy Perez (2 spaces)
- Thailand, Jan 14-Feb 4 with Dave Stejskal & Jay VanderGaast (1 space)
- Amazonian Ecuador: Sacha Lodge II, Feb 3-12 with Mitch Lysinger (2 spaces)
- Panama’s Canopy Tower I, Feb 5-11 with Chris Benesh (3 spaces) (this tour also has a 4-day extension to the Canopy Lodge to stretch your birding to Feb 15 if you’d like)
- Mexico: Oaxaca, Feb 11-18 with Dan Lane & Cory Gregory (4 spaces)
- Guatemala: Shade-grown Birding, Feb 11-19 with Jesse Fagan (spaces open)
- Trinidad & Tobago, Feb 11-20 with Tom Johnson (1 space)
- Borneo, Feb 28-Mar 17, Megan Edwards Crewe & local guide (1 space)
- Colombia: Santa Marta Escape, Mar 4-12 with Richard Webster (2 spaces)
- Brazil Nutshell I, Mar 4-18 with Marcelo Padua & Marcelo Barreiros (1 space)
- East Africa Highlights: Kenya & Tanzania, Mar 4-24 with Terry Stevenson (spaces open)
- Puerto Rico, Mar 11-17 with Tom Johnson & Doug Gochfeld (spaces open)
- Ecuador’s Wildsumaco Lodge, Mar 12-22 with Willy Perez (2 spaces)
- Costa Rica, Mar 19-Apr 3 with Jay VanderGaast & Cory Gregory (3 spaces)
- Jewels of Ecuador II, Mar 21-Apr 7 with Willy Perez (2 spaces)
- Brazil Nutshell II, Mar 25-Apr 8 with Marcelo Padua (spaces open)
- Bahamas Endemics & Kirtland’s Warbler, Apr 1-7 with Jesse Fagan (4 spaces)
- Belize: Tropical Birding, Short & Sweet, Apr 1-8 with Megan Edwards Crewe (spaces open)
- Colorado Grouse I, Apr 1-11 with Chris Benesh & Dave Stejskal (1 space)
- Bhutan, Apr 8-27 with Richard Webster (1 space)
- Colorado Grouse II, Apr 9-19 with Tom Johnson & Cory Gregory (1 space)
- Texas Coast Migration Spectacle I, Apr 15-21 with John Coons (1 space)
- Do the Charleston: Spring in South Carolina, Apr 23-29 with Jesse Fagan (spaces open)
Recently posted 2017 itineraries
- Alaska I Part One, May 30-Jun 7, 2017 with Chris Benesh & Tom Johnson
- Alaska I Part Two, Jun 6-16, 2017 with Chris Benesh & Tom Johnson
- Alaska II Part One, Jun 6-14, 2017 with Megan Edwards Crewe & Doug Gochfeld
- Alaska II Part Two, Jun 13-23, 2017 with Megan Edwards Crewe & Doug Gochfeld
- Mongolia: The Gobi Desert, Steppe & Taiga, Jun 1-18, 2017 with Phil Gregory
- Kenya Safari Spectacular, Jun 2-26, 2017 with Terry Stevenson
- Brazil’s Rio Roosevelt: Birding the River of Doubt, Jun 9-23 with Bret Whitney
- Machu Picchu & Abra Malaga, Peru I, Jul 7-16 with Jesse Fagan
- Machu Picchu & Abra Malaga, Peru II, Aug 3-12 with Jesse Fagan & Cory Gregory