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Guides for North America
Perdido Key State Park, Florida
Shore-to-shore Birding. The coastal barrier islands of this expansive seashore region—the Florida panhandle—sit at the confluence of two flyways: the Atlantic and…
Southeastern Arizona: Hummingbird Heaven
Hummingbirds are fascinating creatures and one of the most popular subjects for hard-core listers and backyard bird watchers alike. For those hummingbird…
Georgia Bird Watching
Birding Georgia The sheer size of Georgia makes it difficult to see all of it (it’s the largest state east of the…
Spotlight on Ontario
Birding Ontario Canada’s most populous province, Ontario is also its most southerly. It is home to the country’s capital, Ottawa, and to…
Indiana Birding by Season: Spring
Spring Birds of Indiana (March, April, May) Spring in Indiana, as everywhere in the Midwest, is unpredictable. There are often warm, sunny…
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
With a herd of cows and half-dozen Mexican vaqueros, Peter French arrived in southeast Oregon in 1872 on building a cattle empire….
Eagle Watching Along Wyoming’s North Platte River
Here in Wyoming, known both to Indian and white man as the “edge of the plains,” the ground bumps and bulges, molding…
Ten Bird Watching Hotspots in Minnesota
Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve in Duluth P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803 (218) 428-6209 Hawk Ridge is likely Minnesota’s most famous birding…
West Virginia: Mountain State Magic
I’d like to think that my affinity for West Virginia, and for its incredible landscapes and avifauna, is in my blood. Buckhannon,…
International Guides
International Birding
About 1,000 bird species reside or have been documented in North America, but there are roughly 10,000 bird species in the world!…
Guyana: Journey to the Lungs of the Earth
It is a dreadful task to try to condense more than 25,000 words of my writings on Guyana into a 2,000-word article….
Travel Right, Bird More
The Travel Mindset Tikal, Guatemala: Travel in the late 1980s was a different experience than the beaten path that exists now. Jolting…
Birding Australia: Spring in the Land Down Under
Introduction For an American, birding in Western Australia (WA) requires some mental gymnastics. Spring in “the land down under” occurs during North…
Birding Panama: Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge
Canopy Tower At Canopy Tower, just a 30-minute drive from bustling downtown Panama City, you’re apt to be awakened by howler monkeys….
Introduction to the Neotropics—a Winter Trip to Trinidad and Tobago
Introduction Wake up to the calls of barred antshrikes, ferruginous pygmy-owls, blue-crowned motmots. Step out onto the porch of your cabin and…
The Discovery That Led to the Creation of Jocotoco
In November 1997, an incredible finding ignited a conservation movement. Twenty years later, its founders retell their stories and motivations. The coronation…
Trinidad & Tobago
Introduction to the Neotropics—a Winter Trip to Trinidad and Tobago Introduction Wake up to the calls of barred antshrikes, ferruginous pygmy-owls, blue-crowned…
Bird Watching in the Amazing Amazon Basin and Grand Galapagos Islands
My bucket list is full of places my husband, Mike, and I want to visit. We know we’ll never complete the list,…
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