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Guides for North America
New Mexico Bird Watching
Birding New Mexico There’s a reason New Mexico’s nickname is “The Land of Enchantment.” Some of the most memorable and iconic photos…
Far Afield: East to Oklahoma and Arkansas
Thursday, May 7, 1987, 7:00 a.m. PDT. Joan Lentz, author, fellow birder, and the only person I know crazy enough to trek…
Birding in the Galapagos Islands
Bird Watching in the Amazing Amazon Basin and Grand Galapagos Islands My bucket list is full of places my husband, Mike, and…
Tennessee Birding by Season: Fall
Fall Birds of Tennessee (September, October, November) By the “dog days of August,” even though it feels like summer in Tennessee, birders…
Ten Bird Watching Hotspots in Indiana
Jasper-Pulaski State Fish and Wildlife Area 5822 N. Fish and Wildlife Lane, Medaryville, IN 47975 (219) 843-4841 The greatest birding spectacle in…
Georgia Birding by Season: Winter
Winter birds of Georgia (December, January, February) November signals the beginning of winter, and is a mirror image of the late winter/early…
10 Highlight Birds in Florida
1. Snail Kite Snail kite photo by Dario Sanches / Wikimedia Florida is the only state in the…
South Dakota Bird Watching
Birding South Dakota
New York Bird Watching
Birding New York Even though—or perhaps because — it is next door to New York City, Long Island is the State of…
International Guides
Birding in the Galapagos Islands
Bird Watching in the Amazing Amazon Basin and Grand Galapagos Islands My bucket list is full of places my husband, Mike, and…
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….
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…
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,…
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…
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….
Birding the Valencia Region of Spain
Great Bustard photo by David Warrington/Valencia Birding Many people throughout the world know Spain for its rich culture and history, gastronomy, and…
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…
Birding Magic: Ecuador
It’s peaceful here but really loud: birds calling all around, a russet-crowned warbler here, a slaty antwren there, and the creeks running…
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