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Birding Tour 2020 JANUARY 4TH – 12TH, 2020 [Birding Tour] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (HISPANIOLA) - 'Caribbean's Best Birding' - three endemic families of birds! Both evolution and geography has been 'kind' to the Island of Hispaniola with more 300 species of birds; THREE ENDEMIC FAMILES; six endemic genera; TWENTY-NINE ENDEMIC BIRDS; and 25 endemic subspecies. This is the Caribbean's most important center of avian variety... a 'must-see' birder's destination. Tour Style [B] $3,495/pp [Tour Filled] FEBRUARY 29TH – MARCH 14TH, 2020 [Birding Tour] OAXACA - ‘The Endemics of Mexico’s Southern Highlands, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, & Sierra Los Tuxtlas, Vera Cruz’ More than 50 of Mexico’s endemics occur in Oaxaca’s ‘Southern Highlands.’ This is a stand-alone destination that should be embraced by every birder interested in seeing the key species of Mexico. Tour Style [C] $3,795/pp [Tour Filled] RED WARBLER (Race 'rowleyi' is a Mexican Endemic regularly seen in Oaxaca State) MARCH 16TH – 29TH, 2020 [Birding Tour] CENTRAL MEXICO - ‘Finest Birding Route in North America’ – 450 SPECIES/60 MEXICAN ENDEMICS FOR THE ROUTE Route includes: [1] West Mexican Pacific slope, [2] Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero, [3] Balsas River drainage, and [4] Transvolcanic Belt. Tour Style [C] $3,895/pp [Tour Filled] 2020 APRIL 19TH – MAY 3RD, 2020 [Birding Tour]; BULGARIA ‘Classic Spring Birding’ The 2018 Tour recorded 232 species; expect up to 22 warblers, 9 tits, 10 woodpeckers, 5 owls, and 24 raptors, vultures, and falcons. Rare migrant birds mostly arrive from East Africa or West Asia. Food is delightful, travel is easy, accommodations are cozy, and dozens of times each day the scenic countryside shouts ‘photo’. Tour Style [B] $3,945/pp [Tour Filled] JUNE 15TH - JULY 1ST, 2020 [Birding Tour] NORTHERN MEXICO’S SUMMER ENDEMICS Breeding endemics of Chihuahua's Sierra Madre Occidental, Saltillo Grasslands, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Tamaulipan coastal plain for Thicket Tinamou, Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted parrots, Yellow- headed and Red-crowned amazons, Eared Quetzal, Tamaulipas Pygmy- Owl, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Colima Warbler, Altamira Yellowthroat, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, and Worthen’s Sparrow. Tour Style [C] $3,995/pp [Tour Filled] --- CHILE [1] OCTOBER 29TH - NOVEMBER 4TH, 2020 The Atacama Desert and the Chilean Altiplan0 [Birding Tour] NORTHERN CHILE Amid an arid and rugged landscape with the least amount of rainfall on earth and high-elevation alkaline lakes... 'Good Heavens, what are we doing here?' Why birds of course --James's Flamingo, Giant Coot, Peruvian Thick-knee, Inca Tern, and Chilean Woodstar. -- [2] NOVEMBER 4TH - 14TH, 2020 The towering Andes and the Humboldt Current [Birding Tour] CENTRAL CHILE Vineyards, farmland, rugged mountains; the lower slopes hold Chilean Tinamou, Moustached Turca, Dusky Tapaculo, Crag Chilia, Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper, and Dusky-tailed Canastero. The highlands possess Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, and Ochre-naped, Rufous-naped, White-browed and Black-fronted ground-tyrants. Major highlights of the pelagic trip include up to six species of albatrosses. 2020 [3] NOVEMBER 14TH - 20TH, 2020 The Nothofagus Forests and Tierra de Fuego [Birding Tour] SOUTHERN CHILE Yet another pelagic with possibly the newly describe Pincoya Storm- Petrel, King Penguin, Magellanic Plover, Rufous-tailed Hawk, Chilean Pigeon, and Magellanic Woodpecker. [4] NOVEMBER 21ST - 23RD, 2020 [Extension Tour] EASTER ISLAND Three-day add-on affords one-day each way in transit via a commercial airliner, and two nights on Rapa Nui with enough time for touring the monuments, and a short boat ride to a nearby islet for seabirds. Tour Style [C] Price available once airfare has been arranged DECEMBER 2ND - 13TH, 2020 [Birding Tour]; BAJA SUR & NW MEXICO ‘Mexico's most magical and enchanting region’ - More than 30 endemic birds occur in NW Mexico. This ‘stand-alone destination is a- must for birders who target the full basket of Mexican endemics. Tour Style [C] $3,795/pp [Tour Filled] 2021 JANUARY 16TH – 26TH, 2021 [Target Birding Tour]; SOUTH KOREA - An Extravaganza of Cranes Red-crowned, White-naped, and Hooded cranes, Oriental Stork, Scaly- sided Merganser, Baikal Teal, Swan Goose, Relict and Saunder's gulls, Steller's Sea Eagle, Hazel Grouse, Solitary Snipe, Daurian Jackdaw, Siberian Accentor, Chinese Grosbeak, and Pallas's Rosefinch. Tour Style [C] $4,495/pp [Spaces Available] 2021 APRIL 3RD – 18TH, 2021 [Birding Tour] CENTRAL MEXICO - ‘Finest Birding Route in North America’ - 450 SPECIES/60 MEXICAN ENDEMICS FOR THE ROUTE Route includes: [1] West Mexican Pacific slope, [2] Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero, [3] Balsas River drainage, and [4] Transvolcanic Belt. Tour Style [C] Tour priced at $3,895 (2020) [Spaces Available] --- MAY 4TH – 18TH, 2021 [Birding Tour] GEORGIA & ARMENIA Classic Spring Birding to look for Caucasian and Caspian snowcocks, Caucasian Black Grouse, Bearded Vulture, Wallcreeper, Bimaculated Lark, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Mountain Chiffchaff, Raddes' Accentor, Menetries' and Upcher's warblers, Fire-fronted Serin, White-winged Snowfinch, Great Rosefinch, and Gray-necked Bunting. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. --- JUNE 15TH - JULY 1ST, 2021 [Birding Tour] NORTHERN MEXICO’S SUMMER ENDEMICS Breeding endemics of Chihuahua's Sierra Madre Occidental, Saltillo Grasslands, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Tamaulipan coastal plain for Thicket Tinamou, Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted parrots, Yellow- headed and Red-crowned amazons, Eared Quetzal, Tamaulipas Pygmy- Owl, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Colima Warbler, Altamira Yellowthroat, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, and Worthen’s Sparrow. Tour Style [C] Tour priced at $3,995 (2020) [Spaces Available] --- SEPTEMBER 16TH – 30TH, 2021 [OPEN Birding Tour]; SPAIN 'Fall Migration Birding - Superb Spanish Pyrenees and the Mediterranean Coast' The 2017 Tour recorded 201 species; likely species include - Great and Little bustards, Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Spanish Eagle, Audouin’s Gull, Iberian Green Woodpecker, Iberian Magpie, and Iberian Chiffchaff. Food is enchanting, the wine, charming… travel is swift, accommodations are relaxed, and a daily mix old and new, urban and rural, makes for adventures from dawn to dusk. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. Tour priced at $4,995 (2017) [Spaces Available] 2022 JANUARY 7TH - 17TH, 2022 [Birding Tour]; BAJA SUR & NW MEXICO ‘Mexico's most magical and enchanting region’ - More than 30 endemic birds occur in NW Mexico. This ‘stand-alone destination is a- must for birders who target the full basket of Mexican endemics. Tour Style [C] $3,795/pp (2020) LESSER NIGHTHAWK (female defending a nest) FEBRUARY 18TH – MARCH 5TH, 2022 [Birding Tour] PUERTO RICO & LESSER ANTILLES Puerto Rico holds 17 endemics; with 19 other Caribbean endemics on five neighboring Lesser Antillean islands. Route involves a bit of island-hoping but the birds are exciting with Imperial, Puerto Rican, and Red-necked amazons, an endemic lizard-cuckoo, tody, nightjar, and screech-owl on Puerto Rico, plus Guadeloupe Woodpecker, Barbuda Warbler, and Montserrat and Martinique orioles. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. MARCH 11TH – 24TH, 2022 [Birding Tour]; OAXACA - ‘The Endemic Birds of Mexico’s Southern Highlands, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, & Sierra Los Tuxtlas, Vera Cruz’ More than 50 of Mexico’s endemics occur in Oaxaca’s ‘Southern Highlands.’ A destination that is both necessary and delightful. Tour Style [C] $3,795/pp (2020) 2022 MARCH 26TH – APRIL 10TH, 2022 [Birding Tour]; ‘Finest Birding Route in North America’ – CENTRAL MEXICO - 450 SPECIES FOR THE ROUTE - 60 MEXICAN ENDEMICS Route includes: [1] West Mexican Pacific slope, [2] Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero, [3] Balsas River drainage, and [4] Transvolcanic Belt. Tour Style [C] $3,895/pp (2021) JUNE 14TH - JULY 1ST, 2022 [Birding Tour] NORTHERN MEXICO’S SUMMER ENDEMICS Breeding endemics of Chihuahua's Sierra Madre Occidental, Saltillo Grasslands, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Tamaulipan coastal plain for Thicket Tinamou, Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted parrots, Eared Quetzal, Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Colima Warbler, Altamira Yellowthroat, and Worthen’s Sparrow. Tour Style [C] $3,995/pp (2021) WHITE-THROATED JAY (Mexican Endemic found in the Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero) SEPTEMBER 30TH - OCTOBER 14TH, 2022 [Birding Tour]; CHIAPAS, MEXICO - Untouched Lowland Rainforest World-class birding within vast tracks of intact rainforest for tough species often missed further south in Central America; Slaty-breasted Tinamou, Great Curassow, Central American Pygmy-Owl, Mexican Antthrush, Scaly-throated Leaftosser, Ruddy Woodcreeper, Rufous- breasted Spinetail, Northern Schiffornis, Speckled Mourner, Lovely Cotinga, and Black-throated Shrike-Tanager. Tour Style [C] $3,595/pp (2019) 2022 DECEMBER 2ND - 13TH, 2022 [Heritage-Style Birding Tour] YUCATAN, MEXICO This is an excellent tour for YOU to INVITE A FRIEND… Quality birding, sunny days, regional cuisine, Mayan archeological sites, and Cozumel Island for key birds that include Ocellated Turkey, Black-throated Bobwhite, Rufous-necked and Russet-naped wood- rails, Yucatan Poorwill, Yucatan Nightjar, Mexican Sheartail, Cozumel Emerald, Gray-collared Becard, Cozumel and Yucatan vireos, Gray- throated Chat, Rose-throated Tanager, and Orange Oriole. Tour Style [A] $3,495/pp (2019) Everyone loves the Yucatan - birders, nature travelers, & general vacationers! Style & Structure of Tour Planning:
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