Verdant Vermont
Boreal Forests & Bicknell’s Thrushes American Explorer Series May 30 – June 5, 2021 By Aaron Steed Our maiden Vermont Venture was primarily based in Burlington, Vermont’s largest city. Our hotel was just a few minutes from Shelburne Bay, located on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain. A cluster of adjacent parks and reserves here […]
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Tips from our favorite bird photographers
Alan Lenk I began taking photos in my early teens. Photography was a hobby of my Dad’s and he no doubt sparked my interest. Unlike my father, who photographed mainly family and friends, my photo interests were broader. My passion was the natural world: plants, animals, and the earth’s natural features. Bird photography itself came much later and might just […]
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Venture to North Dakota
June 20-28, 2021 Narrative and Photos by Clifton Avery Our weeklong tour in North Dakota focused on birding in the central ‘Prairies and Potholes’ region all the way west to where the landscape dramatically shifts to the Badlands. Baird’s Sparrow, Sprague’s Pipit, Piping Plover, Brewer’s Sparrow, and Long-billed Curlew were a few of the target […]
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Birdwatcher’s Digest Reader Rendezvous in Asheville
This past April we were so thrilled to host our first Reader Rendezvous for Bird Watcher’s Digest! This 5-day tour was supposed to happen in 2020, but I think you can guess what happened. The tour began Thursday, April 22nd and concluded on Monday, April 26th. The group consisted of 13 participants, Wendy Clark and […]
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Birding Colombia with the Family
Clifton Avery shares his family trip to Colombia The final 2 months of 2019 I traveled with my partner and son to Colombia to explore the incredible diversity of ecosystems and cultures. I had previously worked on a bird project in Colombia for 4 months in 2015 and then returned in 2018 for a bird […]
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The Rapid Trip North
Traveling across Europe in lock-down: March 2020 Simon Thompson Sometimes what starts out calmly and enjoyable finishes in a crazy insane rush. This is what happened when I took my mother on what was planned to be a quiet and leisurely road trip from her home in the east of England, down through eastern France, […]
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Venture to Northern Minnesota
Owls & Winter Finches Kevin Burke February 2020 The weather from the Twin Cities to Sax-Zim Bog was mild, for Minnesota in the winter, and very pleasant. It was an interesting year in the bog with the booming cone crop keeping some of the regular winter finches too far north for us to see. There […]
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Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
January 22 – 27, 2020 Every year we send a few of our guides to the Space Coast Birding Festival, in Titusville Florida. In it’s 23rd year, this is one of the largest birding festivals in the US with tour companies from around the world. Titusville is close to Cape Canaveral National Seashore, Merritt Island […]
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Venture to the Guatemalan Highlands
Nov 30-Dec 7, 2019 With Aaron Steed Our quick, week-long Guatemalan getaway was focused on birding the foothills and highlands, from the slopes of the Volcano Atitlán to the beautiful city of Antigua, for an assortment of range-restricted species and regional endemics. The excellent Los Andes Nature Reserve was our first destination and an early […]
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Venture to Southeast Brazil
Regua Lodge and excursions, Rio do Janeiro, Brazil November 22-30, 2019 To many people, Brazil evokes beaches, bronzed bodies and lively entertainment, while to others it’s a land of vast rainforests, unique birds and critically-endangered ecosystems. It’s a huge country and on this trip we were only going to see a small part of the […]
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