North America
Venture to Puerto Vallarta
February 19 – 26, 2023 With Susan Campbell and Steve Shultz Narrative by Susan Campbell, photos by Susan Campbell, Steve Shultz and Carolyn McAllaster Often mid-February is a time when those of us at latitudes higher than about thirty wish for warm breezes, sunshine, and maybe a sandy beach visit. After months of winter cold, […]
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Venture to New Mexico
January 15-22 With Johnny Wilson Narrative and photos by Johnny Wilson A group of five birders arrived in Albuquerque on the evening of January 14 ready for a New Mexican winter adventure of note. During dinner we listed our target birds while enjoying our first taste of New Mexican food for the trip. Everyone went […]
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Venture to Florida’s Space Coast
Dec 11-16, 2022 With Aaron Steed Narrative and Photos by Aaron Steed Our quick getaway to the ‘Space Coast’ of Florida was really just 4.5 days long, which is not a huge amount of time to explore this rich area! We focused our efforts on the classic hotspots of the region, making a few adjustments […]
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Venture to Northern Minnesota
January 23 – 28, 2023 With Kevin Burke Narrative by Kevin Burke, Photos by Kevin Burke and Gisele Schoene This year’s tour to Northern Minnesota and Sax-Zim Bog was fabulous! Every year is different up in the great white north. We were fortunate to have temperatures in the 20’s for most of the trip, although […]
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Hawk Mountain, PA, Delaware Bayshore & Cape May, NJ
September 21-29, 2022 With Simon Thompson Narrative and Photos by Simon Thompson Despite some of the mileage, this is one of my favorite trips which visits three great birding destinations in the Mid-Atlantic states. We always start the tour in Philadelphia which has good connections to both domestic and international destinations; the latter important on […]
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Venture to Cape Cod & Rhode Island
October 16 – 21, 2022 with Kevin Burke Narrative by Kevin Burke; Photos by Kevin Burke & Cindy Stacy This year’s Cape Cod/Rhode Island tour was a ton of fun! New England in the Fall is gorgeous. The leaves were at peak, the ocean was not too windy, the temperature was mild, and the food […]
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Fall Warbler Weekend 2022
September 16 -19, 2022 with Kevin Burke Narrative by Kevin Burke, Photos by Ross McKinney This was our inaugural Fall Warbler Weekend. The Spring Warbler Weekends were such a hit that we decided to try a Fall one out too. We had six participants for the weekend. The weather could not have been better. It […]
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Oregon Venture 2022
August 29 – September 9, 2022 Leaders: Kevin Burke and Michael McCloy Narrative by Kevin Burke; Photos by Holger Teichmann and Kevin Burke This was our first Oregon Venture in quite a while. Seven awesome participants and two guides wound our way through most of the state on an updated longer itinerary of this incredible […]
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Venture to Southeast Arizona
July 22 – 31, 2022 Narrative and Photos by Kevin Burke We had a wonderful trip to Southeast Arizona this year! The beginning of the monsoon season is an awesome time to bird this diverse area. We start out in the Sonoran Desert around Tucson with the towering Saguaro cactus dotting the hillsides. Our week […]
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Venture to North Dakota: Birding Prairies and Potholes
June 15 – 23, 2022 Narrative and Photos by Keith Watson Our tour began on June 15 in Bismarck, North Dakota, arrival day. All participants but one had arrived by 2 pm on the 15th We were able to do a little birding around our hotel where we saw and heard multiple Yellow Warblers and […]
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