PO Box 9021, Wilmington, DE 19809, USA
E-mail: font@focusonnature.com
Phone: Toll-free in USA 1-800-721-9986
 or 302/529-1876; Fax: 302/529-1085

 

Birding Tours 
& other Nature Tours to a number of destinations
in 2005

Most of our tours are repeated annually.
If you have a particular destination you'd like to visit,
but is not listed on our schedule,
or if you prefer a destination for a different month/dates than scheduled,
please let us know,
as sometimes our schedule can be flexible to accommodate additions or changes.

Links below to itineraries, lists of birds & other nature, 
photo galleries, and previous tour highlights.

Tours in 2006

Months

Tour Itineraries

Bird Lists

January 

 



Costa Rica
(Southern)
(tour: FON/CR-1)

tour filled




 

 


Costa Rica
Bird-List
(680 birds)
& Other Nature

Central America
Mammals

Central America
Butterflies

Costa Rica
Past Tour Highlights

Feature: "Alexander Skutch - A Naturalist in Costa Rica" 

January-February

 

 

Japan
in the Winter
Honshu, Hokkaido, 
& Kyushu 
tour
FON/JA-1
tour filled

Southern Japan, 
in the Winter 
Nansei Shoto
(
Amami & Okinawa)

tour FON/JA-2
tour  filled

Tours JA-1 & 2 can be combined.

 



Japan
Bird-List 
(362 birds)
& Other Nature
(bird-list enhanced, noting subspecies)

Japan  Photos
Gallery 1: 
Birds

Japan Photos
Gallery 2: 
Birds & Other Wildlife

Japan Photos
Culture & Scenery
(Dec '04 Tour) 

Japan
Past Tour
Highlights

February-March

 

 

 


Cayman Islands & Jamaica
(tours FON/WI-1a & FON/WI-1b)

(The Caymans & Jamaica tours
can be done
individually, or
in combination.) 
These & following Caribbean tours can be combined.

Cayman Is.
Bird-List
(81 birds)


Jamaica
Bird-List 
(147 birds)
March

 

 




 


Lesser Antilles
(St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica)
(tour FON/WI-2)

Do any or 
all 3 islands


Puerto Rico
(tour FON/WI-3)
our 27th PR tour  
Can be combined with Lesser Antilles & Dominican Republic tours.


Dominican Republic
(tour FON/WI-4)
our 16th DR tour  

Can be combined with
Puerto Rico
other Caribbean tours 


Lesser Antilles
Bird-List (126 birds)



Puerto Rico Bird-List
187 birds

Puerto Rico
Past Tour
Highlights

Caribbean 
Rare Birds

Dom Rep Bird-list
177 birds

Dom Rep
Past Tour Highlights

March-April

 


Guatemala
in Highlands & Lowlands
Birding in a Land of Mayas & Motmots
(tours: FON/GU-1a&b)

tour filled


Guatemala
Bird-List

(531 birds)
& Other Nature

Guatemala Photos

Guatemala
Past Tour Highlights

April











 


Panama
incl Canal Basin & Chiriqui Highlands
(tour FON/PN-1)
with an 
annular solar eclipse


Colorado & Kansas, USA
("the Grouse Tour")
(tour: FON/Grouse 2005)
tour filled 

 


Panama
Bird-List
(537 birds)
& Other Nature

Panama Past Tour Highlights





Colorado
Bird-List
(226 birds)
& Other Nature
in
April

Colorado

Past Tour Highlights

April-May



 


Texas 
2 birding tours: 
1 in east & south Texas
(incl. the Gulf Coast & the lower 
Rio Grande Valley) 

1 in central & west Texas
 
(incl. the 
Edwards Plateau, 
Big Bend & 
Davis Mtns)

(tours: FON/TX-1a&b)

These tours can be combined or done individually.

tours nearly filled,
2 places still available

Texas Bird-List
(complete)

Texas
Mammals

Texas
Butterflies

w. Texas & New Mexico 
Bird-List

previous tours
(193 species
)

w. Texas &
New Mexico 
Past Tour Highlights

May















Japan, 
in the Spring 
Honshu 
(incl. Hegura Is.),
 Kyushu, & 
Nansei Shoto
(Okinawa & Amami)
(tour  FON/JA-4)
 tour nearly filled,
1 place still available 

 




Complete
Japan
Bird-List 
(362 birds)
& Other Nature
 enhanced, noting subspecies)

Japan
Rare Birds

Japan
Photos
Gallery 1: 
Birds

Japan Photos
Gallery 2: 
Birds & Other Wildlife

Japan Photos
Culture & Scenery
(Dec '04 Tour) 

Japan
Past Tour
Highlights

May-June



Bulgaria
(tour BU-1)
late-spring
birding

a few places 
still available


(tours FON/NF-1-11)
(Tours weekly Sun-Sun)


Bulgaria
Bird-List
(273 Birds)


Europe Bird-List
(422 Birds
)

June























 

 

 

 

 

 















Iceland
in the Late-Spring
for Geysers, Gyr,
& More
Oceanic Birds,
Marine Mammals,
other nature
(tour FON/ IC-1)

tour filled,
available in '06 










(tours FON/NF-1-11)
(Tours weekly Sun-Sun)


North Carolina
"Carolina Caper"
Landbirding Tour
for 
Red-cockaded Woodpecker,
Swainson's Warbler,
& More
(tour FON/NC-1)








Alaska, USA
Pribilofs & Kenai
(tour FON/AK-1A
Nome & near Denalis
(tour FON/AK-1B)

(AK-1A&B can be combined)

 



Spain 

Birding in a Land of Castles, Culture & Cuisine
(tours FON/SP-1 & 2)
Do either or both.
SP-1 includes 
Extremadura
& Gredos Mtns
SP-2 includes Pyrenees
& Ebro Delta

Spain
(the Canary Islands)
(tour FON/SP-3
)

The 3 Spain tours can be combined or done individually.


Iceland Bird-List
complete

Iceland
Past Tour Highlights

Iceland Photos

Europe Bird-List
(422 Birds
)








North Carolina
Bird-List
(232 birds)

NC Mammal List 
(land &sea)

List of NC Butterflies, Dragonflies & Damselflies

List of NC
Reptiles & Amphibians

North Carolina
Past Tour
Highlights


Alaska
Bird-List

Pribilofs Bird-List

Alaska
Mammal
List

Alaska 
Photos


Spain Bird-List
(285 birds)

Europe Bird-List
422 Birds

Spain
Past Tour Highlights
July








 

 

 

 

(tours FON/NF-1-11)
(Tours weekly Sun-Sun)


Costa Rica
(mostly Northern)
(tour: FON/CR-2)

2 places 
still available

 

 

 









Panama
in the Canal Basin
(tour FON/PN-2)




Europe Bird-List
422 Birds

 

 

Costa Rica
Bird-List
(680 birds)
& Other Nature

Costa Rica
Summer
Bird-List 
& Other Nature

Central America
Mammals

Central America
Butterflies

Panama Bird-List
(537 birds)
& Other Nature

Panama 
Past Tour Highlights

July-August

 


Arizona, USA
(tour: AZ-1)
during a prime time for birds with breeders & some migrants)
to some great places in the mountains & the desert
2 places
 still available

 


Arizona
Bird-List
(228 species
)

Arizona Mammal
List

Arizona Butterfly
List
(217 species)

Arizona
Past Tour Highlights

August








(tours FON/NF-1-11)
(Tours weekly Sun-Sun)


Brazil 

Mato Grosso
including the Pantanal,
Chapada, & 
Serra das Araras
(tour FON/BR-1)

2 places
still available



Brazil 
the Southeast
& Amazonian
(tour FON/BR-2)

tour nearly filled,
1 place available



Europe Bird-List
422 Birds






Brazil Bird-Lists
previous tours: 
(944 birds)
Part 2


Brazil
Rare Birds

Brazil
Mammals
& Other Wildlife

September







 










(tour BU-2)
Late-Summer
Birding
when there's a
good migration

 




West Coast, USA
(Washington State, & central California)
(tour FON/WC-3)
with 2 pelagic trips

a few places 
still available









Trinidad & Tobago
with an optional extension to
St. Lucia
(tour FON/TT-1)



Bulgaria 
Bird-List

(273 birds)

Europe Bird-List
(422 Birds
)

European
Mammals


West Coast Bird-List
(319 birds)

West Coast Mammal List
(50 species)
& some other wildlife

West Coast Butterfly List
(149 species)

West Coast
Past Tour 
Highlights

 

September - October



Spain 

in the Fall, 
from Extremadura 
to the Ebro,
with bird migration 
with an 
annular 
solar eclipse

(tour FON/SP-4)

a few places
still available



Spain Bird-List
(285 birds)

Europe Bird-List
422 Birds

Spain
Past Tour Highlights

European Photos
Birds

October




Sweden
for a phenomenal 
bird migration

(tour FON/SW-1)

This Sweden tour & the following 
Iceland tour 
can be combined. 

Iceland
for birds & the Northern Lights
(tour FON/IC-2)

a few places
still available


Sweden
Bird-List
(158 birds)
& Other Nature





Iceland
Bird-List
 & Other Nature
October

Iceland
Past Tour Highlights

October-November



Argentina 

2 birding tours:

Northeast & North-Central
Argentina
(tour FON/AR-1) 

 North-Central & Southern Argentina
(tour FON/AR-2)


Bird-Lists
previous tours
(692 birds)

Part 2

Mammal List
& other Wildlife

November

 

Chile
(tour FON/CH-1a) 
with optional extension 
in Far-North
(tour FON/CH-1b)

with 2 pelagic trips,
from Valparaiso during tour CH-1A,
& from Arica
 during tour CH-1B

tour nearly filled,
1 place available

Chile Bird-List
& other nature
(340 birds
)

Chile
Past Tour Highlights

December '05 - January '06




Guatemala
Our Annual 
Holiday Tour
in the Highlands & Lowlands,
incl. Tikal
(tour: FON/GU-2) 



Guatemala
Bird-List

(531birds)
& Other Nature

Guatemala Photos

Guatemala
Past Tour Highlights

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