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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 2008

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 2009


Months

Tour Itineraries

Bird Lists

February-March

 



PANAMA
(central & eastern)
from the Canal Basin
east into Darien
Feb 23 - Mar 2, '08

 

Panama Bird-List
(563 birds)
& Other Nature

Panama 
Past Tour Highlights

Central America
Mammals

Central America
Butterflies

March-April

 

Dominican Republic
(tour FON/WI-5)
Mar 28 - Apr 4, '08

to be our 18th DR tour 

2 places
still available


Dom Rep Bird-list
(185 birds)

Dom Rep
Past Tour Highlights

Caribbean 
Rare Birds

April










 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PANAMA
(central & eastern)
from the Canal Basin
east into Darien
Apr 7-15, '08

 


COLORADO & 
adjacent KANSAS & WYOMING, USA
(for Grouse & 
other birds too)
(tour: FON/
Grouse 2008)

Apr 12-21, '08 

 

TEXAS
A tour for birds,
butterflies, 
& other nature
in east, south & 
central Texas
(incl. the Gulf Coast,
the lower 
Rio Grande Valley,
& the Edwards Plateau) 

(tour: FON/TX-1)

Apr 21-29, '08



Panama Bird-List
(563 birds)
& Other Nature

Panama 
Past Tour Highlights

Central America
Mammals

Central America
Butterflies


Colorado
Bird-List
(253 birds)
& Other Nature
(incl 40 mammals)

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

Colorado 
Past Tour Highlights


Texas Bird-List
(318 birds)

Texas
Mammals

Texas
Butterflies

Texas 
& nearby 
New Mexico 
Past Tour Highlights

May






JAPAN 
in the Spring 
Honshu 
(incl. Hegura Is.),
 Kyushu, & 
Nansei Shoto
(Okinawa & Amami)
(tour  FON/JA-3)
May 10-27, '08)

some space
still available

 


Japan
Bird-List 
(389 birds)
& Other Nature

Japan
Spring Bird-List

Japan
Rare Birds

Japanese Shorebirds

Japan Photo
Gallery 1: 
Birds

Japan Photo

Gallery 2: 
Birds & Other Wildlife

Japan Photos 
Culture & Scenery

Japan 
Past Tour Highlights

May-June


North Carolina
"Carolina Caper"
Landbirding Tour
for
Red-cockaded Woodpecker,
Swainson's Warbler,
& More
(tour FON/NC-1)
May 30 - Jun 3, '08


North Carolina
Bird-List
(232 birds)

Mammal List (land &sea)

List of Butterflies, Dragonflies & Damselflies

List of
Reptiles & Amphibians

North Carolina
Past Tour
Highlights

June






Iceland 
in the Late-Spring
for Geysers, Gyr,
& More
Oceanic Birds,
Marine Mammals,
other nature
(tour FON/ IC-1)
Jun 6-11, '08
With an Optional Extension in the South & East
including the Westman Islands 

until Jun 15, '08

MEXICO,
the YUCATAN
A Birding & Nature Tour
in the land of 
Mayas & Motmots
(tour MX-1)

Jun 14-24, '08


Iceland 
Bird-List
(96 birds)

Iceland
Past Tour Highlights

Photos of Iceland 
Birds & Scenery
from a June Tour


Iceland Photos

Europe Bird-List
(437 birds
)

 

MEXICO
a complete
Bird-List
minus pelagics
& vagrants

June-July 




 


COSTA RICA
(mostly northern)
(tour: FON/CR-3)
Jun 24 - Jul 6, '08


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

Costa Rica
Past Tour Highlights

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

July 

 


PANAMA
in the Canal Basin
(tour FON/PN-2)
Jul 6-13, '08


Panama Bird-List
(563 birds)
& Other Nature

Panama 
Past Tour Highlights

Central America
Mammals

Central America
Butterflies

July-August

 


Brazil 
Iguazu Falls & 
Mato Grosso
including the Pantanal
(tour FON/BR-2)
Jul 26-Aug 9, '08

 


Brazil Bird-Lists
previous tours: 
(1,017 birds)
Part 1

Part 2

 

Brazil
Mammals
& Other Wildlife

Brazil
Past Tour
Highlights

A Photographic Sampling 
of Brazilian 
Animals & Birds
(from our 
Sep '06 Tour )

August

 



SOUTHEAST 
BRAZIL
including the
 ATLANTIC FOREST
at Itatiaia & Intervales
 & 
near the coast 
at Ubatuba

(tour BR-3)
Aug 10-17, '08


This tour can be done
in conjunction with
Tour BR-2
 

Brazil Bird-Lists
previous tours: 
(1,017 birds)
Part 1

Part 2

Brazil
Rare Birds


Brazil

Past Tour
Highlights

 

August-September

 

 

 

 

Arizona, USA
(during a prime time for birds 
with both breeders & migrants)
(tour: FON/AZ-1)
Aug 28 - Sep 5, '08
to some great places 
in the mountains & the desert



Bulgaria
Late-Summer Birding
when there's a 
good migration
(tour FON/BU-2)
Aug 29 - Sep 6, '08

followed by an 
extension to
TURKEY & 
the BOSPHOROUS

until Sep 10, '08

 

Bird-List
(244 birds
)

Mammal List

Butterfly List
(217 species)

Arizona
Past Tour Highlights


Bulgaria 
Bird-List
(273 birds)

Europe Bird-List
(437 Birds)

European
Mammals

September
















 

West Coast, USA
(Washington State, & central California)
(tour FON/WC-3)
Sept 5-14, '08
with pelagic trip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



SWEDEN
for a phenomenal 
bird migration

(tour FON/SW-1)
Sep 20-26, '08

This Sweden tour can be combined with our Iceland tour
 which follows it 
Sept 26-29 .


Iceland
in the Fall
for Birds & 
the Northern Lights

(tour FON/IC-2)
Sep 26 - Oct 4, '08

Our Iceland tour  FON/IC-2 can be done
independently,
or in combination with 
our
Sweden tour 
which precedes it 
Sep 20-26, '08 .

 

West Coast Tour Bird-List
(327 birds)

West Coast Tour Mammal List
(59 species)
& some other wildlife

California 
Bird & Mammal Lists

West Coast Butterfly List
(149 species)

West Coast
Past Tour 
Highlights

 

Sweden Bird-List
(179 birds)

Europe Bird-List
(437 birds
)

Sweden 
Past Tour Highlights

 

Iceland 
Bird-List
(96 birds)

Iceland
Past Tour Highlights

Iceland Photos

 Europe Bird-List
(437 birds
)

October

 




Brazil
in the states of
Minas Gerais
& Rio Grande do Sul
for birds & other nature
of inland SE &
 far-southern Brazil
(tour FON/BR-4)
Oct 5-19, '08 
with an optional extension 
to the Pantanal 
in Mato Grosso do Sul
until Oct 23


Brazil Bird-Lists
previous tours: 
(1,017 birds)
Part 1

Part 2

Brazil
Rare Birds

Brazil
Birds of 
Rio Grande 
do Sul

Brazil
Mammals
& Other Wildlife


Brazil

Past Tour
Highlights

A Photographic Sampling 
of Brazilian 
Animals & Birds
(from our 
Sep '06 Tour )

November 








ARGENTINA
(South: in 3 parts of Patagonia)
(tour FON/AR-2)
Nov 9-22, '08








CHILE
(tour CH-SS)
incl: the High Andes
a Pelagic Trip 
on the Pacific,
and birding elsewhere in between.
Nov 22-26, '08

(an optional extension following 
Argentina tour AR-2)

Argentina
Bird-Lists
previous tours
(692 birds)

Part 1

Part 2

Argentina Mammal List
& other Wildlife


Chile Bird-List
& other nature
(344 birds
)


Chile
Past Tour Highlights

November-December


CHILE
(tour FON/CH-1a) 
Nov 22-Dec 1, '08
with optional extension 
in Far-North
(tour FON/CH-1b)
Dec 1-5, '08
with 2 pelagic trips,
from Valparaiso 
during tour CH-1A,
& from Arica
 during tour CH-1B

 


Chile Bird-List
& other nature
(344 birds
)

Chile
Past Tour Highlights

December '08 - January '09










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

Dec 26, '08 
- Jan 5, '09




Guatemala
Bird-List

(551 birds)
& Other Nature

Central America
Mammals

Central America
Butterflies

Guatemala
Past Tour Highlights

Photo Feature from our Guatemala Holiday Tour Dec'06-Jan'07 

Guatemala Photos

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