Birding Tours in 2009 with Focus On Nature Tours

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 2009

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 2008

Months	Tour Itineraries	Bird Lists
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
January	Japan Birding Tours, One of our Specialties in a 2nd Decade! Japan in the Winter Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Amami (tour FON/JA-1a&b) Jan 12-28, '09	Japan Bird-List (389 birds) & Other Nature Japan Rare Birds Japan Photos Gallery 1: Birds Japan Photos Gallery 2: Birds & Other Wildlife Japan Past Tour Highlights
February	Dominican Republic (tour FON/WI-2) Feb 1-8, '09 Can be combined with our tour in the northern Lesser Antilles, Feb 8-16 to be our 17th DR tour Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Dominica, & Guadeloupe) (tour FON/WI-3) Feb 8-16, '09 BELIZE in the interior & along the coast (tour FON/BZ-1) Feb 19-28, '09	Dom Rep Bird-list (185 birds) Dom Rep Past Tour Highlights Caribbean Rare Birds Lesser Antilles Bird-list (131 birds) Lesser Antilles Past Tour Highlights Belize Bird-List (260 birds) Central America Mammals Central America Butterflies
February-March	COSTA RICA (Northern) (tour: FONCR-1) Feb 28 - Mar 8, '09 (can be combined with Tour CR-2 in southern COSTA RICA & western PANAMA)	Costa Rica Bird-List (685 birds) & Other Nature Costa Rica Past Tour Highlights Feature: "Alexander Skutch - A Naturalist in Costa Rica" Costa Rica Mammals & Other Wildlife Central America Butterflies
March	COSTA RICA (southern) & PANAMA (western) (tour: FON/CR-2) Mar 7-16, '09 (can be combined with either tour CR-1 in northern Costa Rica or tour PN-2 in Panama, or both) Brazil Mato Grosso do Sul including the Pantanal & Southeast Brazil (tour FON/BR-1) Mar 11-20, '09 with an optional extension with more in Southeast Brazil until Mar 24, '09	Costa Rica Bird-List (685 birds) & Other Nature Costa Rica Past Tour Highlights Brazil Bird-Lists previous tours: (1,017 birds) Part 1 Part 2 Brazil Rare Birds Brazil Mammals & Other Wildlife Brazil Past Tour Highlights
March-April	Puerto Rico (tour FON/WI-4) Mar 30 - Apr 4, '09 to be our 28th PR tour Can be combined our Lesser Antilles tour, Apr 4-12, '09	Caribbean Rare Birds Puerto Rico Bird-List (187 birds) Puerto Rico Past Tour Highlights
April	Lesser Antilles (St. Lucia, St. Vincent, & Dominica) (tour FON/WI-5) Apr 4 -12, '09 GUATEMALA a birding & nature tour in the land of Mayas & Motmots (tour FON/GU-1, '09) Apr 14-26, '09 (A two-part tour, In the Highlands, & Lowlands & including Tikal) Colorado & adjacent Kansas & Wyoming, USA ("the Grouse Tour") (tour: FON/Grouse 2009) Apr 10-19, '09 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) April 19-27, '09	Lesser Antilles Bird-list (133 birds) Lesser Antilles Past Tour Highlights Caribbean Rare Birds Guatemala Bird-List (551 birds) & Other Nature Central America Mammals Central America Butterflies Guatemala Past Tour Highlights Guatemala Photos Colorado Bird-List for April (226 birds) & Other Nature Colorado Bird-List (253 birds) & Other Nature (incl 40 mammals) 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 9-26, '09)	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
June	Iceland in the Late-Spring for Geysers, Gyr, & More Oceanic Birds, Marine Mammals, other nature (tour FON/ IC-1) Jun 5-14, '09 Spain Birding in a Land of Castles, Culture & Cuisine (tours FON/SP-2 & 3) Jun 12-26, '09 Do either or both. SP-2 includes Extremadura & Gredos Mtns Jun 12-19, '09 SP-3 includes Pyrenees & Ebro Delta Jun 19-26, '09	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) Spain Bird-List (288 birds) Spain Past Tour Highlights European Photos Birds
June-July	Canary Islands (Spain) (tour FON/SP-4) Jun 26 - Jul 1, '09 This tour can be combined with the Spain tour SP-2	Spain Bird-List (incl. Canaries) Europe Bird-List (437 birds)
July	Japan Birding Tours, One of our Specialties in a 2nd Decade! JAPAN, in the Summer Kyushu & Nansei Shoto (Okinawa & Amami), with a SOLAR ECLIPSE (tour FON/JA-3) July 12-26, '09 some space still available	Japan Bird-List (389 birds) & Other Nature Japan Rare Birds Japan Photos Gallery 1: Birds Japan Photos Gallery 2: Birds & Other Wildlife Japan Past Tour Highlights SOLAR ECLIPSES & Other Celestial Nature during our Tours

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