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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 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, '0
9






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, '0
9
 








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, '0
9


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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