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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
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
Tours in
Mexico
& Central America
in 2009 & 2010
for Birds,
Butterflies, Mammals,
& other Nature
For nearly 20 years, Focus On Nature Tours has conducted birding & nature tours in Central America. During that time, there have been 27 tours in Costa Rica, 16 in Guatemala, 9 in Panama (5 of them in the Chiriqui highlands), 11 in Mexico, 3 in Honduras, and 2 in Belize. Our Central American tours now scheduled in 2009 & 2010 include those in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Panama. Also in 2009, there are FONT tours scheduled to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. And to Sonora, in northern Mexico, in conjunction with tours in Arizona, fro birds, butterflies, mammals, & other nature. Our Costa Rica Tours are to an assortment of habitats in both the northern & southern parts of the country, usually to places less-populated by people but more so by birds. In 2010, we have a summer tour to Costa Rica, when teachers and others are able to go, who otherwise might not. Our Panama Tours in 2010 will include places in the Canal Basin that are renowned sites for birds & other nature, such as Barro Colorado Island and the Pipeline Road. Our Guatemala Tours include the highlands, where Quetzals and Mayas live today, and the lowlands in the Peten Region, where at Tikal, Mayans lived in the past. At the end of 2009, once again our the annual FONT Holiday Tour will be to Guatemala. You may wish to read an article regarding our previous Dec '06/Jan '07 Guatemala Holiday Tour, that was subsequently in a Washington DC newspaper, having been written by one of the tour participants: JAN '07 GUATEMALA TOUR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE And you may wish to see a gallery of photos taken during that tour: JAN '07 GUATEMALA TOUR PHOTOS There is a FONT publication available listing the over 900 species of birds that have been found during our Central American tours, noting where and when they have been found, along with information pertaining to subspecies, and local Spanish and Mayan names. Let us know if you'd like a copy. Also listed are Central American mammals & other wildlife, and there's another publication listing butterflies. Links to Itineraries for FONT Central American birding tours follow. As indicated, some of these tours can be done in combination. |
Above:
The Collared Redstart, a dapper bird that due to its tameness is known as
the "Amigo de Hombre", or "The Friend of Man".
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Itineraries in 2009 & 2010 (with prices) (click-on links for tour/date):
(Tour MX-4)
Nov 4-16, '09
MEXICO,
the YUCATAN
A Birding &
Nature Tour
in the land of
Mayans & Motmots
including
Cozumel Island
for endemics
& specialty
birds
(Tour GU-2)
Dec 26, '09 -
Jan 5, '10
Festive
GUATEMALA
(Our Annual
Holiday
Birding & Nature
Tour)
In the Highlands,
& Lowlands
including Tikal
(Tour CR-1)
Feb 27-Mar 7, '10
Northern
COSTA RICA
a Birding &
Nature Tour
including
a rainforest,
a boat-trip along
a tropical river,
a volcano,
and the
Pacific coast.
(can be combined
with tour CR-2
in southern
COSTA RICA
& western
PANAMA)
(Tour CR-2)
Mar 7-16, '10Southern
COSTA RICA
& adjacent Chiriqui
in western PANAMA
a Birding & Nature Tour,
from the
high mountains
to the seacoast,
including the
Osa Peninsula(can be combined
with tour CR-1
in northern
COSTA RICA)
(Tour AZ&MX-1)
Mar 19-28 '10
northern
MEXICO (SONORA) &
ARIZONA
including the
coast of the
Sea of Cortez
& Sonoran
bird specialties
& other nature
(Tour HN-1)
Apr 3-13, '10HONDURAS
a Birding &
Nature tour
including the
Caribbean coast,
Pico Bonito
& Copan
(Tour GU-1)
April 13-25, '10GUATEMALA
a Birding &
Nature Tour
in the land of
Mayans & Motmots(A two-part tour,
In the Highlands,
& Lowlands
& including Tikal)
(Tour CR-3)
Jul 5-17, '10
COSTA RICA
A Birding &
Nature Tour
(in mostly
northern CR)(including
Laguna del Lagarto,
Arenal,
Guanacaste, Carara
& the Talamanca Mtns)
(Tour PN-4)
Jul 17-25, '10
Central & Eastern
PANAMA
A Birding &
Nature Tour
in the
Canal Basin &
eastern Panama province
& Darien(Tour AZ&MX-2)
Aug 25 - Sep 3, '10
northern MEXICO (SONORA)
& ARIZONAat the good time
for hummingbirds
(Tour AZ&MX-3)
Sep 3-12, '10
northern MEXICO (SONORA)
& ARIZONA
including the
coast of the
Sea of Cortez
& Sonoran
bird specialties
& other nature
Narratives relating to previous FONT tours:
Our Guatemala Holiday Tour
Dec '06/Jan '07
(from a later newspaper article)
Guatemala (July '07):
"The Horned Guan, Other Birds,
and an Olive Ridley Sea Turtle"* * * * * * * * * * * * *
A Feature about Alexander Skutch
with a directory of his writings and
a Photo Gallery of Neotropic BirdsA Photo Feature of the Nature & Scenery
of Sonora, Mexico
(from our Sep '08 Tour)
Highlights from some other
previous FONT tours:
Belize Costa Rica
Guatemala Honduras
Mexico Panama
Orange-breasted Falcon,
as seen on Tikal temple,
during 2 FONT tours in Guatemala in 2002,
and then again in 2003, 2004, 2006, & 2007.
(Photograph by Alan Brady.)
Above: The Temples at Tikal in the Peten Jungle,
where we bird during our Guatemala tours.
Below: A drawing of Tikal by Charles Gambill,
following a previous FONT tour there, showing
Ocellated Turkey, Bat Falcon, and Tody Motmot.
(Charles, or "Buddy", who was one of our favorite tour participants,
unfortunately died suddenly during the summer of 2001.
He did a number of line drawings for FONT - in addition to Tikal,
also depicting the Galapagos, the Dominican Republic, and other places
where he traveled with us.)
