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PHOTO GALLERIES 
and

NARRATIVES
RELATING TO SOME PREVIOUS
FOCUS ON NATURE TOURS

FOLLOWING HERE ARE LINKS TO PHOTO GALLERIES AND NARRATIVES RELATING TO PREVIOUS FOCUS ON NATURE TOURS, AT VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
FROM THESE LINKS THERE ARE OTHERS TO LISTS OF BIRDS & OTHER NATURE DURING THE TOURS.

PHOTO GALLERIES             NARRATIVES 



One of the two very rare HORNED GUANS 
we saw together during one of our tours in Guatemala.
(Photo during our tour by Josue de Leon, 
one of our guides) 




Links to PHOTO GALLERIES 
from some Previous FONT Tours:



ARGENTINA

Birds & Mammals in Southern Argentina - Dec 2013


Arizona

Nature & Scenery in Arizona, USA & Sonora, Mexico - Aug/Sep 2010  


BELIZE

Nature in Belize - April 2011

Nature & Culture in Belize - March 2007


BRAZIL



The HYACINTH MACAW is a highlight of FONT tours in Brazil. 



Sights & Scenes in Brazil
(Minas Gerais) - May 2011

Birds in Brazil
(Rio Grande do Sul & Mato Grosso do Sul)
& in Uruguay - October 2010 

Birds & Other Nature in Brazil  
(Minas Gerais & Rio Grande do Sul)  - October 2009
 

Nature & Scenery in Brazil
& nearby Argentina & Paraguay - July/August 2008

Nature & Scenery in Brazil  (including Minas Gerais,
Southeast Brazil, & the Pantanal)  - March 2008

Birds & Animals in the Pantanal of Brazil 
(Mato Grosso do Sul) -  September 2006


A JABIRU,
1 of as many as 400 seen 
during one FONT tour in Brazil in 2009. 


CHILE

Nature & Scenery
in Chile - November 2011


COLORADO

Nature & Scenery in Colorado
& Nearby States - mostly April 2009
including Birds & Mammals

Birds & Other Nature in Colorado 
& Nearby States - April 2005 



COSTA RICA

Birds & Other Nature
in Costa Rica - March 2012

Colorful Birds of Costa Rica


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
in the West Indies

Nature, Scenery & Culture
in the Dominican Republic - April 2012

Nature, Scenery, & Culture 
in the Dominican Republic - February 2012

Plant-Life of the Dominican Republic
including some about a mile and a half 
above sea level, others below sea level
- February & April 2012 

Moths in the Dominican Republic



ECUADOR

Birds & some Butterflies
in Ecuador - April 2013

Birds, Whales,
Scenery & Culture
in Ecuador - July 2013

Birds & some Other Nature
in Ecuador - April-May 2014

Moths & Butterflies
in Ecuador 
July 2013 & April-May 2014
and some caterpillars in April 2013




GUATEMALA


The Ocellated Turkey at Tikal, Guatemala 

Nature & Scenery during
the FONT Guatemala Holiday Tour - Dec 2006 / Jan 2007

 

HONDURAS

Nature in Honduras
Birds, Butterflies, a Moth, More 

 

ICELAND

Nature, Scenery & Culture in Iceland - June 2015

Birds in Iceland - June 2015

  Scenery & Nature in Iceland - Sept/Oct 2013

Birds & Other Nature in Iceland - June 2012

Nature & Culture in Iceland - June 2009

Birds & Scenery in Iceland - June 2006

Scenery & Nature in Iceland - various tours


JAMAICA
in the West Indies

Moths & Butterflies
in Jamaica


in photos sent to us
from a teacher and students
at a school on the island



JAPAN

Culture & Scenery in Japan - December 2004


MEXICO



American Flamingos
photographed during a FONT tour 
on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico 


Nature & Scenery in Sonora, Mexico & Arizona, USA - Aug/Sep 2010
  

Nature & Culture in Mexico 
(the Yucatan & Cozumel Island)  - March 2009

Nature & Scenery in Sonora, Mexico  - September 2008



A Brown Booby photographed during a FONT tour
at the Sea of Cortez in Sonora


SWEDEN



A Barnacle Goose photographed during a FONT tour in Sweden

Nature & Culture in Sweden - September 2007

 

 

Links to NARRATIVES 
of some Previous FONT Tours:

 

ALASKA

Alaska: with a Golden Bear
and Golden Eagle,
a Big Mountain & More
(during the FONT June 2013 Tour)


ARIZONA



Anna's Hummingbird,
one of the hummingbirds seen in Arizona
during FONT tours

Arizona: with Montezuma Quail,
a rare Mexican Yellow Grosbeak,
and more - including hummingbirds!
(during the FONT July 2007 tour)

 

BELIZE



A Northern Royal Flycatcher
with an erect crest

Belize: at places such as
Crooked Tree & Cotton Tree,
with wildlife as small as manakins,
as large as manatees
(during the FONT April 2011 tour)

Belize: a little country
with a lot of nature,
from the reef to the rainforest
(during the FONT March 2007 tour)

 

BRAZIL

A PAIR OF RINGED TEALS
photographed during a FONT tour in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.  
In front, the male, an attractive bird indeed.  
This species has a limited distribution in southern South America.
(Photo by Marie Gardner, during our October 2009 Brazil Tour)


Brazil: a Rare Bird, 
a Rare Mammal & More
(during the FONT May 2011 tour)

Brazil: with a rare Merganser,
a rare Eagle, & a rare Sloth
(during the FONT March 2008 tour)

Brazil: with Hyacinth Macaw,
and many other birds,
& a Jaguar
(during the FONT August 2007 tour)

Brazil: in Minas Gerais & Rio Grande do Sul
with maybe the most birds of any FONT tour
(that Rio Grande is "just north of the border"
- with that of Uruguay)
(during the FONT October 2006 tour)
  




COLORFUL BIRDS AT A FEEDER IN SOUTHEAST BRAZIL.
Green-headed Tanagers & Blue-naped Chlorophonias.
Both species have green heads. 
The tanager has blue on the shoulders.
The chlorophonia has blue on its neck.
(Photo by Dan Coleman, 
during the August 2007 FONT tour in Brazil,
and these colorful birds
have been seen again
during other FONT tours in Southeast Brazil since.)



CALIFORNIA

California & Washington State:
Following the Path of Lewis & Clark,
and Crossing Paths with a Bird from Hawaii
(during the FONT West Coast USA Tour
in September 2005)

 

CANARY ISLANDS

3 of the Canary Islands,
each very different:
Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife,
for birds & other nature
(during the June 2009 FONT tour)

 

CARIBBEAN

Dominican Republic
(relating to the April 2012 FONT tour)

Lesser Antilles 
on the islands of 
Antigua, Barbuda,
Dominica, & Guadeloupe
(during the FONT tour
in February 2010)

Dominican Republic: with interesting avifauna
and other nature that's rare, endemic,
isolated, & with a history
(relating to the April 2006 FONT tour)

 

CHILE

Chile: in a land of parakeets
and penguins and the pudu
(during the FONT November 2011 tour)


Chile: from the Pacific
to the High Andes
(during the FONT November 2007 tour)

 


COSTA RICA

Costa Rica: with over 350 species of birds,
and among them some "good ones"
(during the FONT March 2012 tours)

Costa Rica: with over 300 species of birds,
many of them colorful
(during the FONT February 2011 tour)

 

ECUADOR

Ecuador: in the Andes
on the eastern & western slopes,
including high paramo,
montane forests,
and some other, lower habitats;
making for a tour
with many birds
(during the FONT April 2013 tour)


GUATEMALA



A Caligo butterfly 
photographed during a FONT tour in Guatemala

Guatemala: with the rare Horned Guan, other birds,
and a hatchling Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
(during the FONT July 2007 tour)
 

Guatemala: Our Holiday Tour,
the top birds and other favorites
(during the FONT Dec 2006/Jan 2007 tour)

Guatemala: a Newspaper Article & Photos
by a FONT tour participants
(relating to the FONT Dec 2006/Jan 2007 tour)

Guatemala: A Spring Tour
in the Highlands & Lowlands
(the FONT March 2006 tour)

Guatemala: Our Festive Holiday Tour
in the highlands & lowlands, including Tikal
(the FONT Dec 2005/Jan 2006 tour) 
 


ICELAND

The "Northern Lights",  or Aurora Borealis
as during FONT tours in Iceland in the fall 



Iceland in the Spring
with Puffins, Ptarmigan, Phalaropes,
Foxes, Whales, More
(during the FONT June 2012 tour)

Iceland in the Spring
with its interesting nature & culture
and about PUFFINS
(during the FONT June 2011 tour) 

Iceland in the Fall:
with 3 Gyrfalcons, an all-white fox, avian vagrants,
and dancing lights in the night-time sky
(during the FONT Sep/Oct 2008 tour)

Iceland in the Spring:
with its Birds & so Much More
(during the FONT June 2006 tour)


JAPAN

The RED-CROWNED CRANE is a highlight of FONT tours in Japan. 

Japan in the Winter:
with Blakiston's Fish Owl, Eagles, 
Cranes, Mandarins, & More
(during the FONT January 2008 tour)


Japan in the Spring:
with both birds & those 
who watched & photographed them
having come from afar -
also noting some new bird taxonomy
& nomenclature 
(during the FONT May 2010 tour)

Japan in the Summer
with a Total Eclipse of the Sun
(during the FONT July 2009 tour)

  Japan in the Spring:
on 5 Islands:
Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa, Amami
and one, Hegura, a special little island
that's a magnet for many birds
(during the FONT May 2007 tour)

 

  NORTH CAROLINA



Carolina Chickadee,
one of the bird species with "Carolina" in its name


North Carolina:
"Nothing's Much Finer than
Birding in Carolina"
an essay about birds
(relating to the FONT Spring 2004 tour)



PANAMA



The Agami Heron,
one of the "A-Team" of Panamanian birds


Panama: with an "A-Team"
of Anhinga, Ani, Aracari, & Agami
(during the FONT February 2006 tour
in eastern Panama & Darien)


PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico: as it is experienced 
during FONT Tours

(There have been 27 such tours on the island.)
 

SWEDEN



The Western Jackdaw,
a common bird in the Swedish countryside 

Sweden: a wonderful bird migration
in the land of Linnaeus
(during the FONT September 2007 tour)

Sweden: a narrative about 
birds in migration and other nature
(during the FONT September 2006 tour)  

 

TEXAS

Texas: Idyllic, Iconic, and Utopian,
with also some things ancient,
and of course present-day
(during the FONT March 2014 tour)

Texas: A Big State where Nature Abounds:
Birds, Mammals, Butterflies, & Wildflowers
(during the FONT May 2010 tour)

 

WASHINGTON STATE

Washington State & California:
Following the Path of Lewis & Clark.
and Crossing Paths with a Bird from Hawaii
(during the FONT West Coast USA Tour
in September 2005)

 

 

A Link to some FONT Customer Comments & Testimonials


Photos of People, Places & More from Previous Tours
in the FONT Archives: Galleries 1 thru 4




Some of the FONT group participants 
on our Brazil Tour in Mato Grosso do Sul in September 2006,
after an after-dark excursion with not just the 
JAGUAR painted on the vehicle, but a real one! 



The FONT Brazil March '08 Tour Group
having dinner one evening during the tour
,
not far from the park with the rare BRAZILIAN MERGANSER.



Our group along the remote & pristine north coast of Iceland
during the FONT tour in June 2009.



That same FONT group on a boat in Iceland looking at Puffins.



Participants  during a FONT tour in Japan in December 2007,
were from Thailand and California, USA.
Armas Hill of FONT, is here, as he often is, in the driver's seat.





In Kyushu, Japan, where we see the White-naped Cranes,
we often stop in a small restaurant for a Japanese meal.
Above, Armas Hill & the restaurant proprietor.
Below, the White-naped Cranes.  





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