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

 

North America 
Birding & Nature Tours
in 2009, 2010, & 2011

There have been Focus On Nature Birding Tours in North America for about 20 years, to places as diverse as Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado & Kansas (for grouse & more), Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Wyoming, and Washington State. 

In western North America, particularly popular has been our annual West Coast tour during September, in mostly Washington State and California, with 2 pelagic trips.

On the opposite side of the continent, we've done birding & nature tours, during the late spring, in North Carolina.  

During the summer of '09, we'll be going again to Arizona for birds (notably hummingbirds, but others too) & butterflies, where we enjoyed a wonderful tour in '08. As in '08, that tour will include a few days south of the border in Sonora, Mexico.
 
In the spring of '09, we'll again do our annual tour for grouse & more in Colorado & nearby Wyoming.      
Also in the spring of '09, we plan to go again to Texas to see the many birds & butterflies, as well as other nature there. 

A FONT publication is available listing more than 700 species of birds and 135 species of mammals found during our North American tours, noting where and when found. Another publication lists butterflies of the American Southwest (including Texas & Arizona, and nearby Mexico).
Let us know if you'd like to receive a free copy of each or either.  
Itineraries for FONT's North American tours follow.  
Painted Bunting


Green-tailed Towhee

Itineraries in 2009, 2010, & 2011 with prices (click on the underlined tour numbers/dates): 

southern 
ARIZONA 
Aug 27-Sep 4, '09
(tour AZ-1)


 at the good time 
for hummingbirds

West Coast USA
  (WASHINGTON
STATE,
central 
CALIFORNIA)
Sep 4-13, '09
(tour WC-1)

with 2 
pelagic trips

 

 

 ARIZONA & 
northern MEXICO (SONORA)


Mar 19-28 '10
(Tour AZ&MX-1)


including the
coast of the 
Sea of Cortez
& Sonoran 
bird specialties
& other nature

COLORADO
(& adjacent KANSAS,
OKLAHOMA, 
& WYOMING)

Apr 16-25, '10
 (tour CO-1)


 for "grouse & more"

 
NORTH 
CAROLINA

May 27-31, '10
(tour NC-1)

our annual 
"Carolina Caper" 
landbirding tour 


Red-cockaded Woodpecker, 
Swainson's Warbler, 
& other birds;
also mammals 
& butterflies.

 

 

 ARIZONA & 
northern MEXICO (SONORA) 

Aug 25 - Sep 3, '10
(tour AZ&MX-2)

at the good time 
for hummingbirds

 

 ARIZONA & 
northern MEXICO (SONORA)

Sep 3-12, '10
(tour AZ&MX-3)

including the
coast of the 
Sea of Cortez
& Sonoran 
bird specialties
& other nature

 

 TEXAS 
in the Spring

for birds & butterflies

Apr 17-25, '11 
(tour TX-1)


from Rockport
on the Gulf 
to the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley 
and the 
Edwards Plateau

 
Lists of Birds (with photos) during FONT tours in: 

Arizona
 (during late summer
& winter)
California
(in September)
Colorado & nearby states
(throughout the year)
North Carolina
(in the spring)
Texas
(in the spring)
Washington State
(in September)
 Mammals & Some Other Wildlife 
of North America  (with photos)

 

Birds of Southern Arizona
(throughout the year) 
(with photos)

 
Narratives relating to previous FONT tours:
In ARIZONA: "A Mexican Yellow Grosbeak, Montezuma Quail, & More"
In CALIFORNIA & WASHINGTON STATE: "Following the Path of Lewis & Clark,
and Crossing Paths with a Bird from Hawaii"
In NORTH CAROLINA: "Nothing's Much Finer than Birding in Carolina"  


Some Previous Tour Highlights:  Arizona    Colorado   Texas   West Coast USA

 


Bald Eagles at their nest.
This species seen during FONT tours in Alaska, British Columbia, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, 
Washington State, and Wyoming.
(Photo by Paul West©)


Birding in North America is in places
as diverse as the mountains near Nome, Alaska (above),
and the Sonoran Desert in Arizona (below).

Web page by Risė Hill.