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

Website:  www.focusonnature.com

 

Focus On Nature Tours
in
North America
in 2012 & 2013

For Birds, Butterflies, 
Mammals, and Other Nature

 


There have been Focus On Nature Birding & Nature Tours 
in North America for over 20 years. 
To places as diverse as Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia, 
California, Colorado & Kansas (for grouse & more), 
Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, 
Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, and Washington State. 
Here, below, there are links to tours in two other states
good for birds and other nature too, Wisconsin and
Minnesota.

In western North America, particularly popular has been 
our annual West Coast tour during September, in mostly 
 Washington State and California, including boat-trips 
for bird & whales including Orcas. 
Also part of the tour is a great place to be for nature,
especially birds in the fall, Point Reyes in the fall.   

On the opposite side of the continent, we've done birding 
& nature tours, over the years during the late spring, in 
North Carolina. And we'll do it again in 2012 & 2013.
During our annual "Carolina Caper", in addition to birds,
there would nice assortments of butterflies & dragonflies,
as well as other nature.     

Also in 2013, we'll again be doing our annual tour in the
spring for grouse & more in Colorado & nearby Nebraska 
& Wyoming.      
Another tour in the spring of 2013, will be again in Texas 
to see the many birds, butterflies, and other nature there,
including bats and other mammals.  

In 2012, in the late-summer, we'll be going to Arizona, 
for birds, butterflies, wildflowers, and other nature. 
The late-summer tour is especially good for hummingbirds.  
 
Later in 2012, we will be doing a special tour in mostly
Wisconsin and also nearby Minnesota. During the tour,
we'll visit the International Crane Foundation and an
extraordinary "Birds in Art" exhibition, as well as a region
also extraordinary for birds and other nature. In that region,
we'll be with the Timber Wolf Alliance, tracking as we bird.     

There are links below to lists and photo galleries of 
North American birds (in 6 parts), as well as birds in places
including Arizona, California, Colorado, North Carolina,
and Texas.
Also links to lists & photo galleries of butterflies, moths,
dragonflies & damselflies, amphibians & reptiles, 
mammals, fish, and other marine life.
Also links to highlights of previous FONT tours, with
narratives and photo galleries.  


Painted Bunting


Green-tailed Towhee

 


 A Wolf Howling

 

Itineraries in 2012 & 2013 with prices (click on the underlined tour numbers/dates): 

NORTH 
CAROLINA


May 31 - Jun 4 '12
(tour NC-1)

our annual 
"Carolina Caper" 
landbirding tour 

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

ARIZONA
north & south 

Aug 28 - Sep 9, '12
(tour AZ-2)

at the good time 
for hummingbirds

and with condors
at the
Grand Canyon


West Coast USA
  WASHINGTON
STATE,
central CALIFORNIA
Sep 9-18, '12
(tour WC-1)

including a
boat trip in
Washington
& a visit to
Point Reyes
in California

 
WISCONSIN & 
MINNESOTA
   
Oct 13-23, '12
(tour WM-1)

including the
International Crane
Foundation,
Birds in Art,
time in the field
in wild country,
with lots of cranes,
waterfowl & wolves.
Also a visit to
one of the best of
"hawk watches"

 

 COLORADO
(& adjacent 
NEBRASKA 
& WYOMING)

Apr 16-25, '13
 (tour CO-1)

for "grouse & more"

 

 

 

 TEXAS 
in the 
Spring


Apr 26 - May 4, '13 
(tour TX-1)

for birds 
& butterflies

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

 

 NORTH 
CAROLINA


 Jun 6-10 '13
(tour NC-1)

our annual 
"Carolina Caper" 
landbirding tour 

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

 
Lists & Photo Galleries of Birds:

NORTH AMERICA
Part #1: Grouse to Anhinga
Part #2: Condor to Shorebirds
Part #3: Jaegers to Cuckoos
Part #4: Owls to Flycatchers
Part #5: Shrikes to Pipits
Part #6: Olive Warbler to Buntings
ARIZONA
 Part #1: Quails to Becards
Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings
CALIFORNIA
 (in September)

COLORADO & nearby states
Part #1: Quail to Woodpeckers 
Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings
NORTH CAROLINA
TEXAS
Part #1: Quail to Becard
Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings
WASHINGTON STATE
 (in September)


Lists & Photo Galleries of Nature:
Butterflies of
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
Butterflies & Moths of ARIZONA 
Butterflies of TEXAS
Moths of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

Dragonflies & Damselflies
of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA  

Dragonflies & Damselflies
of ARIZONA 
Dragonflies & Damselflies
of TEXAS
Amphibians & Reptiles
of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
Amphibians & Reptiles
of TEXAS
Amphibians & Reptiles
of ARIZONA  

Marine Life
 (inc. corals & jellyfish,
mollusks (shells)
& arthropods
(crustaceans & echinoderms):
of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

of SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA
(inc FLORIDA & TEXAS)

Marine Fish of
EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
 
Mammals
of North America 
(with some photos)


Mammals of 
Eastern
North America
 (with some photos)

Plants of the Desert 
& some nearby habitats  
(with some photos)

* * * * * * 

Alaska Birds

Birds of Southern Arizona

Birds in Colorado
& Nearby States
in April
 (without photos)

A Photo Gallery of Birds
in COLORADO & nearby states
(from a previous FONT tour) 




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
Birds & Marine Life during FONT New Jersey pelagic trips, 2000-2005 

 



 Bald Eagles at their nest.
This species seen during FONT tours in Alaska, British Columbia, 
California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, Newfoundland, 
North Carolina, Washington State, and Wyoming.
 (Photo by FONT tour participant 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.