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CUSTOMER COMMENTS
& TESTIMONIALS

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  As of February 3, 2012, there's still 
some availability on upcoming FONT tours in:

GUATEMALA in Mar/Apr 2012
AMAZONIAN BRAZIL in May 2012



 The Resplendent Quetzal of
 Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica

 Tour Itineraries & prices in links below. 

  OUR UPCOMING
BIRDING & NATURE TOURS:

Tours in North America

Tours in the Caribbean

Tours in Central America
(including Mexico)

Tours in South America #1 
(in Brazil & Venezuela & Uruguay)

Tours in South America #2 
(in Argentina & Chile)  

Tours in Europe

Tours in Japan


  OUR Upcoming tours: 
A Chronological Summary 
 (in  2012 &  2013)

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LOOKING BACK 
at the FONT Archives
Galleries 1 thru 4
(with Photos of People & Places,
 and Birds & Other Nature) 

MORE PAST TOUR HIGHLIGHTS   

RECENT FONT NEWS 
(in our E-Mail Bulletins)
 thru January 7, 2012
 Info in this link about:
 some past & future tours in
 Chile, Brazil, Japan,
 Guatemala, Wisconsin
 and much, much more   

This RED-CROWNED CRANE 
was photographed during the
first of 35 FONT tours in Japan.
  

SOME UPDATED LISTS 
& PHOTO GALLERIES

 For Eastern North America:
 Mammals   Butterflies   Moths
 Dragonflies & Damselflies
 Amphibians & Reptiles
 where FONT will be offering 
 more tour in months to come

 For North America: Birds, in 6 parts

 Links lower on this page  to Other Lists 
 & Photo Galleries  

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 PHOTOS FROM THE FONT TOUR 
 IN CHILE IN NOVEMBER 2011

 Bird Taxonomy Updates  (as of July 2011) 

 2010 was the 20th Year for FONT Birding 
 & Nature Tours - we're now into our 22nd year

 To read our BIRDLINES & NATURELINES




The large stork, the Jabiru, has been seen
during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize,
Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, & Venezuela.
During our tour in Belize in April 2011,
about 50 were seen. 

  PAST FONT TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
 by year & destination, with links 
 to narratives, photo galleries,
 & related lists pertaining to birds 
 & other nature during our past tours  

  VARIOUS NARRATIVES & 
PHOTO GALLERIES 
from past FONT tours
In Arizona, Belize, Brazil, Chile, 
California, Colorado, Costa Rica, 
Guatemala, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, 
North Carolina, Panama, Sweden, 
Washington State, & in the West Indies 
in Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, 
the Dominican Republic, & Guadeloupe 

FONT in  the Caribbean in Feb 2011:
on Barbuda, Dominica, Guadeloupe 

FONT in the Cayman Islands in Dec 2010:
a nice mix of FLORA & FAUNA 

FONT in Brazil & Uruguay, photos of birds
during our October 2010 tour. 

 FONT in Japan, in May 2010: 
 a big BIRD MIGRATION 
 on a little Japanese island,
 and an animal called the SEROW

FONT in Costa Rica, in March 2010:
over 400 species of birds
from as large as a JABIRU 
to as small as a SNOWCAP

FONT in Chile, in November/December 2009:
A very special PLOVER, along with
PARAKEETS, PENGUINS, & a PUDU

FONT in Brazil, in March  2009:
HYACINTH (Macaw) & HARPY (Eagle),
JABIRU & JAGUAR,
 

Above: TIKA 2, an orphaned JAGUAR
during our April 2011 Tour in Belize.
JAGUARS in the wild have been seen 
during 7 FONT tours in the last 5 years:   
4 times in Brazil (most recently in Aug 2011) 
2 times in Mexico,  and once in Guatemala.
 Click for more about: JAGUARS 
with more photos of Tika 2.        
 
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Directory of Photos in this Website
(alphabetical listings of birds,
 mammals, & other nature)

This directory relates to photos included 
in bird-lists below, & in other lists & files 
in this website pertaining to mammals, 
amphibians & reptiles, butterflies, moths, 
dragonflies & damselflies, grasshoppers,
marine-life including fish and other life of 
coral reefs and shorelines, wildflowers & 
other plants, celestial phenomena.
Now in the directory: 1,425 entries.      

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LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES 
of BIRDS
 with subspecies & updated taxonomy,
 and noting those found during FONT tours 
 (from the latest AOU supplement & 
  with most  names as in the list of the IOU,
  the International Ornithologists Union.
  There's a link to the website of the IOU
  at bottom of this column.   



This Striped Owl was photographed
after dark during a FONT tour in Brazil.

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 LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of MAMMALS
& Some Other Wildlife
noting those found during FONT tours

The South American Coati
is a relative of the raccoons.

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  LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS,
DRAGONFLIES, DAMSELFLIES 
& GRASSHOPPERS  
noting those found during FONT tours

Above: A Glasswing Butterfly, 
Greta morgane oto,
one of the Neotropical butterflies
seen during FONT Birding & Nature Tours
in Central & South America.

 

 

 

 

Above: A dragonfly known as the
Twelve-spotted Skimmer,
Lidellula pulchella

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  LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES
noting those found during FONT tours



A Green Iguana during a FONT Tour 
in Costa Rica

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 LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES 
of MARINE LIFE
(other than marine mammals)
noting sightings during FONT tours



A Loggerhead Sea Turtle
during a FONT boat-trip 
on the ocean off North Carolina, USA   


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  LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of WILDFLOWERS
& OTHER PLANTS
noting those during FONT tours

Prickly Poppy in Arizona, USA 

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Links to other Websites

Including, "ARKIVE", with many photos of rare birds 
& animals of various kinds, including a number seen during FONT tours
and 
the IUCN Red List of THREATENED SPECIES
of birds, mammals, amphibians & reptiles, 
& other nature 

And a link to another excellent site: 
"BIRDS ON STAMPS"  

 
P.O. Box 9021 
Wilmington DE 19809 USA 
Phone: (302) 529-1876
or toll-free in the US,
Canada & Puerto Rico:
1-800-721-9986 or
1-866-529-2712

E-mails: font@focusonnature.com
focusonnaturetours@gmail.com 

Birding tours 
& nature tours, 
since 1990. 
Focus On Nature Tours Inc.  
is now in its 22nd year,
with birding  
and nature tours 
to various places 
throughout the world: 
in North, Central, and South America, 
the Caribbean, Europe,
 Asia (particularly Japan).




A COLLARED REDSTART,
a dapper and often tame bird 
known locally as the 
"Amigo de Hombre",
or "Friend of Man",
photographed during 
a FONT tour in Costa Rica,
where we will be again
in March 2012.
UPCOMING FONT TOURS  
      
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At left, a COMMON POTOO
with an egg,
Potoos will be among
the birds to be sought
during upcoming FONT tours
in Guatemala, Belize,
Costa Rica, and Brazil. 
 
Also at left, 
a QUEEN ANGELFISH
Holocanthus ciliaris,
a creature of the coral reefs
of the Caribbean, Belize,
and eastern Mexico. 
   
Over 1,420 photographs 
of birds & other nature 
in this web-site.
There's an alphabetical listing in: 
PHOTO DIRECTORY  

Below, on this page, 
there is a link to our
HUMMINGBIRD PHOTO GALLERY
with photos of over 60 species
in that incredible family.

 
Birding Tours
(& other 
nature TOURS) 
Worldwide

Geographical
Listing
in 
alphabetical order
Birding Tours 
(& other nature TOURS) 
Worldwide
Calendar Listing
in 
chronological order

2012

2013
Our thanks to everyone who traveled with us this past year.  
We are now into our 22nd year.
SOME FEATURE PHOTOS:



3 juvenile SAW-WHET OWLS  (photographed by Alan Brady)
  And here, a link to see: SOME MORE OWL PHOTOS




A CYNTHERIS FRITILLARY
photographed at Torres del Paine National Park 
in southern Chile in January 2012
(photo courtesy of Jim Zuckerman)


  


 The ZIGZAG HERON is a skulker that has been seen 
during FONT tours in Brazil, Ecuador, & Venezuela.
It is a specialty of the Amazonian Basin.
 (photo courtesy of Frank Stermitz) 

Photos from a recent FONT tour: IN CHILE IN NOV 2011 

Many of the over 1,420 photographs in this website
were taken during FONT tours at various places in the world.
But not all. Some photos have been kindly provided to us
so as to make our Lists & Photo Galleries most complete.

A purpose of this website, of course, is to present 
information about FONT tours.
But another purpose has evolved, to have a showcase
of interesting photographs by which people
not only on tours, but home at their computers,
can see the beauty and intricacy of nature.
Often people contact us about photos, either for an ID,
or simply to say they enjoy and appreciate those we have.
School teachers contact us often.
Our sincere appreciation to all
who have shared their photos with us.

OUR LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES 
OF BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES
& OTHER INSECTS
In those of Arizona & Texas butterflies, more info has been added, 
including for each species. the seasons when they fly,

    
  Below: the GUIANAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
has been one of the highlights 
of FONT tours in Amazonian Brazil.
Really birds don't come much brighter!
The photos on this page are among the over 1,420 in this web-site 
of assorted nature: mostly birds, but also mammals, 
amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, 
grasshoppers, marine life, wildflowers,
other plants, celestial phenomena, and more.   
There's a link at left to a directory of the photographs.
During Focus On Nature Tours, we see BIRDS mostly.
But the other nature that we also see include:
MAMMALS, BUTTERFLIES, PLANTS,
AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES.
On the left-side of this home-page, 
there are links to the files with photos
for each of these groupings.
Those photos reflect the vast array of nature
at the places we go during our tours. 

LINKS TO 
FEATURES & GALLERIES
OF INTEREST

NATURELINE and the BIRDLINE
(done by Armas Hill on the phone & internet 
 for 3 decades, and on the radio for 10 years)
 with links to other 
 nature & bird-related websites)

A LIST & PHOTO GALLERY OF
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, in 6 Parts 

PHOTOS OF BIRDS 
RARE in NORTH AMERICA 

AN ILLUSTRATED SERIES 
OF 50 BIRD BEAKS 

A photo feature with some 
BIRDS OF CHILE
with poems of PABLO NERUDA 


ALBATROSSES
& other SEABIRDS 
off the coast of 
CHILE   

 

 

CRANES during 
FONT Tours
in JAPAN & 
North America 

SHOREBIRDS
in JAPAN
(53 species seen 
during FONT tours)

RARE BIRDS of JAPAN
(including the recent counts of cranes)

RARE BIRDS of BRAZIL

RARE BIRDS of the CARIBBEAN Today
& those in that region gone extinct
(incl. macaws, parrots, parakeets)  


The GROUSE of COLORADO,
NEBRASKA, & KANSAS

 

 

 

HUMMINGBIRDS
& HAWKS 
in southern ARIZONA

        


HUMMINGBIRDS during FONT Tours
(with over 60 of them in photos)

Some Photogenic BIRDS, MAMMALS,
& OTHER NATURE worldwide

BIRDS throughout the Americas  


A Feature about ALEXANDER SKUTCH
with a directory of his writings 
and a PHOTO GALLERY 
of NEOTROPICAL BIRDS

COSTA RICA: COLORFUL BIRDS


SEABIRDS
in black & white
A portfolio of photos
by Alan Brady 

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




A tiny island bursting with birds
in spring migration, 
Hegura, in the Sea of Japan   


"Nothing's much Finer
than Birding in
Carolina"  - an essay
about birds & our tours
in NORTH CAROLINA
 


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SOLAR ECLIPSES
& Other Celestial Nature
during FONT Tours

 


 
Annually there have been Focus On Nature Tours, 
for over 21 years, in over 25 countries. 

Particularly notable are our JAPAN birding & nature tours 
(in winter, and the spring) 

Our CARIBBEAN birding & nature tours have been 
to about a dozen West Indian islands.

 Our EUROPEAN birding & nature tours have been in: 
Spain, Sweden, Iceland, Hungary, & Poland. 

In NORTH AMERICA, our birding & nature tours have been  in: 
Alaska, Arizona, California & Washington State, Delaware; 
Colorado & Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, & Wyoming;  
Florida,  North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas & New Mexico. 

In CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA, our birding & nature tours 
have been in: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexico, Panama, 
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
 
For 15 years, we did  one-day pelagic trips 
for seabirds and marine mammals 
offshore from the Eastern USA 
(from New Jersey, Delaware & North Carolina), 
with also, during that time and since, other pelagic trips 
elsewhere in the world - notably in Chile & Japan.

These pages last updated on 3 February 2012.

FONT logo designed by Jim Lockyer.