The Wildside Team along with Kim and Kenn KaufmanBack Row (from left) Glenn Crawford, Kevin Loughlin, Kim Kaufman, Kenn Kaufman,Edison Buenaño, Lena Samsonenko, Rober Straub. Front: Gabriel Lugo, Steve Ritt.Note: Adrian Binns (not pictured here) was at the Biggest Week but was off leading a tour!On the final night of the BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN…

Our booth at the Maumee Bay Conference Center has all of our trip info and our guides will be there to tell you about our trips each evening during the Biggest Week in American Birding! Come say hi! – Posted using BlogPress from Kevin’s iPhone

Visit our booth at the Black Swamp Bird Observatory this week during the Biggest Week In American Birding at Magee Marsh in Ohio! Enter our contest to win binoculars or a trip to Puerto Rico! – Posted from Kevin’s iPhone

The following video was filmed by my good friend James Currie of Birding Adventures TV who joined me on our April 24-27 Dry Tortugas trip.  

My morning quest for the LaSagra’s Flycatcher at Bill Baggs State Park on Key Biscayne met with the same result as yesterday! I am sure that it is the change in weather pattern and the high winds that are keeping it out of sight. Migrants were fewer, though there was a Blackpoll and Rose-breasted Grosbeak…

It has probably been 15 years since I last saw a LaSagra’s Flycatcher. That one happened to be my first, one that I found on Key Largo. For some reason, in spite of coming to southern Florida almost every spring for the last two decades, other than that bird, this species has not been around…

Fort Jefferson on Garden Key The Dry Tortugas, a string of islands located 70 miles southwest of Key West Florida, draws a spectacular variety of migrating birds returning north to their breeding grounds in the Spring.  This serves as one of the most dynamic, enticing places to visit for birders of all skill levels eager…

This is hilarious and spot on.

The last big stop on my tour of Botswana was on the border of the Moremi Game Reserve, in the southeastern part of the Okavango Delta. The lovely pristine wilderness featured a wide variety of habitats, with a corresponding diversity of birds and animals. Groves of dead Leadwood trees, likely killed by drastic changes in…

Daybreak at Jack’s Camp The wild, pristine beauty of Botswana shone brightly in the Makgadikgadi Pans, the third destination of my adventure. Contrasting starkly with the lush habitats of Chobe and the Okavango Delta, the Makgadikgadi Pans are the last remnants of what was once the world’s largest prehistoric lake, now reduced to salt plains…

My Botswana adventure continued with a wonderful visit to the famed Okavango Delta in the northwest part of the country. Fed by the Okavango River, which originates some 600 miles north in the Angolan highlands, this is the largest inland delta in the world, and home to spectacular wildlife and scenery. The Okavango Delta, with…

Ring-necked Duck On Thursday afternoon, during the San Diego Bird Fest, I offered a classroom workshop on nature and bird photography to about 18 participants. The following morning, with help from local photographer, Gerald Tietje, we offered a morning field trip to follow up with what was learned in the class. American Coot Gerry’s suggestion…