MASSACHUSETTS: New England Winter Specialties
Cape Cod in the winter offers a rare opportunity to study great flocks of alcids, loons, and gulls as wells as seaducks and other winter waterbirds. Mixed flocks of Surf, White-winged, and Black Scoters gather along the coastline and Common Eiders are indeed, common! One or two rare, arctic King Eider can be found during…
Read MorePERU: Birding Machu Picchu
Perched impossibly atop a high ridge surrounded by rugged, forested mountains, the ruins at Machu Picchu tower above the rushing waters of the Rio Urubamba snaking its way fifteen-hundred feet below. By staying two nights (at 6500 feet, on the outskirts of Aguas Calientes), we will be able to experience the site both culturally and for…
Read MoreFlorida: Southern Specialties & Dry Tortugas
South Florida, a sub-tropical paradise, is home to a number of species found nowhere else in North America including Mangrove Cuckoo, Black-whiskered Vireo, Short-tailed Hawk, Shiny Cowbird, Smooth-billed Ani, Snail Kite, and Florida Scrub-Jay. During six days of land-birding we’ll search for all of the regional specialties as well as many introduced “exotics” living wild…
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