Field Guides Birding Tours

04/25/2026

Our April emailing went out a few days ago. You can check it out by clicking the link in the comments.

03/08/2026

Our monthly e-newsletter for March was published yesterday. You can find a link to it in the comments.

12/22/2025

Our latest monthly emailing was sent last Friday. You can read it by clicking the link in the comments. Cheers!

10/04/2025

Our October e-newsletter is out! It’s full of fresh trip reports, our Recent Photos gallery, and lots of upcoming tour news. We’ve dropped the link in the comments—have a look when you’ve got a moment.

Photo of a White-crested Coquette by guide Sam Wilson, Costa Rica 2025

08/29/2025

Our latest e-newsletter is out. You can find a link to it in the comments.

07/28/2025

Our recent "Machu Picchu & Abra Malaga, Peru" tour wrapped up in early July. Here are a handful of images taken during the tour.

07/24/2025

If tropical birds and a touch of comfort are your thing, you’ll want to put Trinidad & Tobago on your radar.. “T&T” is a perfect intro to Neotropical birding, with toucans, manakins, antbirds, cotingas, and more. You’ll witness the fabulous and flashy display of a White-bearded Manakin, hear the wild and haunting call of a Bearded Bellbird, and even visit the eerie cave of the fruit-eating Oilbirds. We even have a small shot at Trinidad Piping-Guan. The birding is exciting and truly unforgettable.

Our next tour (Dec 1–10) is based mostly at the legendary—and newly refreshed—Asa Wright Nature Centre, where the birding from the veranda is just as exciting as the myriad of trails. We’ll also explore Caroni Swamp at dusk as Scarlet Ibis stream in to roost—glowing impressively red against a mangrove backdrop—and hop over to Tobago for specialties like White-tailed Sabrewing, nesting Red-billed Tropicbirds, and Blue-backed Manakin.

It’s a relaxed, bird-rich escape with plenty of charm. Details in the comments!

06/17/2025

Oregon offers a wide range of birding diversity, where seabirds, shorebirds, and alcids are seen from beaches and atop rugged cliffs, warblers sing in deep green forests, and sparrows and thrashers are heard across desert basins. Our "Oregon: From the Coast to the Cascades" tour blazes a path across the state’s many striking landscapes, from the Columbia River Gorge to the ancient caldera of Crater Lake, and from the Wallowa Mountains to the windswept coast. We’ll scan rocky shorelines for Black Oystercatchers and Pigeon Guillemots; we'll bird the eastern slope of the Cascades, hoping for MacGillivray's, Townsend's, and Hermit Warblers; and we'll visit the famed Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for Sagebrush Sparrows and Sage Thrashers. These are just a few of the birds we hope to find among the nearly 200 species we expect.

Cory Gregory designed and has been guiding this itinerary since 2018, and there's no one better to show you the fantastic birding Oregon has to offer. Our travel dates in 2026 year are August 29-September 9th—the peak of fall migration. Join Cory and co-leader Alex Sundvall for a great birding adventure in the Pacific Northwest!

(You can contact our office through the link in the comments if you'd like more information or to sign up.)

06/09/2025

Each month we create a Recent Photos Gallery full of photos from tours from the past couple of months. The images are submitted from tour participants and guides, and they include photos of birds, scenery, birders, other wildlife, food, or just about anything that catches the eye. Linked in the comments is our gallery from May. We hope you enjoy checking them out!

05/21/2025

Our May emailing went out today. You can find a link to it in the comments.

05/07/2025

Nestled deep in Amazonian Ecuador is Sacha Lodge—one of the most comfortable and best-run lodges in upper Amazonia. Our tour spends a full week here, giving us the time and opportunity to bird the Amazonian forest for species like Zigzag Heron, Harpy and Crested eagles, Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet, Lanceolated Monklet, Collared Puffbird, Rufous-headed Woodpecker, Short-billed and Black-tailed leaftossers, Dot-backed Antbird, and Orange-crowned Manakin, to name a few. Sacha is also home to some of the best canopy walkways and towers that we've encountered. We offer tours to Sacha in July and January. Join us!