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I have connected through Birding Pal (a website where birders can find contacts in other countries) with two excellent Costa Rican birders, R. Orozco and J. Fernandez, and we're on a mission this week to track down some of Costa Rica's most eye-catching beauties." - Noah Strycker link: Audubon.org Features: Birding Without Borders |
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My friend and I will be in the Baltimore area from Aug. 1st until the 13th and we'd love to go birding in the early mornings. We both are long time birders in the Florida Quays but have not been to your area yet. Water fowl is what we're use to, so we're excited to be traveling to Maryland. We both can walk a fair bit on a level hike, five hours or so. Do you like to go early? The hotspots in your area sound great. We'd like to see the Park most but they all sound terrific. And we were wondering if you had recordings to play. If your interested in guiding us we'd look forward to meeting you. We can contribute to gas and take you to lunch. Thank you for being a Pal, Vince (& Knud) |
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![]() Fixed Date Tours (minimum 6 persons) 15-20 April 2018 4-9 November 2018 ENDEMIC BIRDS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN JAMAICA ![]() RAJ Tours Visit our website www.jamaicabirding.com or email us v.turland@gmail.com and rajtoursjm@gmail.com BIRDING SINCE 2005 * FULLY LICENSED OPERATOR * EXPERIENCED LOCAL GUIDES * SMALL GROUPS * TRAILS TO SUIT ALL * MAXIMUM BIRDING TIME * AIR-CONDITIONED BUS 6 Days tour price is based on 2 persons/double room from US$1615 Single room supplement US$250 ![]() Read our Itinerary Here | |
Let's meet in Costa Rica5th until 17th January 20181st until 12th March 2018 1st until 12th April 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() With Johan Fernandez and Birding CR We are going to: · San Jose --Arenal (Arenal Observatory-Caribbean foothills) · Sarapiqui (La Selva Biological Station -Caribbean lowlands) · San Gerardo de Dota (Highlands)—Carara National Park area. Southern (Pacific Lowlands) · Back to San Jose ![]() Join Pals on our group tour | |
Birding Pals 5th Jan - 20th Jan 2018 Uganda Tour![]() Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) in Mabamba marsh photo by Martina Stolzi See our Itinerary page The tour starts and ends in Entebbe on the shores of Lake Victoria. Upon arrival, you will be picked from the Airport by the hotel shuttle and taken to your hotel for refreshments, dinner, and overnight stay. Early arrivals will give a chance to bird around Entebbe areas; the Botanical Gardens and/or any other nearby site. The highlights of our visit will be a walk in L. Mburo NP woods, Albertine rift endemics in Bwindi and Kibale NPs, & tracking Mountain Gorillas in the misty forests of Bwindi! This trip runs from 5th Jan - 20th Jan 2018 ![]() Your Guide Deogratius Muhumuza ![]() Deo, a graduate of Tourism from Makerere University Kampala, was born in western Uganda in an area adjacent to Queen Elizabeth National Park - Bunyaruguru crater zone. Deo is a keen ornithologist, and a very active member of Nature Uganda - East African Natural History Society (a birdlife international partner in Uganda). He works as a part-time ornithological researcher with Nature Uganda in important bird areas monitoring, bi-annual waterfowl counts, species conservation surveys and common birds monitoring; plus many other conservation organisations. His knowledge of birds and their habitats is undoubtable. Deo is currently the General Secretary of Uganda Bird Guides Club, member of Uganda Safari Guides Association. He is the co-author of the Uganda Cultural guides training manual. He also runs a local nature and cultural safari company that specialize in birding, wildlife and cultural tours in Uganda. Contact Deo Muhumuza |
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Birding the Islands of the CaribbeanWhat could possibly be better than birding on one Caribbean island? Being able to travel to many different Caribbean islands and go birding on all of them!! My name is Ryan Chenery and I am the Professional BirdingPal Guide for Barbados. In 2018 I will be leading the following 2 Caribbean birding tours of the islands of the Lesser Antilles and Trinidad. Please see my website www.birdingtheislands.com for detailed itinerary and pricing, and please note that by virtue of your being a BirdingPal you will be entitled to a 2.5% discount off of the price quoted on my website. Tour 1: The Perfect Combo Islands Visited: Barbados, Dominica, St.Lucia and Trinidad November 18th to November 28th 2018 ![]() www.birdingtheislands.com/tour-1 Tour 2: Every Endemic in The Lesser Antilles (with optional extension to Trinidad) Islands visited: Barbados, St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat St. Vincent, Grenada and optional extension to Trinidad April 13th to April 28th 2019 ![]() www.birdingtheislands.com/tours When you add a large number of critically endangered endemics to a lengthy list of indigenous regional species, a birding trip to the islands of the Lesser Antilles is already guaranteed to yield a host of spectacular species. However, by combining our exploration of these Caribbean Islands with a journey to Trinidad (an island absolutely teeming with over 250 South American species) and by ensuring we are in the region when bird numbers are further saturated by numerous over-wintering North American migrants and this promises to be a very rewarding birding trip indeed. It's the perfect North American, Caribbean and South American birding combo! (Potential for 380 species on Tour 1, and 400+ species on Tour 2). Join me as we explore secluded cays sheltering huge colonies of seabirds; delve into lush tropical montane and elfin forests - havens for raucous parrots, colourful tanagers, and vibrant hummingbirds; and journey into vast mangrove wetlands and open savannahs, whose intricate ecosystems support some of the richest and most threatened bird life in the Western Hemisphere. Do all of this in the knowledge that during "down time" you will also be able to sit back and relax on some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, or go for a swim in warm turquoise waters, bathed in tropical sunshine. A truly unforgettable birding adventure in paradise awaits... |
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CameroonThe 2nd of each December, February, March and April 2018 TOUR ITINERARY: Douala - Kribi - Campo Ma'an - Buea - Kumba - Korup-Nyassoso - Bamenda - Limbe - Douala. I had discovered early in my career that it is more fulfilling to visitors if knowledge of birds was complemented with information on other forms of wildlife and even culture of the people. I have also made it a point of duty to understand the state of tourism support facilities like hotels, restaurants, etc; in the areas I am likely to take Pals to. I trained as a nature interpreter in the Limbe Botanic Garden in the year 2000, as a professional guide on Mount Cameroon by the Mount Cameroon Ecoturism Organization in the year 2000 and 2003 in the university of Buea, as a professional birding guide around the Mount Cameroon region and beyond sponsored by the World Tourism Organization, Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society and other organizations in the year 2006 and am recognized by the Ministry of Tourism as a Regional guide in 2006. - Benjamin Jayin Jomi ("Benji") ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Itinerary Word Document |