Eco-Tours: See Birds of the World

Our upcoming tours: 

Join us for trips across the United States and the globe! Want to learn more about our upcoming trips? Email travel@aswp.org and ask to be put on our travel list.

FULL - Panama - February 2024

Texas Hill Country - April 2024

Tanzania - August 2024





Birds of Central Panama - February 11-19, 2024

February 11-19, 2024, Birds of Central Panama

This experience will feature the birds of Central Panama from two world famous locations – The Canopy Tower and The Canopy Lodge.  Through daily excursions from each lodge, we will explore the diversity of habitats in the surrounding environs.

From the Canopy Tower, we will discover the bird-rich lowland tropical forests of the Canal Zone, at famous locations such as Pipeline Road. 

From the Canopy Lodge, we will uncover birds of the foothills and cloud forests of El Valle de Anton. And of course, throughout the entire week, the grounds, feeders and observation platforms at both locations will be thoroughly utilized. 

This all-inclusive experience, including airfare from Pittsburgh is $4,550 per person, double occupancy. Single supplement is available.

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Contact Jim Bonner for more details.

Texas Hill Country and Big Bend - April, 2024

Hill Country and Big Bend, Texas - April, 2024

This experience will center on two regions of Texas that contain highly celebrated birds.  The
lush oaks of the Edwards Plateau harbor breeding populations of Black-capped Vireo and Golden-cheeked Warbler.  While searching for these species, the collision of eastern and western species in this region will be obvious – the songs of Indigo Bunting and Great-crested
Flycatcher will intermingle with those of Canyon Wren and Brown-crested Flycatcher.  

Further west, Big Bend provides a very different landscape and very different suite of birds.  The Chisos mountains rise to over 8000 feet from their desert surroundings, providing a wonderful mix of habitats and birds. The bird list at Big Bend will be diverse and may include Common Black-Hawk, Montezuma Quail, Crissal Thrasher, Vermillion Flycatcher, Flame-colored Tanager, Gray Vireo and Painted Redstart.  Topping this list is Colima Warbler, another highly prized, locally breeding bird. 

Details of this trip are still being developed.  

Registration is expected to open in fall 2023.        

Some memorable participant experiences have included:

“After hours of searching, Brian located a small group of White-collared Seedeaters for our group of 16 participants at La Laja Ranch”
along the Rio Grande River in Laredo, Texas
“A magnificent Mangrove Cuckoo perched atop a Black Mangrove”
Key Largo, Florida
“Nesting Atlantic Puffins carrying mouthfuls of herring into their burrows on Machias Seal Island”
Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada
“An adult female Coyote returning to her den of pups”
Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO
“The thunderous roar of the morning flight of Snow Geese at Bosque Del Apache NWR”
San Antonio, NM
“The exhilaration of seeing a Great Gray Owl perched on a snag in Sax Zim Bog”
Minnesota
“Waves crashing against the bow of the boat as we watch thousands of Sooty Shearwaters, a dozen Black-footed Albatross, and even a South Polar Skua”
Pacific Ocean, 60 miles offshore of Monterey, California