Eco-Tours: See Birds of the World

Travel with Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania

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Newfoundland Eco-Tour: The Avalon and Bonavista Peninsulas - July 5-12. This week-long tour will start in Newfoundland's largest and most colorful city, St. John's. We will explore coastal sites along the famed "Irish Loop." Then we head to the Bonavista peninsula and Terra Nova National Park. We will tour birding sites in the North Atlantic on a boat cruise and keep an eye out for puffins. On our way back to St. John's, we will stop at multiple provincial parks. This tour bundles natural beauty, awesome birding opportunities, and amazing cultural sites. Space is limited to 10 participants so act quickly to secure your spot. Just one spot left as of 2/4/25.

Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone - June 14-19. Travel with ASWP for an exploration of the birds, scenery, and natural history of Wyoming. Jackson Lake Lodge serves as the home-base for a memorable stay among the birds and wildlife of the Tetons. This trip is timed for when wildflowers are blooming, birds are singing, and newborn wildlife abound. This tour offers you the ability to choose how much birding you do, with optional early morning bird walks before breakfast. Morning excursions feature outings to view the park’s birds and wildlife—these hikes will be planned according to recent sightings and trail conditions. Download the full itinerary and then secure your spot here. Space is limited to 8-10 participants.

Colombia - Fall 2025. More information to come!





Past domestic experiences have included:

South Florida, the Keys and Dry Tortugas; Sky Islands of Southeast Arizona; Colorado, From the Prairies to the Rockies; Rio Grande Valley; Southern California and the Salton Sea; Maine’s Bold Coast; Washington’s Puget Sound and Cascades.

And International experiences have featured:

Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, and Columbia.


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