High Lonesome BirdTours

Many people believe Alaska offer both some of the most spectacular birding in the world and the most awe-inspiring scenery. Our tours range from the high arctic around Barrow to magnificent Mount McKinley or Denali (The Great One) and and the remote Pribilof Islands.

Each year, we  see thousands of alcids, such as Tufted and Horned Puffin, Parakeet and Rhinocerous Auklet as well as breeching Humpback Whales, Orcas, Steller’s Sea Lions and many other sea mammals.The Alaskan islands also offer unrivalled opportunities to add rare Eurasian and Asian species to your life list.

Photographic opportunities abound. Not just birds either. We will certainly encounter a number of Grizzly Bears as well as Caribou, Dall Sheep, Moose and, if we get lucky, a Wolf or two.

The Sonoran Desert of southeastern Arizona is the most biodiverse desert in the world. Add to that the “sky island” mountains rising to 9000 feet and you have a recipe for an amazing range of bird species in a very small compass. It is the northernmost edge of their range for many Mexican species, boasts more species of hummingbirds than anywhere else in the US, and provides annual surprises as tropical species wander northwards.

Arizona is our home, so it isn’t surprising that we know it better than other bird tour operators. From our renowned winter tours to specialist tours for hummingbirds and neotropical specialties, you can be sure that a High Lonesome tour of southeastern Arizona is going to offer you a feast of birds, good accomodation and some gourmet meals along with good company and plenty of fun and relaxation along the way.

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South Texas is a birder's paradise at anytime of the year, but especially during late winter when the spectacular array of resident birds in South Texas is joined by an abundance of wintering shorebirds and waterfowl. This eight night tour begins and ends in Corpus Christi with a leisurely swing through the birding hot spots of the lower Rio Grande Valley.

Photo opportunities will abound on this tour, but comfort is, as always, a prime concern too. We will stay in the best motels available and eat in the best restaurants in each area, visiting Aransas National Wildlife Refuge for the critically-endangered Whooping Crane; the Lower Rio Grande Valley, where the subtropical climate is home to numerous Mexican specialties; the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge along the Rio Grande; and Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, home to Hook-billed Kite and Red-billed Pigeon, and well-known for hosting many tropical vagrants during recent years.

Colorado is the best place in the country for finding Prairie-chicken and Grouse. Its varied topography supports as many as 500 species of birds, while its location astride the Continental Divide provides a mix of eastern, western, northern, and southwestern species not  found together anywhere else.

Our trip will take us from the eastern prairies of Colorado into the high Rocky Mountains, covering about 1500 miles. We expect to find Greater and Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Greater and Gunnison's Sage-Grouse; Sharp-tailed and Blue Grouse and possibly White-tailed Ptarmigan. Other target species include Mountain Plover; Three-toed Woodpecker and Williamson's Sapsucker; Rough-legged Hawk; Black, Brown-capped, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch; and McCown's and Chestnut-Collared Longspur.

Brazil, one of the most biodiverse countries of the world, is a dream destination for any naturalist and especially so for birders. During this tour we explore the celebrated Pantanal and the verdant Amazon rainforest, replete with a diversity of avifauna rivaled nowhere else on our planet plus an extension to the endemic-rich Atlantic forests of Intervales State Park.

For those wanting to get the most out of their time in Brazil, we have also created an extension to the endemic-rich southeast, visiting the very productive Intervales State Park. Situated on the high Serra do Mar escarpment, this park contains pristine Atlantic forests harboring many exciting species.