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& Terms/Conditions

CUSTOMER COMMENTS
& TESTIMONIALS       

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  RECENT FONT NEWS 
(in our E-Mail Bulletins)
 thru May 5, 2013
 Info in this link about:
 some past & future tours in
 Ecuador, Costa Rica, Chile, 
 Brazil, Dominican Republic, 
 Iceland,  Wisconsin  and more
 including birds during our
 April 2013 Ecuador Tour

 RARE & THREATENED BIRDS
 OF NORTH & MIDDLE AMERICA
 south to Panama

 BIRD SEEN DURING 
 FONT CHILE TOUR  IN NOV 2009 
 DESCRIBED AS NEW SPECIES

    NEW TOURS IN ALASKA,
        ECUADOR & ESTONIA

 ALASKA
 a birding & nature tour including
 Kenai, Nome, Denali

 ECUADOR
 at reserves for regionally
 endemic, rare, & specialty birds  
  
 ESTONIA
 for birds, butterflies, 
 mammals including bear,
 plants including orchids,
 2 tours in  2014:
 1 in April, 1 in June  

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  As of May 16, 2013, 
 there's still some availability 
 on upcoming FONT tours in:

ECUADOR in June/July 2013 
PANAMA in July 2013
ICELAND in Sep/Oct 2013 
WISCONSIN & MINNESOTA
in October 2013
JAPAN in October/November 2013
 ARGENTINA in December 2013
GUATEMALA in Dec 2013/Jan 2014


 The Resplendent Quetzal of
 Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica

 Tour Itineraries & prices in links below. 

  OUR UPCOMING
BIRDING & NATURE TOURS:

Tours in North America

Tours in the Caribbean

Tours in Central America
(including Mexico)

Tours in South America #1 
(in Brazil & Uruguay,
Ecuador, Venezuela)

Tours in South America #2 
(in Argentina & Chile)  

Tours in Europe

Tours in Japan


  OUR Upcoming tours: 
A Chronological SummarY
with PRICES & links to itineraries
  (in  2013 &  2014)

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  LOOKING BACK at the 
FONT Archives Galleries 1 thru 4
(with Photos of People & Places,
 and Birds & Other Nature) 

  PAST FONT TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
 by destination, with links to: 
 narratives, photo galleries, &
 related lists pertaining to birds 
 & other nature during our past tours 


An Atlantic Puffin during the FONT tour
in Iceland in June 2012
To see more puffins & other birds:
ICELAND JUNE 2012 PHOTO GALLERY


  VARIOUS NARRATIVES & 
PHOTO GALLERIES 
from past FONT tours
In Arizona, Belize, Brazil, Chile, 
California, Colorado, Costa Rica, 
Guatemala, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, 
North Carolina, Panama, Sweden, 
Washington State, & in the West Indies 
in Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, 
the Dominican Republic, & Guadeloupe 

This RED-CROWNED CRANE 
was photographed during the
first of 35 FONT tours in Japan.

ABOUT SOME PAST FONT TOURS: 

in the Lesser Antilles & the Cayman Islands,
a nice mix of FLORA & FAUNA 

in Brazil & Uruguay, photos of birds

in Brazil,
HYACINTH MACAW & HARPY EAGLE,
JABIRU & JAGUAR  

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SOME UPDATED LISTS 
& PHOTO GALLERIES

 For Eastern North America
 where FONT is soon offering 
 more tours in months to come:
 Mammals   Butterflies   Moths
 Dragonflies & Damselflies
 Amphibians & Reptiles
 Marine Fish   Other Marine Life
 For North America: Birds, in 6 parts

 Links lower on this page  to Other Lists 
 & Photo Galleries  

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 Bird Taxonomy Updates  (as of Sept 2012) 

 2010 was the 20th Year for FONT Birding 
 & Nature Tours - we're now into our 22nd year




The large stork, the Jabiru, has been seen
during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize,
Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, & Venezuela.
During our tour in Belize in April 2011,
about 50 were seen.  

Above: TIKA 2, an orphaned JAGUAR
during our April 2011 Tour in Belize.
JAGUARS in the wild have been seen 
during 7 FONT tours in 5 years:   
4 times in Brazil (as recently as Aug 2011) 
2 times in Mexico,  and once in Guatemala.
 Click for more about: JAGUARS 
with more photos of Tika 2.        
 
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Directory of Photos in this Website
(alphabetical listings of birds,
 mammals, & other nature)

This directory relates to photos included 
in bird-lists below, & in other lists & files 
in this website pertaining to mammals, 
amphibians & reptiles, butterflies, moths, 
dragonflies & damselflies, grasshoppers,
marine-life including fish and other life of 
coral reefs and shorelines, wildflowers & 
other plants, celestial phenomena.
Now in the directory: 1,846 entries.      

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LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES 
of BIRDS
 with subspecies & updated taxonomy,
 and noting those found during FONT tours 
 (from the latest AOU supplement & 
  with most  names as in the list of the IOU,
  the International Ornithologists Union.
  There's a link to the website of the IOU
  at bottom of this column.   



This Striped Owl was photographed
after dark during a FONT tour in Brazil.

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 LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of MAMMALS
& Some Other Wildlife
noting those found during FONT tours

The South American Coati
is a relative of the raccoons.

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  LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS,
DRAGONFLIES, DAMSELFLIES 
& GRASSHOPPERS  
noting those found during FONT tours

Above: A Glasswing Butterfly, 
Greta morgane oto,
one of the Neotropical butterflies
seen during FONT Birding & Nature Tours
in Central & South America.

 

 

 



Above: A dragonfly known as the
Twelve-spotted Skimmer,
Lidellula pulchella

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  LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES
noting those found during FONT tours



A Green Iguana during a FONT Tour 
in Costa Rica

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 LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES 
of MARINE LIFE
(other than marine mammals)
noting sightings during FONT tours



A Loggerhead Sea Turtle
during a FONT boat-trip 
on the ocean off North Carolina, USA   


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  LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES
of WILDFLOWERS
& OTHER PLANTS
noting those during FONT tours

Prickly Poppy in Arizona, USA 

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Links to other Websites

Including, "ARKIVE", with many photos 
of rare birds & animals of various kinds, 
including a number seen 
during FONT tours
and 
the IUCN Red List of 
THREATENED SPECIES of birds, 
mammals, amphibians & reptiles, 
& other nature 

And a link to another excellent site: 
"BIRDS ON STAMPS"  

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Annually there have been 
Focus On Nature Tours, 
for 22 years, in over 25 countries. 

Particularly notable have been 
our JAPAN birding & nature tours 
(in winter, and the spring) 

Our CARIBBEAN birding & nature tours 
have been to over a dozen 
West Indian islands.

Our EUROPEAN birding & nature tours 
have been in: Spain, Sweden, Iceland, 
Hungary, & Poland. 

In NORTH AMERICA, our birding & 
nature tours have been in: Alaska, 
Arizona, California & Washington State, 
Delaware; Colorado & Kansas, 
Nebraska, Oklahoma, & Wyoming;  
Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, 
Texas & New Mexico. 

In CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA, our 
birding & nature tours have been in: 
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, 
Ecuador, and Venezuela.
 
For 15 years, we did pelagic trips 
for seabirds and marine mammals 
offshore from the Eastern USA 
(from New Jersey, Delaware & 
 North Carolina), with also, during 
that time and since, other pelagic trips 
elsewhere in the world - 
notably in Chile & Japan.

 
P.O. Box 9021 
Wilmington DE 19809 USA 
Phone: (302) 529-1876
or toll-free:
1-888-721-3555

E-mail: font@focusonnature.com

Birding tours 
& nature tours, 
since 1990. 
Focus On Nature Tours Inc.  
is now into our 23rd year, 
with birding and nature tours 
to various places 
throughout the world: 
in North, Central, and South America, 
the Caribbean, Europe,
 Asia (particularly Japan).



Above: With it big bill
munching on a banana,
a CRIMSON-RUMPED TOUCANET
during the FONT tour 
in Ecuador in April 2013.

Below: one of over 
40 species of hummingbirds
during that tour, 
the CHESTNUT-BREASTED
CORONET.

Both photos above
by Marie Gardner,
as are those at left
of the jay, butterfly, 
and the antpitta.

To see more photos
of nearly 100 different 
hummingbird species:
 HUMMINGBIRD LIST
& PHOTO GALLERY 
      
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Top left: a TURQUOISE JAY 
in Ecuador,
during the FONT tour
in April 2013.

Below that: 
the DIAETHRIA CLYMENA
butterfly in Ecuador, 
also during our 
April 2013 tour.

Bottom left: one of
a nice number of
antpittas seen well
during that tour,
the OCHRE-BREASTED
ANTPITTA.
     
Now nearly 1,900 photographs 
of different birds & other nature 
are in this web-site.
There's an alphabetical listing in: 
PHOTO DIRECTORY 

 
Birding Tours
(& other 
nature TOURS) 
Worldwide

Geographical
Listing
in
alphabetical order
Birding Tours 
(& other nature TOURS) 
Worldwide
Calendar Listing
in 
chronological order

    2013  

2014
Our thanks to everyone who traveled with us this past year.  
Now, FONT is in its 23rd year.
SOME FEATURE PHOTOS:




Above, at a feeder, a SWORD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD,
photographed during the April 2013 FONT Ecuador Tour.
   This species is the only bird with a bill longer
than the rest of its body.
With a total length of 5.5 inches, the bill is up to 4 inches of it.
Thus, the bill alone of the Sword-billed Hummingbird
is longer than the entire length of many other hummingbirds.
Its long bill enables the Sword-billed Hummingbird 
to feed on large Andean flowers, notably the
huge pendent bells of Arorescent daturas.
(above photos by Marie Gardner)


Above, a large moth known as the WHITE WITCH,
photographed in Panama. 
It is large, up to 12 inches across. 
 (photo courtesy of James Audlin).
 In this website, there are photos of many moths,
including those that occur in eastern North America, 
Central America, and on Caribbean islands. 
And including another called the BLACK WITCH. 
Scroll down the left side of this home-page to the link.


In the upper photo below, 1 of the 21 ANDEAN CONDORS
seen during the FONT tour in Ecuador in April 2013.
In the lower photo, a CARUNCULATED CARACARA.
 (both photos by Marie Gardner)

 


Other Photos from recent FONT tours in:

IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:    IN APR 2012    IN FEB 2012 

IN COSTA RICA IN MAR 2012    IN ICELAND IN JUN 2012      

IN CHILE IN NOV 2011

Many of the over 1800 photographs of nature's creatures 
in this website were taken during FONT tours 
at various places in the world.
But not all. Some photos have been kindly provided to us
so as to make our Lists & Photo Galleries more complete.

A purpose of this website, of course, is to present 
information about FONT tours.
But another purpose has evolved, to have a showcase
of interesting photographs by which people
not only on tours, but home at their computers,
can see the beauty and intricacy of nature.
Often people contact us about photos, either for an ID,
or simply to say they enjoy and appreciate those we have.
School teachers contact us often.
Our sincere appreciation to all
who have shared their photos with us.

The butterfly CALLICORE PYGAS at Iguazu Falls
(photo courtesy of Sherry Nelson)
OUR LISTS & PHOTO GALLERIES 
OF BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES
& OTHER INSECTS
In those of South & Central American  butterflies, 
more info has recently been added.
For those of eastern North America, Texas, & Arizona,  
info for each species includes when they fly,

    
  Below: a pair of RUFOUS-BREASTED WOOD-QUAIL
photographed during the FONT Ecuador Tour in April 2013  
(photo by Marie Gardner)
Photos on this page are among those in this web-site 
of different & assorted nature: mostly birds, but also mammals, 
amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, 
grasshoppers, marine life, wildflowers,
other plants, celestial phenomena, and more.   
There's a link at left to a directory of the photographs.
During Focus On Nature Tours, we see BIRDS mostly.
But the other nature that we also see include:
MAMMALS, BUTTERFLIES, PLANTS,
AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES.
On the left-side of this home-page, 
there are links to the files with photos
for each of these groupings.
Those photos reflect the vast array of nature
at the places we go during our tours. 

LINKS TO 
FEATURES & GALLERIES
OF INTEREST

NATURELINE and the BIRDLINE
(done by Armas Hill on the phone & internet 
 for 3 decades, and on the radio for 10 years)
 with links to other 
 nature & bird-related websites)

A LIST & PHOTO GALLERY OF
NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, in 6 Parts 

PHOTOS OF BIRDS 
RARE in NORTH AMERICA 

THE 100 MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES



The Spoon-billed Sandpiper 
is in both features, in the links 
above & below this photograph.

AN ILLUSTRATED SERIES 
OF 50 BIRD BEAKS 

A photo feature with some 
BIRDS OF CHILE
with poems of PABLO NERUDA 


ALBATROSSES
& other SEABIRDS 
off the coast of 
CHILE   

 

 

CRANES during 
FONT Tours
in JAPAN & 
NORTH AMERICA 

SHOREBIRDS
in JAPAN
(53 species seen 
during FONT tours)

RARE BIRDS of JAPAN
(including some counts of cranes)

RARE BIRDS of BRAZIL  

RARE BIRDS of SOUTH AMERICA
in the ANDES & PATAGONIA

RARE BIRDS of the CARIBBEAN Today
& those in that region gone extinct
(incl. macaws, parrots, parakeets) 

RARE BIRDS of NORTH AMERICA 
 & MIDDLE AMERICA  

The GROUSE of COLORADO,
NEBRASKA, & KANSAS

 

 

 

HUMMINGBIRDS
& HAWKS 
in southern ARIZONA

        


HUMMINGBIRDS:  A List
& Photo Gallery,
noting those during FONT Tours
(with nearly 100 species in photos)

Some Photogenic BIRDS, MAMMALS,
& OTHER NATURE worldwide

BIRDS throughout the Americas  


A Feature about ALEXANDER SKUTCH
with a directory of his writings 
and a PHOTO GALLERY 
of NEOTROPICAL BIRDS

COSTA RICA: COLORFUL BIRDS


SEABIRDS
in black & white
A portfolio of photos
by Alan Brady 

Birds & Marine Life
during FONT New Jersey
pelagic trips, 2000-2005




A tiny island bursting with birds
in spring migration, 
Hegura, in the Sea of Japan   


"Nothing's much Finer
than Birding in
Carolina"  - an essay
about birds & our tours
in NORTH CAROLINA
 


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SOLAR ECLIPSES
& Other Celestial Nature
during FONT Tours

 


 


These pages last updated on 16 May 2013.

FONT logo designed by Jim Lockyer.