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PHOTO
GALLERIES
and
NARRATIVES
RELATING TO SOME PREVIOUS
FOCUS ON
NATURE TOURS
FOLLOWING
HERE ARE LINKS TO PHOTO GALLERIES AND NARRATIVES RELATING TO PREVIOUS
FOCUS ON NATURE TOURS, AT VARIOUS PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
FROM THESE LINKS THERE ARE OTHERS TO LISTS OF BIRDS & OTHER
NATURE DURING THE TOURS.
One of the two very rare
HORNED GUANS
we saw together during one of our tours in Guatemala.
(Photo during our tour by Josue de Leon,
one of our guides)
Links to PHOTO GALLERIES
from some Previous FONT Tours:
ARGENTINA
Birds & Mammals in Southern Argentina - Dec 2013
Arizona
Nature
& Scenery in Arizona, USA & Sonora,
Mexico - Aug/Sep 2010
BELIZE
Nature & Culture in Belize - March 2007
BRAZIL
The HYACINTH MACAW is a
highlight of FONT tours in Brazil.
Sights
& Scenes in Brazil
(Minas Gerais) - May 2011
Birds in Brazil
(Rio Grande do Sul & Mato Grosso do Sul)
& in Uruguay - October 2010
Birds & Other Nature in Brazil
(Minas Gerais & Rio Grande do Sul) - October 2009
Nature
& Scenery in Brazil
& nearby Argentina & Paraguay - July/August 2008
Nature
& Scenery in Brazil
(including Minas Gerais,
Southeast Brazil, & the Pantanal) - March 2008
Birds & Animals in the Pantanal of Brazil
(Mato Grosso do Sul) - September 2006
A
JABIRU,
1 of as many as 400 seen
during one FONT tour in Brazil in 2009.
CHILE
Nature & Scenery
in Chile - November 2011
COLORADO
Nature & Scenery in Colorado
& Nearby States - mostly April 2009
including Birds & Mammals
Birds & Other Nature in Colorado
& Nearby States - April 2005
COSTA RICA
Birds & Other Nature
in Costa Rica - March 2012
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
in the West Indies
Nature, Scenery & Culture
in the Dominican Republic - April 2012
Nature, Scenery, &
Culture
in the Dominican Republic - February 2012
Moths
in the Dominican Republic
ECUADOR
Birds
& some Butterflies
in Ecuador - April 2013
Birds, Whales,
Scenery & Culture
in Ecuador - July 2013
Birds & some Other Nature
in Ecuador - April-May 2014
Moths & Butterflies
in Ecuador
July 2013 & April-May 2014
and some caterpillars in April 2013
GUATEMALA
The Ocellated Turkey at Tikal, Guatemala
Nature
& Scenery during
the FONT Guatemala Holiday Tour - Dec 2006 / Jan 2007
HONDURAS
Nature in Honduras
Birds, Butterflies, a Moth, More
ICELAND
Nature, Scenery & Culture in Iceland - June 2015
Scenery & Nature in Iceland - Sept/Oct 2013
Birds & Other Nature in Iceland - June 2012
Nature & Culture in Iceland - June 2009
Birds & Scenery in Iceland - June 2006
Scenery & Nature in Iceland - various tours
JAMAICA
in the West Indies
Moths & Butterflies
in Jamaica
in photos sent to us
from a teacher and students
at a school on the island
JAPAN
Culture & Scenery in Japan - December 2004
MEXICO
American Flamingos
photographed during a FONT tour
on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico
Nature & Scenery in Sonora,
Mexico & Arizona, USA - Aug/Sep 2010
Nature
& Culture in Mexico
(the Yucatan & Cozumel Island) - March 2009
Nature
& Scenery in Sonora, Mexico - September 2008
A Brown Booby photographed
during a FONT tour
at the Sea of Cortez in Sonora
SWEDEN
A Barnacle Goose photographed
during a FONT tour in Sweden
Nature & Culture in Sweden - September 2007
Links to NARRATIVES
of some Previous FONT Tours:
ALASKA
Alaska: with a Golden Bear
and Golden Eagle,
a Big Mountain & More
(during the FONT June 2013 Tour)
ARIZONA
Anna's Hummingbird,
one of the hummingbirds seen in Arizona
during FONT tours
BELIZE
A Northern Royal Flycatcher
with an erect crest
BRAZIL
A
PAIR OF RINGED TEALS
photographed during a FONT tour in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
In front, the male, an attractive bird indeed.
This species has a limited distribution in southern South America.
(Photo by Marie Gardner, during our October 2009 Brazil Tour)
Brazil:
a Rare Bird,
a Rare Mammal & More
(during the FONT May 2011 tour)
Brazil: with a rare Merganser,
a rare Eagle, & a rare Sloth
(during the FONT March
2008 tour)
Brazil:
with Hyacinth Macaw,
and many other birds,
& a Jaguar
(during the FONT August
2007 tour)
Brazil:
in Minas Gerais & Rio Grande do Sul
with maybe the most birds of any FONT tour
(that Rio Grande is "just north of the border"
- with that of Uruguay)
(during the FONT October
2006 tour)
COLORFUL BIRDS
AT A FEEDER IN SOUTHEAST BRAZIL.
Green-headed Tanagers & Blue-naped Chlorophonias.
Both species have green heads.
The tanager has blue on the shoulders.
The chlorophonia has blue on its neck.
(Photo by Dan Coleman,
during the August 2007 FONT tour in Brazil,
and these colorful birds
have been seen
again
during other FONT tours in Southeast Brazil since.)
CALIFORNIA
CANARY ISLANDS
CARIBBEAN
Dominican
Republic
(relating to the April 2012
FONT tour)
CHILE
Chile: in a
land of parakeets
and penguins and the pudu
(during the FONT November
2011 tour)
Chile: from the Pacific
to the High Andes
(during the FONT November
2007 tour)
COSTA RICA
Costa
Rica: with over 350 species of birds,
and among them some "good ones"
(during
the FONT March 2012 tours)
ECUADOR
Ecuador: in the Andes
on the eastern & western slopes,
including high paramo,
montane forests,
and some other, lower habitats;
making for a tour
with many birds
(during the FONT April
2013 tour)
GUATEMALA
A Caligo butterfly
photographed during a FONT tour in Guatemala
Guatemala:
a Newspaper Article & Photos
by a FONT tour participants
(relating
to the FONT Dec 2006/Jan 2007 tour)
Guatemala:
A Spring Tour
in the Highlands & Lowlands
(the FONT March 2006 tour)
The
"Northern Lights", or Aurora Borealis
as during FONT tours in Iceland in the fall
Iceland
in the Spring
with Puffins, Ptarmigan, Phalaropes,
Foxes, Whales, More
(during
the FONT June 2012 tour)
Iceland in the Spring
with its interesting nature & culture
and about PUFFINS
(during the FONT June 2011 tour)
Iceland
in the Spring:
with its Birds & so Much More
(during the FONT June 2006
tour)
JAPAN
The RED-CROWNED CRANE is a
highlight of FONT tours in Japan.
Japan
in the Winter:
with Blakiston's Fish Owl, Eagles,
Cranes, Mandarins, & More
(during the FONT January 2008
tour)
Japan in the
Spring:
with both birds & those
who watched & photographed them
having come from afar -
also noting some new bird taxonomy
& nomenclature
(during the FONT May 2010
tour)
Japan in the
Summer
with a Total Eclipse of the Sun
(during the FONT July 2009 tour)
Japan in
the Spring:
on 5 Islands:
Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa, Amami
and one, Hegura, a special little island
that's a magnet for many birds
(during
the FONT May 2007 tour)
NORTH CAROLINA
Carolina Chickadee,
one of the bird species with "Carolina" in its name
The Agami Heron,
one of the "A-Team" of Panamanian birds
PUERTO RICO
Puerto
Rico: as it is experienced
during FONT Tours
(There have been 27 such tours
on the island.)
SWEDEN
The Western Jackdaw,
a common bird in the Swedish countryside
Sweden:
a wonderful bird migration
in the land of Linnaeus
(during the FONT September
2007 tour)
Sweden: a narrative about
birds in migration and other nature
(during the FONT September
2006 tour)
TEXAS
Texas: Idyllic, Iconic, and Utopian,
with also some things ancient,
and of course present-day
(during the FONT March 2014 tour)
WASHINGTON STATE
A Link to some FONT Customer Comments & Testimonials
Photos of People, Places & More from Previous Tours
in the FONT Archives: Galleries 1 thru 4
Some of the FONT group
participants
on our Brazil Tour in Mato Grosso do Sul in September 2006,
after an after-dark excursion with not just the
JAGUAR painted on the vehicle, but a real one!
The FONT Brazil March '08 Tour Group
having dinner one evening during the tour,
not far from the park with the rare BRAZILIAN MERGANSER.
Our group along the remote & pristine north coast of Iceland
during the FONT tour in June 2009.
That same FONT group on a boat
in Iceland looking at Puffins.
Participants during a FONT tour in Japan
in December 2007,
were from Thailand and California, USA.
Armas Hill of FONT, is here, as he often is, in the driver's seat.
In Kyushu, Japan, where we
see the White-naped Cranes,
we often stop in a small restaurant for a Japanese meal.
Above, Armas Hill & the restaurant proprietor.
Below, the White-naped Cranes.