There have been Focus On Nature Birding & Nature Tours  in North America for nearly 25 years.  To places as diverse as Alaska, Arizona, British Columbia,  California, Colorado & Kansas (for grouse and more),  Delaware, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina,  Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, and Washington State.  Here, below, there are also links to tours in two other  states good for birds and other nature too, Wisconsin  and Minnesota. In western North America, particularly popular has been  our annual West Coast tour during September, in mostly  Washington State and California, including boat-trips  for bird and whales including Orcas.  Also part of the tour is a great place to be for nature, Point Reyes in the fall, especially good for migrating birds,  and also an array of marine life.    On the opposite side of the continent, we've done birding  & nature tours, over the years during the late spring, in  North Carolina. And we'll do it again in 2016. During our annual "Carolina Caper", in addition to birds, there would nice assortments of butterflies & dragonflies, as well as other nature.      In 2016, we'll again be doing our annual tour in the spring for grouse and more in Colorado and nearby  Nebraska and Wyoming.       Other tours (2 of them) in the spring of 2016 will be  again in Texas  to see the many birds, butterflies, and  other nature there, including bats and other mammals.   In 2016, in the late-summer, we'll again be going to  Arizona, for birds, butterflies, wildflowers, and other  nature. The late-summer tour is especially good for  hummingbirds and butterflies.     Later in 2015, we will be doing a special tour in mostly Wisconsin and also nearby Minnesota. During the tour, we'll visit the International Crane Foundation and an extraordinary "Birds in Art" exhibition, as well as a region also extraordinary for birds and other nature. In that region, we'll be with the Timber Wolf Alliance, tracking as we bird.      There are links below to lists and photo galleries of  North American birds (in 6 parts), as well as birds in places including Arizona, California, Colorado, North Carolina, and Texas. Also links to lists and photo galleries of butterflies, moths, dragonflies and damselflies, amphibians and reptiles,  mammals, fish, and an assortment of marine life. Also links to highlights of previous FONT tours, with narratives and photo galleries.

Painted Bunting Green-tailed Towhee    A Wolf Howling

COLORADO (& adjacent  NEBRASKA  & WYOMING) Apr 12-21, '16 (tour CO-1) for "grouse & more"

DELAWARE MARYLAND VIRGINIA Apr 16-18, '16 (tour DE-2) on the Delmarva Peninsula in a  variety of habitats for birds, butterflies, wildflowers, and other nature

TEXAS  in the Spring Apr 22-30, '16 (tour TX-2) for birds  & butterflies from Rockport on the Gulf  to the  Lower Rio Grande Valley  and the  Edwards Plateau

NORTH  CAROLINA May 5-9, '16 (tour NC-1) our annual  "Carolina Caper"  landbirding tour  for Red-cockaded  Woodpecker, Swainson's Warbler,  & other birds; also mammals  & butterflies, other nature

Lists & Photo Galleries of Birds: NORTH AMERICA Part #1: Grouse to Anhinga Part #2: Condor to Shorebirds Part #3: Jaegers to Cuckoos Part #4: Owls to Flycatchers Part #5: Shrikes to Pipits Part #6: Olive Warbler to Buntings ALASKA ARIZONA Part #1: Quails to Becards Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings CALIFORNIA (in September) COLORADO & nearby states Part #1: Quail to Woodpeckers  Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings DELAWARE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA Birds of the Delmarva Peninsula  Delmarva Birds in:  2015 NORTH CAROLINA TEXAS Part #1: Quail to Becard Part #2: Flycatchers to Buntings WASHINGTON STATE (in September) RARE BIRDS of North & Middle America * * * * * *  Lists & Photo Galleries of Nature: Butterflies of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA Butterflies & Moths of ARIZONA  Butterflies of TEXAS Butterflies & Moths of ALASKA Moths of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA (a list in 2 parts) Dragonflies & Damselflies of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA   Dragonflies & Damselflies of ARIZONA  Dragonflies & Damselflies of TEXAS Amphibians & Reptiles of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA Amphibians & Reptiles of TEXAS Amphibians & Reptiles of ARIZONA   Marine Life (inc. corals & jellyfish, mollusks (shells) & arthropods (crustaceans & echinoderms): of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA of SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA (inc FLORIDA & TEXAS)  of WESTERN NORTH AMERICA (inc Alaska, Washington State, California, & northwest Mexico) * * * * * *  Marine Fish of EASTERN NORTH AMERICA   Marine Fish of WESTERN NORTH AMERICA (from Alaska to Mexico)  Bottom photo at right:  Sockeye Salmon in Alaska

Mammals of North America (with some photos) Mammals of Eastern North America (with some photos) Wildflowers & some other plants of Eastern North America (with some photos) Mammals of Alaska (with some photos) Wildflowers & some other plants of Alaska (with some photos) Plants of the Desert & some nearby habitats (with some photos) * * * * * *  Birds of Alaska along the Dalton Highway Birds of Southern Arizona Birds in Colorado & Nearby States in April (without photos) A Photo Gallery of Birds in COLORADO & nearby states (from a previous FONT tour)

Narratives relating to previous FONT tours: In ALASKA: "A Golden Bear, the Golden Eagle, & a Big Mountain" In ARIZONA: "A Mexican Yellow Grosbeak, Montezuma Quail, & More" In CALIFORNIA & WASHINGTON STATE: "Following the Path of Lewis & Clark, and Crossing Paths with a Bird from Hawaii" In NORTH CAROLINA: "Nothing's Much Finer than Birding in Carolina" Some Previous Tour Highlights:    Alaska    Arizona    Colorado    Texas   West Coast USA Birds & Marine Life during FONT New Jersey pelagic trips, 2000-2005

 

Bald Eagles at their nest.
This species seen during FONT tours in Alaska, British Columbia, 
California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, Newfoundland, 
North Carolina, Washington State, and Wyoming.
(Photo by FONT tour participant Paul West)

Birding in North America is in places
as diverse as the mountains near Nome, Alaska (above),
and the Sonoran Desert in Arizona (below).