PO Box 9021, Wilmington, DE 19809, USA
E-mail: font@focusonnature.com
Phone: Toll-free in USA 1-888-721-3555
 or 302/529-1876

Website:  www.focusonnature.com

 

Focus On Nature Tours
in

North America

in
2015 
and 2016

For Birds, Butterflies, 
Mammals, and Other Nature

 


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

 

Itineraries in 2015 and 2016 with prices (click on the underlined tour numbers/dates): 

Prices are found at the end of each itinerary. All tours, unless noted otherwise, are rated "easy to moderate". 

WISCONSIN & 
MINNESOTA

 
 

Oct 6-16, '15
(tour WM-1)


including the
International Crane
Foundation,
Birds in Art,
time in the field
in wild country,
with lots of cranes,
waterfowl & wolves.
Also a visit to
one of the best of
"hawk watches"

 

 

DELAWARE
MARYLAND
VIRGINIA

Feb 27-29,'16
(tour DE-1)



on the
Delmarva
Peninsula
in a 
variety of
habitats


for
birds
and other
nature

TEXAS 
in the 
Late Winter
Early Spring

Mar 14-22, '16
(tour TX-1)

for birds,
and among them.
the 
Whooping
Crane

  Also, mammals,
butterflies,
and other nature,
from Rockport
on the Gulf 
to the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley 
and the 
Edwards Plateau

 

 

 

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

 


ALASKA


May 23 - Jun 6, '16
(tour AK-1a&b)


a birding
& nature 
tour
in 2 parts
 
south to
Valdez,
north to
Deadhorse,
inc. the
Dalton
Highway

 

 

DELAWARE
MARYLAND
VIRGINIA

Jul 23-25, '16
(tour DE-3)


on the
Delmarva
Peninsula
in a 
variety of
habitats

for
birds,
butterflies,
wildflowers,
and other
nature

 

ARIZONA
northern 
& southern 

Aug 23 - 
Sep 4, '16
(tour AZ-3)

at the good time 
for hummingbirds

and with condors
at the
Grand Canyon

West Coast USA
  WASHINGTON
STATE,
central
CALIFORNIA
Sep 4-13, '16
(tour WC-1)


including a
boat trip in
Washington
& a visit to
Point Reyes
in California


 

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).


Web page by Risė Hill.