FONT Arizona Tour Group, Jul-Aug 2001
including members of VAAS, the Venice Area
Audubon Society of Florida
Our thanks
to those who have contributed!
In the following list, click on the title.
Directory:
Arizona - Summer 2001 Tour
Bolivia - Autumn 1994, where we saw total eclipse of the sun
Brazil - Jardin da Amazonia, or "Garden of the Amazon"
Guatemala - where we bird in the Land of the Mayas
Hungary - Spring 2001 Tour
Japan - FONT group in Amami newspaper
New Jersey, USA, Sept. 2001 Pelagic Trip
Pacific Coast, USA & Canada - Sept 2001 Tour
FONT Arizona Tour Group,
Jul-Aug 2001
including members of VAAS, the Venice Area
Audubon Society of Florida
Local people in Bolivia,
where our group observed a total solar eclipse, during a FONT birding tour
mostly in Argentina, November 1994.
Brazil
- the Jardin da Amazonia or "Garden of the Amazon"
Located in Mato Grosso
state, this is a favorite birding destination during FONT tours.
The Rio Claro, at Jardin
da Amazonia
Along this river we've seen many birds, among them perched
Amazonian Umbrellabird,
Point-tailed Palmcreeper in palms,
and at dusk potoos with open mouths catching insects.
List of Birds found at Jardin da Amazonia
In these 3 photos, FONT
Oct 2001 Brazil tour participants enjoy both the birds and their time in both
Amazonian & Atlantic forests.
There were nearly 400 species of birds during the 10-day tour. Link
to the complete list of 870 birds during FONT Brazilian tours.
Participants in these photos include: Betty Cutler and Carl Petty (upper),
Herb Cutler (middle), and Dave Cutler (lower), with leader, Armas
Hill, and one of our local guides, Pedro.
There's
a similar Brazilian itinerary again in Jul/Aug 2002.
Part of our Colorado 2001
tour group in ptarmigan country.
Our Colorado 2001 tour
group at breakfast,
after seeing the prairie-chickens.
February 2001 Tour
Participants atop tower at
Sacha Lodge in Amazonian Ecuador.
Sacha Lodge
Guatemala
- where we bird in the Land of the Mayas
Antigua, where our
tours begin.
Costume masks,
as we saw them
during our '01/02 Holiday Tour, near Antigua.
Women at the market, in Quetzaltenangeo,
as we saw them during our '01/02 Holiday Tour.
The Highlands, where we see Mountain Trogons
and Pink-headed Warblers.
Local people in the Guatemalan highlands.
By Lake Atitlan, we saw Sparkling-tailed Hummingbirds,
Rusty Sparrows, and Bushy-crested Jays.
Guatemalan coffee, grown where we were,
is wonderful to drink!
Temples at Tikal: Temple 4 (left);
Temple 2 (right).
At Temple 4 during our '01/02 Holiday Birding Tour,
there were 2 Orange-breasted Falcons.
Hungary -
Spring 2001 Tour
Group photographed by
the Phoenix Statue - marking the center of Europe.
FONT Iceland Tour Group,
June 2002.
(Photo courtesy of Carol & Wayne Pembroke.)
Flock of Kittiwakes on
glacial ice during FONT Iceland Tour, June 2002.
(Photo courtesy of Carol & Wayne Pembroke.)
Japan - FONT tour group in the newspaper on the island of Amami
New
Jersey, USA, Pelagic Trip
Sept. 2001
Alan Brady (left)
& Armas Hill (right) with Yi-Wen Liu, from Taiwan, on the FONT
pelagic trip from Barnegat Light, New Jersey, Sept. 4, 2001.
(Photo by Mary Scott of BirdingAmerica.com)
An essay with photos of this trip in the web-site: http://www.BirdingAmerica.com/NewJersey/njpelagic.htm
Pacific
Coast, USA & Canada, Sept 2001 Tour
FONT Pacific Coast Tour Group,
Sept 2001,
in Washington State.
