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November 2010 E-mailing
Bird news, Facebook updates, a date change, a new slideshow, upcoming spaces, and of course fresh tour images at left (see our cheat sheet below) from our November recent photos (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Australia). Enjoy!
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Brazil Nutshell date change & Costa Rica spaces
We've just shifted the dates a bit earlier for our new Brazil Nutshell tour to Feb 11-25. It'll be guided by Marcelo Padua & Jay VanderGaast (both at right) and heads to fabulous Intervales, awesome Iguazu Falls, and the wonders of the northern Pantanal in a rich sampler of some of the best birding in Brazil. Read all about it in Jay's "Brazil Nuts" article in our October newsletter. And we've just had cancellations on our spring Costa Rica tour, Mar 12-27 with Megan Crewe (also at right) & local guide, so there are now 2 spaces open to head out in search of quetzals, bellbirds, Zeledonia (OK--Wrenthrush, if we must), and hundreds more!
"Discoveries & sightings" slideshow: 30 images
Remember our hummingbird slideshow from several months back that was so popular? Well, here's one of similar length with some more fun finds and gee-whizzes from Field Guides tours. Click here or on the sample images below to view it.
 Visit Field Guides on Facebook
www.facebook.com/fieldguides
Here are just four recent additions to our Facebook page:
—an album of Australia 2010 photos by Chris
—Alvaro's news from our recent Chile tour
—pics by Megan from our inaugural Sri Lanka tour, just completed
—some highlights from the S. Argentina tour with George & Chris
Have a look--it's another great way to keep up with FG happenings!
Cool bird news: another journey, this time Osprey
Last month we pointed you to the amazing story of a migrating Red Knot. This time? More fascinating data tracking an Osprey from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, to French Guiana in NE South America. See more on the Cornell Lab site. And we'll have to check any Osprey we see in Suriname on our March tour more closely, just in case it's Penelope...
Colombia's rich birding perks
Get a sneak peek at our December newsletter (mailing this week) and don't miss guide Richard Webster's front page article about his new upcoming Colombia: The Cauca Valley, Western & Central Andes tour. Two departures for some fabulous endemics: Jan 15-31 and Feb 19-Mar 7. Love birds? Of course! Love coffee? What better destination could there be?
Going solo? Tours with just one space still open
Yellowstone in Winter: Jan 15-23 with Terry McEneaney (1 space)
Thailand: Jan 15-Feb 5 with Dave Stejskal & Uthai Treesucon (1 space for a single or a female participant who would like a roommate)
Northern India: Jan 22-Feb 13 with Terry Stevenson (1 space for a single or a female participant who would like a roommate)
NEW Cambodia: Feb 19-Mar 3 with Phil Gregory (1 space)
Spring fling?
If, like some of us, you're already longing for spring even as winter sets in, there's at least some hope. Do a little dreaming and, heck, even make some plans with us for a palm-studded island escape--which just happens to have a long list of very cool endemics. How? One, two, or three trips, all in a row beginning in March: Bahamas (Birds & Butterflies; Mar 21-26) and then the Dominican Republic (Mar 26-Apr 2), both with Jesse Fagan, and then Puerto Rico with George Armistead (Apr 2-8). In toto? Two-weeks-plus of birding fun in the sun.
Keep up with our latest news
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Recently posted 2011 itineraries
See our recent updated 2011 itineraries post including Brazil Nutshell (Feb), Philippines (Feb), Churchill & Southern Manitoba (Jun), Machu Picchu & Abra Malaga (Peru; Jun or Jul), Rio Negro Paradise (Manaus, Brazil; Sep), Serra dos Tucanos (Brazil; Sep), Brazil's Cristalino Lodge (Oct).
Recently posted triplists
A long list of recent reports are out for this year's Bolivia's Avian Riches with Dan & George, Galapagos III and Cape May with George, Serra dos Tucanos, Brazil and Brazil's Cristalino Lodge with John Rowlett, Outback Australia and New Guinea & Australia with Phil Gregory, France: Camargue & Pyrenees with Megan & Jesse, Kenya Safari Spectacular with Terry Stevenson, Louisiana: Red Beans & Yellow Rails I with Dan Lane & John Coons, Louisiana: Red Beans & Yellow Rails II with John, and Chile with Alvaro Jaramillo. Enjoy reading along with our guides!
Cheat sheet
All photos at left are from our November recent photos. Enjoy!
- White-winged Fairywren, Australia, by guide Chris Benesh
- Brazilian Tanager, Serra dos Tucanos, by participant Bob Polkinghorn
- Laughing Kookaburra, Australia, by guide Chris Benesh
- Green-headed Tanager, Serra dos Tucanos, by participant Bob Polkinghorn
- Trail birding, Serra dos Tucanos, by participant Bob Polkinghorn
- Geological formations, NW Argentina, by guide Peter Burke
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Brazil, by participant Fred Dalbey
- Red-billed Scythebill, NW Argentina, by guide Peter Burke
- Pico da Caledonia, Serra dos Tucanos, by participant Bob Polkinghorn
- Rufous-thoated Dipper, NW Argentina, by guide Dave Stejskal
- Tawny Frogmouth, Australia, by guide Chris Benesh
- Iguazu Falls, Brazil, by guide Rose Ann Rowlett
- Torrent Duck, NW Argentina, by guide Peter Burke
- Giant Anteater, Brazil, by participant Fred Dalbey
- Galahs, Australia, by guide Chris Benesh
- Giant Antpitta, Ecuador, by participant Don Faulkner
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