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[Don't forget to check our NEWS page for recent updates and upcoming tour information.] Field Guides leader: ALVARO JARAMILLO“I’ve come to expect outstanding performance with Field Guides—this tour fit the mold. FG puts the guides in a position to succeed, and they do, magnificently. Alvaro always knew what he was doing—where precisely to find the birds—got everyone on target, again and again and again.” T.L., CHILE 2007
Each tour link leads to a more detailed description. For another guide's schedule, click here. ALVARO'S UPCOMING TOURS GALAPAGOS II July 19-29, 2008 with Alvaro Jaramillo. Thorough birding coverage of the "Enchanted Islands." Limited to 12 participants. May be combined with MONTANE ECUADOR. CHILE November 23-December 13, 2008 with Alvaro Jaramillo & local guide. Tip-to-tip for Chilean endemics, condors, and Magellanic Woodpecker in this visually dramatic and tourist-friendly country. THE HEART & SOLE OF CHILE January 31-February 14, 2009 (Easter Island Extension to February 16) with Alvaro Jaramillo & Ricardo Matus. A sampling of Chile’s “heart” between Santiago and the Chiloe Island, including coastal birding and a pelagic, the “sole.” This tour does not replace our longer, comprehensive tour, but allows a shorter and more relaxed visit to this increasingly popular and incredibly scenic country. GALAPAGOS III August 8-18, 2009 with Alvaro Jaramillo. The remarkable “Enchanted Isles” are even more so close-at-hand and in a small group aboard our comfortable boat; broad coverage of the islands with plenty of time for the birds, exploring, photography, and snorkeling. Limited to 12 participants. May be combined with MONTANE ECUADOR. SLICE OF CALIFORNIA: SEABIRDS TO SIERRAS September 12-21, 2009 with Alvaro Jaramillo. A wonderfully diverse mix of West Coast specialties, montane species, and pelagics in rugged and scenic sites. Limited to 8 participants. CHILE November 1-21, 2009 with Alvaro Jaramillo & local guide. Tip-to-tip for Chilean endemics, condors, and Magellanic Woodpecker, waterfowl, shorebirds, and seabirds as well as the oddball earthcreepers, miners, Crag Chilia, ground-tyrants, and many others of restricted range in this visually dramatic and tourist-friendly country. NEW URUGUAY December 5-19, 2009 with Alvaro Jaramillo. Details to be announced. Click a link or photo below to view the upcoming schedule of any guide.
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Alvaro (Al) Jaramillo was born in Chile but began birding in Toronto, where he lived in his youth. He studied ecology and evolution in Toronto and Vancouver, earning a master’s degree studying co-evolution in Argentine cowbirds. Research forays and backpacking trips introduced Alvaro to the riches of the Neotropics, where he has traveled extensively. He recently published Birds of Chile, an authoritative yet portable field guide. His New World Blackbirds: The Icterids deals with the biology and identification of this fascinating group of birds. He has also contributed both popular and scientific articles in various magazines and journals and wrote the icterid chapter to The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Most recently Al finished co-editing a Spanish translation of A Neotropical Companion for Birder's Exchange. With no book projects on tap, he has more time to spend with his wife Katja, raising their son, Pablo, and daughter, Bianca, in the cozy coastal town of Half Moon Bay, California. Ecologically, it’s very much like Chile but the people speak English! Al is a birder who is also keenly interested in all aspects of the natural world and in understanding the biology and behavior of the birds we seek on trips. He enjoys teaching and incorporating gee whiz facts from his great internal database of bird info into the day’s birding. Al’s great enjoyment of humor is also part of the package, so if you want to have great fun birding the Americas…you know where to find him.
