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[Don't forget to check our NEWS page for recent updates and upcoming tour information.] Field Guides leader: JESSE FAGAN“The trip was wonderful in all respects. The leaders, John Rowlett and Jesse Fagan, obviously loved birds and enjoyed people. The Dolan Falls setting was super! The experience was superior to the other two companies I’ve been with. For my next birding destination I’ll check out Field Guides’ offering first!” J.V., TEXAS HILL COUNTRY 2007
Each tour link leads to a more detailed description. For another guide's schedule, click here. JESSE'S UPCOMING TOURS ALASKA I (Part I) May 29-June 7, 2008 with Chris Benesh & Jesse Fagan. Includes the Pribilof Islands and magnificent Denali National Park. ALASKA I (Part II) June 6-16, 2008 with Chris Benesh & Jesse Fagan. Continues our Alaska coverage with Nome, Barrow, Seward, and the Anchorage area. GASPÉ PENINSULA June 28-July 6, 2008 with Wayne Petersen & Jesse Fagan. Boreal landbirding, great seabirds, beautiful landscapes, and fine French cuisine in Canada's Québec Province. NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA October 28-November 16, 2008 with Dave Stejskal & Jesse Fagan. Comprehensive survey tour of the diverse bird habitats of the northwest, with numerous specialties. SOUTHERN ARGENTINA November 15-December 2, 2008 with George Armistead & Jesse Fagan. Superb springtime birding through southern South America amid stark and spectacular landscapes. NEW YEAR AT RANCHO NATURALISTA, COSTA RICA December 27, 2008-January 4, 2009 with Jesse Fagan & local guide. A one-site tour based at one of Costa Rica’s premier birding lodges, with day visits to Tapanti National Park, Irazu Volcano, and the Caribbean lowlands. OAXACA January 25-February 1, 2009 with Jesse Fagan & second guide. Superb birding with two dozen Mexican endemics and fascinating ruins while based in lovely Oaxaca City. May be combined with COLIMA & JALISCO. WESTERN MEXICO: SAN BLAS & THE SINALOA HIGHLANDS February 11-21, 2009 with Jesse Fagan & David Mackay. Superb and varied birding in one of Mexico’s richest areas with a number of northwestern Mexican endemics and plenty of scenery. GUATEMALA: SHADE-GROWN BIRDING & HORNED GUAN HIKE February 25-March 7, 2009 with Jesse Fagan. Numerous Middle American specialties, among them Resplendent Quetzal, a host of hummingbirds, Azure-rumped Tanager, and a chance for the mythical Horned Guan, set against a dramatic volcanic landscape and colorful Mayan culture. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with HONDURAS: LAND OF THE EMERALDS. HONDURAS: LAND OF THE EMERALDS March 7-15, 2009 with Jesse Fagan & Rose Ann Rowlett. A must for those northern Central American endemics and the Honduran Emerald! A great country for Neotropical birding with remarkable topography, history, culture, and nearly 300 species of birds. May be combined with GUATEMALA: SHADE-GROWN BIRDING & HORNED GUAN HIKE. NEW BAHAMAS March 30-April 4, 2009 with Jesse Fagan. Details to be announced. LESSER ANTILLES April 4-18, 2009 with Jesse Fagan & second guide. Comprehensive tour searching for all the accessible endemics (many highly endangered) of the southern Caribbean on 10 attractive islands. May be combined with PUERTO RICO. DRY TORTUGAS, FLORIDA April 25-28, 2009 with Jesse Fagan. The excitement of spring migration plus seabird specialties from Sooty and Bridled terns and Brown Noddy to Brown and Masked boobies and Audubon's Shearwater. SPAIN May 8-20, 2009 with Chris Benesh & Jesse Fagan. To La Mancha, famous Coto Doñana, Extremadura, and the Gredos Mountains for some of Europe’s best birding. MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA, PERU I June 25-July 4, 2009 (Paracas Pre-trip from June 22) with John Rowlett & Jesse Fagan. Southern Peru's east-slope temperate birding at its best, featuring lots of endemics and scenic Andean puna; also Machu Picchu and great subtropical birding on and near our lovely hotel grounds. May be combined with GALAPAGOS or MANU WILDLIFE CENTER, PERU. MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA, PERU II July 26-August 4, 2009 (Paracas Extension to August 8) with Dan Lane & Jesse Fagan. Southern Peru's east-slope temperate birding at its best, featuring lots of endemics and scenic Andean puna; also Machu Picchu and great subtropical birding on and near our lovely hotel grounds. May be combined with PERU’S MARVELOUS ABRA PATRICIA & THE SPATULETAIL. FRANCE: CAMARGUE & PYRENEES September 5-15, 2009 with Megan Crewe & Jesse Fagan. Two of Europe’s finest birding destinations combined in this wonderful tour, with varied highlights and some great French food. BIRDING PLUS HOLIDAY AT RANCHO NATURALISTA, COSTA RICA December 19-27, 2009 with Jesse Fagan & local guide. A one-site holiday tour based at one of Costa Rica’s premier birding lodges, with visits to Tapanti National Park, Irazu Volcano, and the Caribbean lowlands. Click a link or photo below to view the upcoming schedule of any guide.
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Jesse Fagan has been passionate about birds since his teens when he had an encounter with a flying Pileated Woodpecker. He later moved from Savannah, Georgia, to Texas for graduate school and spent seven years birding its various regions. He has led trips for the Texas Ornithological Society to California and North Carolina, as well as local trips in the Pineywoods and Hill Country. Within the US, he has also birded throughout the Southeast, dabbled in the West and Southwest, and searched for owls in Minnesota. Since 1995, Jesse has been studying the birds of El Salvador and Honduras. He is a research associate with the group SalvaNATURA in El Salvador, where he has worked with wintering Golden-cheeked Warblers at Montecristo NP. In 2005-2006 he co-led birding trips to Honduras. He has also birded in Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain, and Sweden. Since his first Virginias’ Warblers tour with us in May 2006, Jesse has co-led Field Guides tours to Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Lesser Antilles, Texas, and Quebec’s Gaspe Province. He holds a B.S. in mathematical sciences and an M.S. in mathematics from Texas Tech University. Prior to working with Field Guides, he taught mathematics at the university level.
