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[Don't forget to check our NEWS page for recent updates and upcoming tour information.] Field Guides leader: JOHN ROWLETT“John Rowlett is not only an amazing birder but always enthusiastic, funny, and interesting—a real pleasure.” R.B., SERRA DOS TUCANOS 2007
Each tour link leads to a more detailed description. For another guide's schedule, click here. JOHN'S UPCOMING TOURS VIRGINIAS' WARBLERS May 30-June 3, 2008 with John Rowlett & second guide. To Virginia and West Virginia, of course, in search of two dozen warblers and much more in a beautiful mountain setting. MANU WILDLIFE CENTER, PERU June 13-25, 2008 with John Rowlett. One-site tour to the most species-rich rainforest on Earth. Macaw lick, canopy tower, tapir wallow, and wonderful trails through Amazonian lowlands of Manu Biosphere Reserve. May be combined with MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA I. Limited to 8 participants. MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA, PERU I June 24-July 5, 2008 with John Rowlett. Majestic Machu Picchu and some of the best high-Andean birding in all of Peru. May be combined with MANU WILDLIFE CENTER. PERU'S MARVELOUS ABRA PATRICIA & THE SPATULETAIL July 23-August 3, 2008 with John Rowlett. Bountiful birding on Peru’s lovely Andean east slope, designed for those limited to a short holiday, yet who would like an opportunity to delight in the extraordinary Spatuletail, as well as other rarities and endemics to be sought in small compass. May be combined with MOUNTAINS OF MANU or MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA. SERRA DOS TUCANOS, BRAZIL September 27-October 7, 2008 with John Rowlett. A short introduction to the avifauna of the Atlantic Forest based at one lovely site near Rio; designed for birders with little time and hence unable to take our 26-day SPECTACULAR SOUTHEAST BRAZIL tour. May be combined with ALTA FLORESTA, BRAZIL. Limited to 8 participants. ALTA FLORESTA, BRAZIL October 6-17, 2008 with John Rowlett. A rare look at birds of southern Amazonia at a wilderness lodge on the beautiful Rio Cristalino with an overnight stop in the Chapada das Guimaraes. May be combined with SERRA DOS TUCANOS, BRAZIL. Limited to 8 participants. WILD PANAMA: BURBAYAR, MOGUE & THE HARPY EAGLE January 24-February 2, 2009 (Canopy Lodge Extension to February 6) with John Rowlett. Dynamite birding in remote Panama Province for some legendary species—Harpia, Xenornis, Sapayoa, Pittasoma, and more; two nights of outfitted camping in lowland Darien for Harpy Eagle. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with PANAMA'S CANOPY TOWER. WESTERN PANAMA March 7-16, 2009 with John Rowlett & Dan Lane. A cool introduction to some lovely Neotropical birds in unsurpassed surroundings, featuring stunning views of Resplendent Quetzal, Three-wattled Bellbird, Dusky Nightjar, and two endemic hummingbirds. May be combined with PANAMA'S CANOPY TOWER. TEXAS HILL COUNTRY April 22-27, 2009 with John Rowlett. Golden-cheeked Warbler, Tropical Parula, and Black-capped and Gray vireos head the list of enticing birds to be sought on the wildflower wonderland of the Edwards Plateau. Limited to 8 participants. VIRGINIAS' WARBLERS May 29-June 2, 2009 with John Rowlett & second guide. To Virginia and West Virginia, of course, in search of two dozen warblers and much more in a beautiful mountain setting; optional visit to Jefferson's Monticello. 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. MANU WILDLIFE CENTER, PERU July 3-15, 2009 with John Rowlett & second guide. One-site tour to the most species-rich rainforest on Earth. Macaw lick, canopy tower, tapir wallow, and wonderful trails through Amazonian lowlands of Manu Biosphere Reserve. May be combined with MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA I and/or PERU'S MARVELOUS ABRA PATRICIA & THE SPATULETAIL. PERU'S MARVELOUS ABRA PATRICIA & THE SPATULETAIL July 15-26, 2009 with John Rowlett & Mitch Lysinger. Bountiful birding on Peru’s lovely Andean east slope, designed for those limited to a short holiday, yet who would like an opportunity to delight in the extraordinary Spatuletail, as well as other rarities and endemics to be sought in small compass. May be combined with MANU WILDLIFE CENTER and MACHU PICCHU & ABRA MALAGA II. SERRA DOS TUCANOS, BRAZIL September 26-October 6, 2009 with John Rowlett. A short introduction to the avifauna of the Atlantic Forest based at one lovely site near Rio. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with ALTA FLORESTA, BRAZIL. ALTA FLORESTA, BRAZIL October 5-16, 2009 with John Rowlett. A week in pristine rainforest on the beautiful Rio Cristalino, with an overnight stop in the Chapada das Guimaraes. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with SERRA DOS TUCANOS, BRAZIL. HOLIDAY AT SAN ISIDRO, ECUADOR December 27, 2009-January 5, 2010 with John Rowlett. Based at the very comfortable San Isidro Lodge with dramatic cloud forest vistas and fabulous food, our small group will bird rich east-slope Andean forest from the foothills to treeline and paramo. Limited to 8 participants. Click a link or photo below to view the upcoming schedule of any guide.
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John Rowlett, a native of Golden-cheek country, has been enchanted by birds since childhood. One of the founders of Field Guides where he has long played a governing role, John has extensive field experience guiding bird tours throughout the Americas. Pepper—as he is known by his colleagues—has forever found birding at its best in the complex Amazonian drainage and the breathtaking Andean uplift, but he takes great pleasure in birding from the Appalachian Forest to the Atlantic Forest with novice and veteran alike. When not on tour, he writes about the writing of those who take birds for their subject. The powerful distraction of birds in the field continues to delay books on Wordsworth, on ecocriticism, on bird poetry, and on the essays of Ralph Cohen. John received his Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Virginia, where he later spent two rewarding years as Program Director of the Commonwealth Center for Literary and Cultural Change. He serves as an Advisory Editor of New Literary History. Peppershrike and Abbie live in Charlottesville.
