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[Don't forget to check our NEWS page for recent updates and upcoming tour information.] Field Guides leader: MITCH LYSINGER“It was one of the best experiences I have ever had. We will look for another trip led by Mitch. The whole tour was well-run and very organized. We felt safe and cared for at all times. What an adventure — we will recommend to others.” D.R., AMAZONIAN ECUADOR: SACHA LODGE 2008
Each tour link leads to a more detailed description. For another guide's schedule, click here. MITCH'S UPCOMING TOURS MONTANE ECUADOR I June 23-July 2, 2008 with Mitch Lysinger. Small-group tour for superb subtropical birding while based at lovely San Isidro Lodge, located among the birds of the east slope, plus two days in west slope subtropics. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with GALAPAGOS and/or ECUADOR'S AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST: SACHA LODGE. MONTANE ECUADOR II July 28-August 6, 2008 with Mitch Lysinger. Small-group tour for superb subtropical birding while based at lovely San Isidro Lodge, located among the birds of the east slope, plus two days in west slope subtropics. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with GALAPAGOS. ECUADOR RAINFOREST & ANDES II September 6-20, 2008 with Mitch Lysinger. Highlights of the best of Ecuador's rainforest birding at Sacha Lodge (think cotingas, parrots, antbirds, and canopy towers) combined with two exciting destinations in the Andes (think myriad hummingbirds and tanagers). Limited to 8 participants. SAFARI BRAZIL: THE PANTANAL & MORE October 12-28, 2008 with Mitch Lysinger. The spectacular wetlands of the Pantanal, with Hyacinth Macaws and Jabirus, combined with the many specialties of Brazil's Central Plateau, including Emas National Park, Cipo, and Caraca, plus Canastra as an extension to the main tour. Limited to 9 participants. THANKSGIVING AT SAN ISIDRO, ECUADOR November 22-December 1, 2008 with Mitch Lysinger. Based at comfortable cabanas 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. JEWELS OF ECUADOR: HUMMERS, TANAGERS & ANTPITTAS January 24-February 10, 2009 with Mitch Lysinger. Survey tour of Andean Ecuador; transects the north from Pacific lowlands to east-slope foothills and includes stunning Podocarpus and Cajas national parks in the south; diverse avifauna dominated by colorful hummers and tanagers and more subtle and haunting antpittas. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with SACHA LODGE. ECUADOR RAINFOREST & ANDES I March 21-April 4, 2009 with Mitch Lysinger. Highlights of the best of Ecuador's rainforest birding at Sacha Lodge (think cotingas, parrots, antbirds, and canopy towers) combined with two exciting destinations in the Andes (think myriad hummingbirds and tanagers). Limited to 8 participants. MONTANE ECUADOR I June 12-21, 2009 with Mitch Lysinger. Small-group tour for superb subtropical birding while based at lovely San Isidro Lodge, located among the birds of the east slope, plus two days in west slope subtropics. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with GALAPAGOS. GALAPAGOS I June 20-30, 2009 with Mitch Lysinger. 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. 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. MONTANE ECUADOR II July 30-August 8, 2009 with Mitch Lysinger. Small-group tour for superb subtropical birding while based at lovely San Isidro Lodge, located among the birds of the east slope, plus two days in west slope subtropics. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with GALAPAGOS. ECUADOR RAINFOREST & ANDES II September 5-19, 2009 with Mitch Lysinger. Highlights of the best of Ecuador's rainforest birding at Sacha Lodge (think cotingas, parrots, antbirds, and canopy towers) combined with two exciting destinations in the Andes (think myriad hummingbirds and tanagers). Limited to 8 participants. SAFARI BRAZIL: THE PANTANAL & MORE October 10-26, 2009 with Mitch Lysinger. The spectacular wetlands of the Pantanal, with Hyacinth Macaws and Jabirus, combined with the many specialties of Brazil's Central Plateau, including Emas National Park, Cipo, and Caraca, plus Canastra as an extension to the main tour. Click a link or photo below to view the upcoming schedule of any guide.
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Mitch Lysinger, a native of Florida, grew up birding the southern part of the state as well as other parts of the US before moving to Ecuador to work at La Selva Lodge (for two years) and then with Field Guides as a guide since 1997. Mitch is fascinated by bird sounds and has spent many years intensively birding and tape-recording the birds of Ecuador and other Neotropical countries on tours and in his free time. As a result (and hundreds of field-recorded cassettes later!), Mitch and John Moore teamed up and published the two-volume cassette, The Birds of Cabañas San Isidro, and then went on to tackle (with other co-authors) the multi-volume CD set—with four published and more to come—of the birds of Ecuador. Mitch has more recently become involved in the conservation scene in Ecuador, working closely with the Jocotoco Foundation on land purchase for the purpose of setting up new reserves in areas critically in need of protection. When not on tour, Mitch can often be found with his wife Carmen and their two children (Martín and Sara) at Cabañas San Isidro—their cloud forest lodge on the east slope of the Andes—where they see to the needs of their guests and continue to expand the lodge's already vast 1200 hectare reserve with the hopes of widening the existing forest corridor that bridges the gap between two large national parks.
