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[Don't forget to check our NEWS page for recent updates and upcoming tour information.] Field Guides leader: ROSE ANN ROWLETT“Rose Ann Rowlett has an outstanding blend of birding expertise, people skills, and logistical acumen. These two tours were in the outstanding category.” J.& M.K., SACHA LODGE and JEWELS OF ECUADOR 2007
Each tour link leads to a more detailed description. For another guide's schedule, click here. ROSE ANN'S UPCOMING TOURS PERUVIAN RAINFORESTS: THE SOUTHEAST July 14-27, 2008 with Rose Ann Rowlett & Dan Lane. Combines the classic Rio Tambopata reserves with a visit to the new Reserva Amazonica on the Rio Madre de Dios; parrot/macaw lick, Harpy Eagles, and a superb canopy walkway from which the rare Black-faced Cotinga can be seen. May be combined with MOUNTAINS OF MANU. MOUNTAINS OF MANU July 26-August 10, 2008 (Machu Picchu Extension to August 13) with Rose Ann Rowlett. An in-depth transect of the higher-elevation half of the Manu Biosphere Reserve and buffer zone, from treeline through temperate and subtropical forests down to rich upper-tropical zone. Spectacular scenery along one of the “birdiest” roads in the world. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with PERUVIAN RAINFORESTS. NORTHERN PERU: ENDEMICS GALORE November 1-20, 2008 with Rose Ann Rowlett & Richard Webster. A tour to one of the least-known and most endemic-rich areas of South America, with many recently-described species from the Andes and the Maranon basin. ECUADOR'S AMAZONIAN RAINFOREST: SACHA LODGE I January 15-24, 2009 with Rose Ann Rowlett. One-site tour to one of the most comfortable lodges in western Amazonia with one of the birdiest and sturdiest canopy platforms anywhere. Well-appointed lodgings with electricity, hot water, and delicious food; extensive trail system and boat trips on the Rio Napo. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with JEWELS OF ECUADOR. SOUTHWESTERN ECUADOR: TUMBESIAN ENDEMICS & THE JOCOTOCO ANTPITTA RESERVE February 1-15, 2009 with Rose Ann Rowlett. Focuses on the many specialties of the southwest, from Tumbesian endemics to very local Ecuadorian endemics of the humid foothills and mountains. Limited to 8 participants. 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 BORNEO June 19-July 5, 2009 with Rose Ann Rowlett. Three prime areas in some of the Earth’s richest forests while based in comfort right in the wild. Limited to 8 participants. MOUNTAINS OF MANU, PERU I July 25-August 9, 2009 (Machu Picchu Extension to August 12) with Rose Ann Rowlett. An in-depth transect of the higher-elevation half of the Manu Biosphere Reserve and buffer zone, from treeline through temperate and subtropical forests down to rich upper-tropical zone. Spectacular scenery along one of the “birdiest” roads in the world. Limited to 8 participants. May be combined with PERU'S MARVELOUS ABRA PATRICIA & THE SPATULETAIL. PERUVIAN RAINFORESTS OF THE TAMBOPATA September 27-October 10, 2009 with Rose Ann Rowlett & Dan Lane. Combines the classic Rio Tambopata reserves with a visit to the new Reserva Amazonica on the Rio Madre de Dios; parrot/macaw lick, Harpy Eagles, and a superb canopy walkway from which the rare Black-faced Cotinga can be seen. NORTHERN PERU: ENDEMICS GALORE October 31-November 20, 2009 with Rose Ann Rowlett & Richard Webster. Dry-season tour to one of the least-known and most endemic-rich areas of South America, with many recently-described species from the Andes and the Maranon basin; remote and beautiful wild areas. Click a link or photo below to view the upcoming schedule of any guide.
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Rose Ann Rowlett has been birding since her second-grade teacher influenced her and her brother to start identifying Texas migrants using Richard Pough’s eastern Audubon guide with the marvelous Eckelberry illustrations. She developed an enduring love for Neotropical birds beginning in 1960, when mentor Edgar Kincaid took the “Grebe,” her brother John, and their friend Frank Oatman on the first of many school-holiday birding trips to Mexico. Trained as a biologist with specialties in botany and ornithology, she combines a broad natural-history background with special interests in bird song and behavior. She began guiding tours in 1975 and was one of the founders of Field Guides in 1985. Over the years she has guided more than 250 birding tours, specializing in trips to South America (her favorite continent) but detouring regularly to Africa, Madagascar, and Australasia. In recent years, forays to Malaysia, Thailand, and Bhutan have generated considerable enthusiasm for pheasants, pittas, babblers, and broadbills. Rose Ann and Richard Webster are now based in their refurbished home in Portal, Arizona, where they are happily distracted by the likes of Painted Redstarts and roaming Bobcats, not to mention a whole host of hummers.
