WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide

Micronesia

Endemics of the Micronesian Region

The some 600 tiny remote islands that comprise the Federated States of Micronesia, together with the island nation of Palau, have long remained off most birders' radar. A combination of challenging logistics, the need for special permission to access many of the prime birding sites, and the lack of research...

Paraguay

Paraguay is a landlocked country in the center of South America, sandwiched between three giants: Argentina to the south, Brazil to the east, and Bolivia to the north. Its borders are more or less traced by a series of major rivers. The fast-flowing Paraná marks the south and east; the...

Northern Finland and Arctic Norway

This remarkable tour runs at the optimal time, giving us the best possible chance of finding the northern owls as well as seeing a wonderful collection of other resident species and summer visitors. We’ll begin in Finland, the land of over 180,000 lakes, and the westernmost outskirts of the vast...

Cambodia

Cambodia’s expansive forests and untouched wetlands support a notable collection rare birds and mammals. In recent years there have been a number of discoveries including a population of the near-mythical Giant Ibis, the Mekong Wagtail, the very recently discovered Cambodian Tailorbird, and a breeding population of the rapidly declining eastern...

Panama: Bocas del Toro and the Western Highlands

The many mangrove-fringed islands of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago have long attracted those with a sense of adventure, and a new ecolodge built on the southern tip of Isla Bastimentos and adjacent to a large protected area of coastal forest now serves as a welcome and very comfortable base...

Texas: The Edwards Plateau and Big Bend

The oaks and limestone hills of the Edwards Plateau form a cool, green boundary between east and westTexas. Here amid a profusion of spring wildflowers and a varied array of eastern and western birds, we’ll look especially for the region’s two special summer residents, Golden-cheeked Warbler and Black-capped Vireo. After...

Oregon in Late Summer

with Pelagic Extension

Oregon is well known for lush ancient forests and a picturesque coastline that teems with waterbirds. This is the Oregon west of the Cascade Mountains, where most of the human population resides. Less well known are the radically different habitats and climates as one moves south and east. In the...

Cuba

Cuba, the largest of the Greater Antilles encompassing over 42,000 square miles, is at its closest point just a bit more than 90 miles south of Florida. For the first part of the 20th century it was the winter playground for the American rich but beginning in the late 1950s,...