Birds and Music/Birds and…
Our “Birds and…” series offers tours that combine birdwatching with other pursuits, usually cultural but sometimes involving different aspects of natural history. For a glimpse of some of these popular tours, have a look at our new photo gallery and slideshow.
The Birds and Music tours are often built around a music festival, with birdwatching in the mornings or occasionally before or after the festival. In a few cases, we craft our own “festival” from an array of independent musical offerings.
The Birds and History tours tend to visit places of great archaeological interest, many of them also excellent for birds, especially during migration. Birds and History tours vary a bit in their mix of birdwatching and culture, but in all cases the itinerary makes the division of activities clear.
Each Birds and… tour is conducted by leaders who combine superior birding skills with expertise in music, history, lepidoptery, and so on. Generally a single leader is skilled in both arenas, but in some cases we use two leaders, each with a particular focus to her or his expertise.
The Birds and… tours have been enduringly popular, particularly with birders whose traveling companion’s interests may not be so intensely ornithological. We highly recommend them.
North America
- Canada: New Brunswick - A Week on Grand Manan
- Georgia and South Carolina, Birding the American Civil War: Savannah to Charleston
- Maryland and West Virginia: Birding the American Civil War, Gettysburg, Antietam, and the Appalachians
- Oregon: Birds and the Shakespeare Festival
Mexico, Central, and South America
Europe and the Middle East
- Austria: Birds and Music
- Czech Republic: Birds and Music
- France: Birds and Art in Provence NEW!
- Romania: Birds and Medieval Monasteries
- Slovakia: Birds and Music