WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide

Borneo: Sabah

Mount Kinabalu, Kinabatangan River, Tabin Reserve, and the Danum Valley

Borneo is quite rightly regarded as one of the great storehouses of our planet’s incredible biological diversity. Charles Darwin’s famous description, “one great, wild, untidy, luxuriant hothouse made by nature herself,” although often said incorrectly to have been inspired by Borneo, is, in fact, perfect for Borneo. Although much of the...

Brazil: The Southeast Atlantic Rainforest

Locally known as the Mata Atlântica in eastern Brazil, the wet forests stretching along the Atlantic coast are home to the typical Neotropical bird families familiar to those who have birded elsewhere in South America: woodcreepers, foliage-gleaners, antbirds, antpittas, cotingas, tapaculos, manakins, and tanagers. But imagine that these rainforest-cloaked mountains...

Oman

The Sultanate of Oman – one of the most attractive, unspoiled, and safest countries in the Middle East – offers an extraordinary wealth of birds and an exceptionally pleasant, welcoming, and relaxed atmosphere in which to enjoy them. Located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, and with over...

Minnesota in Winter

Traveling to Minnesota in the depth of winter may seem to defy reason, but for the birdwatcher, the season and place combine to produce a mouth-watering array of species. Northern owls always inspire the greatest interest; we’ll look for Snowy, Great Gray, and Northern Hawk Owls, and if we’re particularly...

India: The North

Ranthambhore, Bharatpur, Nainital and Corbett

From the snow-capped mountains of the Himalayas, to the sublime beauty of the Taj Mahal and the woodlands where the Tigers roam, Incredible India really does live up to high expectations. The natural and human history of this remarkable country are inexorably intertwined in the north, where a plethora of...

Morocco in Spring

As early spring touches Morocco, the country bursts into life, offering the visiting birdwatcher some truly memorable experiences. We’ll begin in Marrakech before heading into the dramatic mountains of the High Atlas. Here we’ll seek out a variety of mountain birds, and in particular the elusive African Crimson-winged Finch, a...

Alaska: Majesty of the North

Alaska is a spectacular state with stunning snow-covered peaks rising out of flower-laden tundra and vast glaciers flowing into forest-lined fjords, and June is a wonderful month to search for the state’s special birds. We’ll begin in Nome where rolling tundra, rich in ptarmigans, jaegers, and shorebirds, merges with rugged...

Cruise: Pacific Coast in Spring

Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

In recent decades, West Coast birders have used repositioning cruise ships as comfortable platforms to look for offshore species, including petrels, storm-petrels, and albatrosses. Many of these species are too far out for day boats, but the shipping lanes used by major cruise lines give us more time out in...