WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide

China: Yunnan Province

Lying in the south-western corner of China, Yunnan Province has received little attention from birders and yet it holds some of the most exciting habitats and alluring species in the whole of Asia. Its close proximity to Myanmar (formerly Burma), good roads, often excellent hotels, and superb food combine to...

Portugal

Birds and Culture

Portugal offers a fantastic diversity of habitats and birds in a relatively small area, which enables visiting several species rich areas in this lovely country without traveling long distances.  Within  a half hour’s drive from Lisbon’s International Airport, two remarkable protected wetlands, the Tagus Estuary and the Sado Estuary Natural...

Cruise: Pacific Coast in Fall

Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Birding from a cruise ship is a lot like doing a seawatch on a conveyor belt, in that you get a nice stable platform as you move through different offshore “habitats” and groups of seabirds! Fall is an excellent time to be at sea in the Eastern Pacific, as many...

Colorado: Lekking Grouse

April is a spectacular time of year in Colorado. Late winter and early spring combine stunningly beautiful snowcapped peaks with the first blush of green on the river-edge cottonwoods and prairies. It’s also the time when the five lekking grouse species—Sharp-tailed Grouse, Greater and Gunnison Sage-Grouse, and Lesser and Greater...

Georgia in Autumn

Migration Along the Black Sea

Georgia rewards its visitors with breathtaking scenery, a rich history, and stunning architecture. For the birdwatcher, a migration corridor with more than a million southbound birds of prey and other species, a number of Caucasian mountain endemics, and an abundance of forest, wetland and grassland birds is similarly alluring. Intertwining...

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...

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...

South Africa: The East

Birds and Mammals

South Africa has long been considered a prime birding destination and our Eastern South Africa tour offers an incredible experience of one of Africa’s most ecologically diverse countries. Our route will draw us from sea level at the Indian Ocean coast to above 9400’ along Sani Pass in the Drakensberg...