WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide
Welcome to WINGS
If you’re an old hand, we hope our program is of interest. If you’re new to birding tours, you might find our essay “Choosing a Birding Tour” helpful.
What's New
Northwest Ohio: Spring Migration, 3-9 May 2020, with Ethan Kistler -- Branded as the “Warbler Capital of the World”,... (more)
New Mexico in Winter, 6-13 January 2020, with Raymond VanBuskirk -- Riverine cottonwood stands along the Upper Rio Grande... (more)
Peninsular Malaysia, 19-30 August 2019, with Susan Myers -- About 720 bird species have been recorded in peninsular... (more)
Senegal, Feb 21 - Mar 6 2020, with Paul French and Steve Rooke -- Africa’s Sahel region is vast and surprisingly... (more)
Guaranteed Tours
Peru: Rainforest Lodges of the Madre de Dios 1-12 October. *One space.
Argentina: The North - High Andes, the Chaco and Iguazú Falls 14-28 October.
Indonesia: Sulawesi and Halmahera 15 October-4 November.
Chile: Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert 4-20 November. *One space.
Panama: Bocas & Western Highlands 15-24 November.
Panama Darién Lowlands 23-30 November.
Private Tours
WINGS organizes private tours worldwide. Details here.
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A male Golden-cheeked Warbler scans his fief on Texas: The Edwards Plateau, Big Bend National Park and the Davis Mountains. A narrative account of Jon Dunn’s last tour to these varied and spectacular landscapes can be found here.
Photo: Rich Hoyer
From the Field
August 11: Derek Lovitch on his recently completed tour, Maine and New Hampshire
Covering over 1300 miles in eight full days of... (more)
July 29: Gavin Bieber and Jake Mohlmann on the main section of their recent tour, Alaska: Majesty of the North
Our Alaska Majesty Tour found above average temperatures... (more)
July 17: Susan Myers on her recently completed tour, Japan in Spring
Our spring Japan tour is all about the endemics... (more)
July 16: Fabrice Schmitt and Pierre Defos Du Rau on their recently completed tour, France: Birding à la Française - Birds, Wine and Cheese in Southern France
After years of scouting little restaurants and... (more)
May 28: Gavin Bieber on his recently completed tour, Arizona: Owls and Warblers
This year’s May tour fell in the middle... (more)
Our Leaders & Staff
Ethan Kistler
Ethan Kistler hails from Ohio and began birding at the age of 10 when he literally woke up one morning and decided that he wanted to become a birder. Since then he’s worked field jobs from Ohio to Alaska, traveled to 40 countries, and led birding... (more)
Featured Tour
Georgia in Autumn: Migration Along the Black Sea
Georgia in autumn is a birding secret that needs sharing. We favor beginning on the impressive Javakheti Plateau, a high-altitude area of gorges, farmland, steppe, and lakes populated by raptors possibly including Lammergier and vast numbers of waterbirds, followed by a stretch of the old Silk Road leading into the mighty Lesser Caucasus to search... (more)
AZ Birding
Coming to southeastern Arizona and want guiding help for just a day or two? Find an excellent guide at AZ-Birding.
