Under $5,000

We plan tours that feature engaging, professional leaders and a trusted network of in-country experts. These are tours that we would want to go on: a fun combination of serious birdwatching and natural history.

Tours by Region

Choosing a Birding Tour

2025 2026

September 2025

New Jersey: Cape May

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Sep 27 to Oct 3 2025 • Skye Haas

Mexico: Veracruz
Migration is a Moving Experience

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Sep 29 to Oct 7 2025 • Steve Howell

November 2025

Panama: Fall at the Canopy Tower

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Nov 8-14, 2025 • Gavin Bieber

Panama: Darién Lowlands

Waitlisted

Nov 23-30, 2025 • Gavin Bieber

December 2025

Mexico: Oaxaca at Christmastime

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Dec 22-31, 2025 • Rich Hoyer and Scott Olmstead

January 2026

Newfoundland: Winter Birds

2 spaces remain

Jan 5-11, 2026 • Jared Clarke

Colombia: The Santa Marta Mountains

Waitlisted

Jan 7-15, 2026 • Fabrice Schmitt

Cruise: Antarctic Peninsula and Tierra del Fuego

Waitlisted

Guaranteed

Jan 8-25, 2026 • Steve Howell and Stephen Menzie

Ceibas Pre-Cruise Extension from Jan 7

Mexico: The Yucatan and Cozumel

Confirming Soon

Jan 11-19, 2026 • Rich Hoyer and Roland Rumm

Minnesota in Winter

Jan 15-20, 2026 • Frank Nicoletti

Arizona: A Winter Week in the Southeast

1 space remains

Jan 25 to Feb 1 2026 • Jake Mohlmann

February 2026

Ecuador: Mindo and the Northwest Andes

Waitlisted

Feb 1-9, 2026 • Jon Feenstra

Cruise: New Zealand, the Tasman Sea and Australia
An Antipodean Adventure

Waitlisted

Confirming Soon

Feb 2-16, 2026 • Gavin Bieber and Fabrice Schmitt

Auckland Pre-cruise Extension from Jan 29

Tasmania Post-cruise Extension to Feb 22

Melaleuca, Tasmania Charter Extension to Feb 23

Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Winter
Including Whooping Cranes

3 spaces remain

Feb 9-18, 2026 • Jake Mohlmann

Mexico: San Blas
Mangroves and Forests

Waitlisted

Feb 9-17, 2026 • Steve Howell

Mexico: Baja California's Cape Region

Feb 21 to Mar 1 2026 • Rich Hoyer

Puerto Rico

Waitlisted

Feb 23 to Mar 1 2026 • Roland Rumm

March 2026

Mexico: Oaxaca and Western Chiapas

Waitlisted

Mar 10-21, 2026 • Steve Howell and Rich Hoyer

Nebraska: The Sandhills and the Platte River
Sandhill Cranes and Prairie Chicken

Mar 11-16, 2026 • Frank Nicoletti

Morocco in Spring

Waitlisted

Mar 21 to Apr 1 2026 • Ethan Kistler

Panama: Spring at the Canopy Tower

Mar 23-29, 2026 • Gavin Bieber

Canopy Lodge Extension to Apr 3

Jamaica

Mar 26 to Apr 3 2026 • Rich Hoyer and Ann Haynes-Sutton

April 2026

Colorado: Lekking Grouse

2 spaces remain

Apr 2-12, 2026 • Skye Haas and Frank Nicoletti

Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Spring

Apr 8-17, 2026 • Ethan Kistler

Greece: Mainland Spring Migration

Apr 12-22, 2026 • Oli Reville

Texas: The Upper Coast

Apr 16-23, 2026 • Ben Lucking

Greece: Lesvos
Spring Migration Through the Aegean

Apr 17-25, 2026 • Killian Mullarney

Georgia and South Carolina
Birding the American Civil War: Savannah to Charleston

Waitlisted

Apr 18-24, 2026 • Jon Dunn

Cruise: Pacific Coast in Spring
Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Apr 20-24, 2026 • Ed Corey

Florida: The South, the Keys and the Dry Tortugas

Waitlisted

Apr 22-29, 2026 • Ethan Kistler

Scotland

Apr 27 to May 7 2026 • Rob Sheldon

May 2026

Cruise: Pacific Coast in Spring
Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Waitlisted

May 2-6, 2026 • Ed Corey and Rich Hoyer

Arizona: Owls and Warblers

2 spaces remain

May 5-14, 2026 • Skye Haas

Northwest Ohio: Spring Migration

May 13-19, 2026 • Ethan Kistler

Canary Islands

May 15-23, 2026 • John Muddeman

Minnesota and North Dakota
North Woods to Prairies

Waitlisted

May 27 to Jun 4 2026 • Ethan Kistler

July 2026

Borneo: Sarawak Endemics
Black Oriole, Hose's Broadbill and Dulit Frogmouth

Jul 4-12, 2026 • Susan Myers

Ecuador: Northwest Andes in Summer

Jul 8-17, 2026 • Ben Lucking

September 2026

Cruise: Pacific Coast in Fall
Albatrosses, Pterodromas, and Seabirding in Comfort

Sep 19-25, 2026 • Ed Corey and Skye Haas