Despite what you might think....

….from looking at this page, we’ve actually been very busy!

In April, we started up out-of-state group trips again, with back-to-back Upper Texas Coast Spring Migration tours! These tours continue this month with back-to-back Montana & Yellowstone trips.

We also ran a busy schedule of local trips around the Chicago area and northern Illinois—between the last weekend in April and first weekend in June, we ran 22 day trips, 3 weekend trips, and 2 big days! Thanks is due to the 135 participants on these trips and 7 different guides who led them!

We will be back with additional local day trips this fall. In the meantime, check out our upcoming Illinois weekend trips and our upcoming out-of-state schedule. We also have trip reports posted from our recent weekend trips, and hope to have the reports from our Texas trips posted soon.

Wood Duck family by Adam Sell on our latest Mississippi Palisades & Lost Mound Weekend

Wood Duck family by Adam Sell on our latest Mississippi Palisades & Lost Mound Weekend

Travel to the Brazilian Pantanal isn't complete without a search for South America's top predator, the jaguar. We had continued success on our October tour this year, with jaguars seen daily along the Cuiabá River! Here, a mother surveys the C
We're gearing up for a return to Namibia next August, where a Sociable Weavers and their enormous nests are always a highlight. The birds themselves are charming and their communal nests are impressive to say the least! 📸: @josh.rhb #namibia #kala
The Western Great Lakes region is in the midst of an unprecedented irruption of Harris's Sparrows. We have a couple of spots left on a half-day trip this Saturday to Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve, where you can be sure that @bilskypics will be trying
I notice that we've posted photos of a lot of brown birds recently, so here's a bird with a nice splash of color. It's one of the best birds of the US's desert southwest, with one of the best bird names out there, Pyrrhuloxia. Want to see one with us