Dates & Pricing

2025 February 24 - March 4, 2025 Price: $3640 per person sharing Single room supplement: $680 Guide: Josh Engel Maximum of 7 participants.
Tour full! Contact us to be added to the waitlist.

2026 February 26 - March 6, 2026 Price: TBD Single room supplement: TBD Guide: Steve Huggins Maximum of 7 participants.

Custom tours anytime

South texas: Birding the borderlands

The Lower Rio Grande Valley is home to some of the country’s most storied birding spots: Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge, Bentsen-Rio Grande State Park, Estero Llano Grande, Sabal Palm Sanctuary. The birds are storied, too. We will start with wintering Whooping Cranes, then move on to the Valley specialties, birds like Green Jay, Pauraque, Altamira and Audubon’s Orioles, Plain Chachalaca, and many more. We’ll look for the less common birds as well, like Morelet’s Seedeater, Groove-billed Ani, Hook-billed Kite, and any rarities that are wintering in the area.

Itineraries will be updated with plenty of time before the next departure. Our itineraries usually show minimal changes between years, but some substantive updates can occur as birding access and information evolves. For any specific questions regarding these trips, please contact us.

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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