trip reports & Photo galleries

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South Texas: Birding the Borderland: February 26 - March 4, 2024 Southern California: Sea Mountains, and Desert: February 9-17, 2024 Minnesota in Winter I: February 4-8, 2024 Madagascar: The Island Continent Main Tour + Extension with Birds Georgia: October 28 - November 17, 2023 South Africa: The Best of South Africa eBird Trip Report: October 8-24, 2023 Mexico: Veracruz River of Raptors with the Illinois Ornithological Society eBird Trip Report: September 25 - October 4, 2023 New Jersey: Cape May Migration Madness eBird Trip Report: September 28 - October 2, 2023 Minnesota: Hawk Ridge Raptor & Migration Spectacular eBird Trip Report: September 21-25, 2023 Namibia & Botswana in the Dry Season eBird Trip Report: July 14-29, 2023 Colombia: An Introduction to the Andes with the Illinois Audubon Society: July 12-24, 2023 Panama: The Canopy Camp & Darien Province eBird Trip Report: March 23-30, 2023 Panama: The Canopy Tower and Lodge eBird Trip Report: March 14-23, 2023 Southern California: Sea to Desert with Chicago Ornithological Society eBird Trip Report: February 14-21, 2023 Brazil: Igauçu Falls Post-trip Extension eBird Trip Report: October 12-16, 2022 Brazil: The Amazon Pre-trip Extension eBird Trip Report: September 26 - October 2, 2022 Brazil: The Pantanal & Cerrado Main Tour eBird Trip Report: October 2-12, 2022 Colombia: An Introduction to the Andes: July 11-20, 2022 (Click here for the photo gallery) Mexico: The Yucatán Peninsula: March 25 - April 2, 2022 (Click here for photo gallery) Costa Rica: Aug 1-9, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Oaxaca Valley, Mexico: Jul 27-31, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Southeast Arizona Second Spring: Jul 23-Aug 1, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Cape May Migration Madness: Sep 30-Oct 4, 2o21 (Click here for photo gallery)
Oaxaca, Mexico: Highlands to the Coast: July 18-27, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Montana, Yellowstone, & Cassia Crossbill II: June 24-July 1, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Montana, Yellowstone, & Cassia Crossbill I: June 16-23, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Upper Texas Coast Migration II: April 15-120, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Upper Texas Coast Migration I: April 10-15, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
NW Illinois: Mississippi Palisades & Lost Mound: June 4-6, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
NW Illinois: Mississippi Palisades & Lost Mound: May 21-23, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Sax-Zim Bog and Northeast Minnesota: Jan 23-27, 2021 (Click here for photo gallery)
Florida Winter Getaway: February 18-24, 2020 (Click here for photo gallery)
Sax-Zim Bog and Northeast Minnesota: Jan 30-Feb 3, 2020 (Click here for photo gallery)
Sax-Zim Bog and Northeast Minnesota: Jan 25-29, 2020 (Click here for photo gallery)
Madagascar: Nov 22-Dec 8, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Brazil: Pantanal & Cerrado, with Iguaçu Falls Extension: Oct 2-15, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Cape May Migration Madness: Sep 25-29, 2019
Namibia & Botswana: July 14-31, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa: July 6-14, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Montana, Yellowstone, and Cassia Crossbill: June 20-28, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Maine: June 6-10, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Southern Illinois: May 8-10, 2019
Texas Hill Country & Big Bend: Apr 18-27, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Upper Texas Coast Migration: Apr 13-18, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley: Feb 19-22, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Sax-Zim Bog and Northeast Minnesota: Jan 23-27, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Sax-Zim Bog and Northeast Minnesota: Jan 17-21, 2019 (Click here for photo gallery)
Costa Rica: Nov 28 - Dec 9, 2018 (Photo gallery only)
Bhutan: November 4-17, 2018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
The Best of South Africa: October 15-31, 2018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
Chicago Birds & Architecture: September 20-24, 2018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
South Africa (Kruger National Park Custom Tour): July 26 - August 3, 2018 (Photo gallery only) 
South African (Custom Tour): July 15-24, 2018 (Photo gallery only) 
Panama Darién Extension: July 5-10, 2018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
Panama's Top Birding Lodges: June 26 - July 5, 2018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
Panama (Custom Tour): June 18-25, 2018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
Texas Hill Country & Big Bend (Set Departure): April 21-29, 2018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
South Africa (Custom Tour): Nov 17-26 2017 (Click here for the photo gallery)
Cuba (Custom Tour): Feb 21-Mar 12018 (Click here for the photo gallery)
Sax-Zim Bog and Northeast Minnesota (Set Departure): February 1-5, 2018
Cape May Migration Madness (Custom Tour): Oct 4-8, 2017
Cape May Migration Madness (Set Departure): Sep 28-Oct 3, 2017
Texas: Hill Country & Big Bend in Spring (Custom Tour): April 19-28, 2017
South Africa, Botswana, & Namibia by road (Custom Tour): Nov 16 - Dec 1, 2016

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