We’ve got it all and it is waiting for you to come and experience. Limited hotel hopping. Pea Patch Island is famous as the home of Fort Delaware, but for more than a century it has also been one of the country’s largest heronries, hosting thousands of nesting herons and egrets. They share berries, they congregate at fruiting trees, they even occasionally over-imbibe. Often called the father of the birding trail movement, the Texas coastal trail was the first-and at approximately 2,110 miles-still the longest birding trail. Nature Preserves, Ohio State Parks, Metro Parks, Ohio Wildlife areas and National Forests all make up the rugged and wild terrain of the Hocking Valley Region. Thanks for the tour!” “What a wonderful tour of Japan! Nominations are being accepted and assessed for Southwestern Colorado and these trails and sites will launch next. The Louisiana Ornithological Society site is a very good central site for further information www.losbird.org. They share berries, they congregate at fruiting trees, they even occasionally over-imbibe. Like us on Facebook Archaeopteryx Birding and Nature Tours. From the mainland, view birds nesting on coastal islands. More on Florida Birding FAT BIRDER-FLORIDA, Rebecca Smith (Scroll down for bio) and Gallus Quigley (Scroll down for bio) each bring unique pieces to our tours. I was able to spend as much time as I wanted photographing specific birds and there was always another beautiful bird begging for my attention as we moved on. I've led a series of tours to Panama during the peak of their raptor migration season (mid to late October) where we catch up with many of these migrant birds. The Lake Champlain Birding Trail see listing under Vermont, The North Carolina Birding Trail www.ncbirdingtrail.org. Three detailed maps provide a route through rural landscape leading to 3 of the best national wildlife refuges in the Great Plains – Long Lake, Chase Lake, and Slade refuges. Contact: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, (478) 994-1438, Southern Rivers Birding Trail georgiawildlife.dnr.state.ga.us/content/displaycontent.asp?txtDocument=379, Idaho Birding Trail www.idahobirdingtrail.org. The Great Missouri Birding Trail is designed to introduce new and seasoned birders across the state, nation, and the world to the diverse habitats that over 320 species of birds visit annually in Missouri to create a diverse and colorful array of species. Welcome to one of the top birding hotspots in the Nation, where thousands of migratory birds arrive each spring and fall, swirling above majestic mountaintops in a captivating spectacle. An individual without a GPS can get detailed driving directions to any of these sites from Google Earth or maps to these locations on their cell phone using Google Mobile. Contact: Audubon Society of Portland, (503) 292-6855, or Stephen Shunk at (541) 549-8826. The New Jersey Birding and Wildlife Trails website presents the Delaware Bayshore Trails; 9 driving routes visiting 82 wildlife viewing sites in the State’s three southernmost counties. The Connecticut Coastal Birding Trail www.ctbirdingtrails.org. The area is renowned for its waterfowl and shorebird migration and diverse summer breeding bird populations. Scattered across North America like individual strings of pearls are birding trails. Contact: Chicago Department of Environment, 30 N. LaSalle, Ste. Contact: Susan Foote-Martin, State of Wisconsin Dept. Much of the trail leaves freeways and highways behind, wandering deep into Idaho’s rural communities and along backcountry byways. Great pricing. The Medina-Chase Lake Birding Trail was designed to provide birders and bird enthusiasts with a representative range of habitats and birding experiences in the Prairie Pothole Region. This birding trail winds through beautiful natural areas, from freshwater marshes to sites at the ocean and offers opportunities to see many wading birds, shorebirds, passerines, and others. Each night hundreds of herons (Great Blues, Little Blues, egrets, and others) pass right by over and town as they wing their way back to Pea Patch Island. So grab your binoculars, a favorite field guide, and the Oregon Coast Birding Trail guide, and make us your next birding destination. Photo by Glenn Giroir. A minimum of US$50 from each Rockjumper tour sign-up goes directly into the RBCF. Click here for details >>. Cape May Bird Observatory http://bit.ly/CMBO_home Just 100 short miles from ABA Headquarters is one of the ABA Area’s most spectacular birding areas. Crabby Dick’s Gastropub with good seafood, burgers, and beer 30 Clinton St, Delaware City, DE 19706 302-832-5100 http://crabby-dicks.com/, La Matesina Pizza, pasta, and sandwiches. Or just browse the lists below. The growth of birding trails combines Americans’ love of the automobile with the increasing interest in birds, creating access and opportunities. The piedmont region will be completed by Summer 2008, and the mountain region by Summer 2009. Perhaps you’d like to combine flyfishing with birdwatching; or follow in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark to see the same wildlife species they recorded more than 200 years ago. Currently on our website you will find hundreds of departures on 135 itineraries to more than 50 countries. Alabama Ornithological Society(AOS) Founded in 1952. The Maine Birding Trail describes the best birding sites statewide. 2500, Chicago, IL 60602; (312) 744-9283;