Field Guides Birding Tours

Name: Field Guides Birding Tours
Address: Austin, TX, 78733, US
Telephone: +18007284953

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Fun, professionally guided birdwatching trips to 125 destinations worldwide with friendly, top-notch guides

08/06/2024

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05/24/2024

Bowerbirds are a family endemic to Australo-Papuan forests. The males of this family build elaborate bowers to woo females, and adorn them with anything they can find that is a color the female to which the female is attracted. This photo of a Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus), endemic to eastern Australia; it was taken by guide Doug Gochfeld on our Australia tour. A link to our tour page is in the comments.

07/25/2023

There are some people you are just glad to know. Directly, closely, casually, peripherally, deeply, or once for a half hour. You are glad to be in their orbit, however many times you have the chance to spin around. They have a gravitational pull, whether you're at arm's length or on the other end of a Zoom signal bouncing off a satellite somewhere. They give a comfortable feeling, a warm embrace of acceptance and caring, of thoughtfulness and consideration, of curiosity and attention, of knowledge and sharing, of this moment together being precious. Such a source of joyful gravitation was our “Albatross,” Tom Johnson, who passed away at home unexpectedly and far too young on July 23. We fortunate satellites, entangled near and far, now find ourselves bereft without that pull. We can hardly believe it, and we will miss you terribly, Tom, but you shine in our hearts.

Our love goes out to Melissa Roach, Tom's fiancée, and Tom and Melissa's families and many friends.

04/02/2021

This trailer provides a first look at our new episode from OutBirding with Field Guides. Subscribe for the full 40-minute episode and our entire video library.

On March 30th, 2021, a wonderful new natural history book from Knopf began hitting bookstores everywhere - Jonathan Meiburg’s A Most REMARKABLE Creature, the Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey. It’s everything caracaras, and so much more, as Jonathan and Bret Whitney take us on a journey through 65 million years and tens of thousands of miles of South American landscapes. We learn a great deal about this odd group of New World raptors, most closely related to falcons, as we accompany Jonathan from the remote outer islands of the Falklands group, where he studied Striated Caracaras, through the Andean altiplano and Amazonia to the ancient Guianan Shield. Many colorful personalities populate his pages, from such early caracara contemplators as Charles Darwin and William Henry Hudson through to Red-throated Caracara expert Sean McCann. Along the way we come to appreciate just how remarkable the caracaras truly are. The episode plays out with a caracara’s-eye view of some of the diverse habitats of South America, with Jonathan’s highly acclaimed band, Shearwater, providing the soundtrack.

03/24/2021

The new episode of OutBirding with Field Guides has arrived! This trailer gives you a first look at episode 46.

It’s spring in the desert, and Micah Riegner is spending time surveying for thrashers in some wild places in Arizona. In this week’s episode, Micah combines his scientific pursuit of thrashers with his artistic passion, and he takes us along for the ride. Join in as Micah uses his field experience to inform his sketching process and the brushstrokes that eventually shape his beautiful watercolor painting.

03/17/2021

Our 45th episode of OutBirding with Field Guides has just landed on the internet - for a first look, check out our episode trailer.

Cape May ID Pairs: Early Spring

This identification episode deals with separating three puzzling pairs of birds from Cape May, New Jersey. Through comparison video of Bonaparte’s and Black-headed gulls, Savannah Sparrow subspecies, and Lesser and Greater scaup, Tom Johnson shares some of his favorite ways to approach field ID. Even if you live across the country or on the other side of the world, you can to apply these comparative techniques to sort out your local early spring birds.

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All Things Caracaras with Jonathan Meiburg - OutBirding Episode Trailer

This trailer provides a first look at our new episode from OutBirding with Field Guides. Subscribe for the full 40-minute episode and our entire video library. On March 30th, 2021, a wonderful new natural history book from Knopf began hitting bookstores everywhere - Jonathan Meiburg’s A Most REMARKABLE Creature, the Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey. It’s everything caracaras, and so much more, as Jonathan and Bret Whitney take us on a journey through 65 million years and tens of thousands of miles of South American landscapes. We learn a great deal about this odd group of New World raptors, most closely related to falcons, as we accompany Jonathan from the remote outer islands of the Falklands group, where he studied Striated Caracaras, through the Andean altiplano and Amazonia to the ancient Guianan Shield. Many colorful personalities populate his pages, from such early caracara contemplators as Charles Darwin and William Henry Hudson through to Red-throated Caracara expert Sean McCann. Along the way we come to appreciate just how remarkable the caracaras truly are. The episode plays out with a caracara’s-eye view of some of the diverse habitats of South America, with Jonathan’s highly acclaimed band, Shearwater, providing the soundtrack.

Micah Riegner paints a LeConte's Thrasher - OutBirding with Field Guides

The new episode of OutBirding with Field Guides has arrived! This trailer gives you a first look at episode 46. It’s spring in the desert, and Micah Riegner is spending time surveying for thrashers in some wild places in Arizona. In this week’s episode, Micah combines his scientific pursuit of thrashers with his artistic passion, and he takes us along for the ride. Join in as Micah uses his field experience to inform his sketching process and the brushstrokes that eventually shape his beautiful watercolor painting.

Cape May ID Pairs: Early Spring - OutBirding Episode Trailer

Our 45th episode of OutBirding with Field Guides has just landed on the internet - for a first look, check out our episode trailer. Cape May ID Pairs: Early Spring This identification episode deals with separating three puzzling pairs of birds from Cape May, New Jersey. Through comparison video of Bonaparte’s and Black-headed gulls, Savannah Sparrow subspecies, and Lesser and Greater scaup, Tom Johnson shares some of his favorite ways to approach field ID. Even if you live across the country or on the other side of the world, you can to apply these comparative techniques to sort out your local early spring birds.