In March 2025, long time birders, Lucy and Suleyman Uncu, took their first exclusively “birding trip” with Tropical Birding to the Ecuadorian Andes. Although they had birded for many years both in the US and while living and traveling abroad, overseas adventures had never been specifically focused on birds. This trip was a revelation. For…
Bill and Fran Millhouser have enjoyed birdwatching since the mid 1970s when they took a Smithsonian course on birds and local birdwatching. Bill is also an avid bird photographer, and their trips overseas have often combined birdwatching and photography. Over the years they have visited Costa Rica (multiple times), Ecuador, Patagonia, Kenya, Tanzania and South…
Dixie Sommers joined a WINGS Birding Tours trip to Chile in November 2023. The tour ranged from the far south and sea level Tierra del Fuego to the far north and high altitude Atacama Desert. The group counted 258 species ranging from penguins to flamingos to tapaculos and Furnarids(ovenbirds). Chile’s…
Previous meetings Exploring the Birds of Chile, Speaker: Dixie Summers. Dixie Sommers joined a WINGS Birding Tours trip to Chile in November 2023. The tour ranged from the far south and sea level Tierra del Fuego to the far north and high altitude Atacama Desert. The group counted 258 species ranging from…
