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#tropicaltuesday We saw this Chestnut-backed Antshrike on our last Venture to Brazil's Regua Lodge in December 2019. Isn't it cool!? Photo by Simon Thompson #venturesbirdingtours . . . #birdsofbrazil #chestnutbackedantshrike #antshrike #antbird #birding… ift.tt/2T1Hj0C

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We are so excited that our Venture to the Platte River, Nebraska with Michael Plauche michael is a guaranteed departure! If you'd like to join us March 14 - 21, there are still spaces available! ift.tt/3a8E26f Sandhill Cranes by Sim… ift.tt/2uzM6y4

#waterbirdwednesday The Great Crested Grebe is the largest of the "old world" grebes and breeds from Eastern Europe through Southern Russia and to Mongolia. This bird was photographed by John Donelson at Topar Lakes on our our 2008 Venture to Kazakhstan… ift.tt/3ab138X

Our next day trip has had a date change. Open Country Birding with Clifton Avery has been moved from Saturday, March 7th to Sunday, March 8th. This trip will be a great opportunity to hopefully see Horned Lark, American Pipit, Eastern Meadowlark and Log… ift.tt/385u2t2

New blog post: Our 2020 Venture to Northern Minnesota. Read about our trip and see our owls, woodpeckers and goshawks! ift.tt/3cjr9Ze Northern Goshawk by Marianne Feeney #venturesbirdingtours . . . #northerngoshawk #minnesotabirding #triprepo… ift.tt/2T7TxWv

Have you signed up for a spring day trip yet? Which one? ift.tt/39hud6d American Redstart by Alan Lenk #venturesbirdingtours . . . #americanredstart #warbler #redstart #ncbirds #ncbirding #828isgreat #naturalnorthcarolina #naturelover #birdyo… ift.tt/2woMyQ0

#tropicaltuesday The almost 340 species of hummingbirds are entirely restricted to the New World. More than half of these species live in the tropics. Even favorite backyard species migrate to the tropics, where they spend the greatest portion of the y… ift.tt/2PKeFzZ

#waterbirdwednesday Did you know that the Limpkin population in Florida is actually growing rapidly? There’s a new invasive snail moving into Florida, Pomacea maculata, the island apple snail. They are abundant and a popular meal for limpkins. More food… ift.tt/2Ike8ks

Wow! This is impressive: The Bobolink is one of the world’s most impressive songbird migrants, traveling some 12,500 miles two and from southern South America every year. Throughout its lifetime, it may travel the equivalent of 4 or 5 times around the c… ift.tt/39EOhj1

#waterbirdwednesday A Pelagic cormorant by Alan Lenk from our 2019 Venture to Washington State. Pelagic Cormorants are one three widespread species of Pacific cormorants. Can you name the other two? ift.tt/2IBKs23 #venturesbirdingtours #pela… ift.tt/2ICY5OD

In the midst of these uncertain times, there is one thing that we can all celebrate: It's starting to feel like SPRING! What are some signs of spring you've seen? Share a picture with us! Rue Anemone by Jennie Burke #venturesbirdingtours #springhasspr… ift.tt/2TQjomc

A Beautiful Zebra Swallowtail, by our newest Ventures Guide, Martina Nordstrand @sooty_chicken ! Spring has sprung, and with warm temps all the butterflies have come out. Zebra Swallowtails are one of my favorite local leps, and I was delighted to see t… ift.tt/33ttHQn

#tropicaltuesday A Yellow-winged Tanager from our 2019 Venture to Guatemala, by Aaron Steed, @neotropsteed . This tanager can be found from northeast Mexico south to Nicaragua and is fairly common at edges and in semi-open areas. … ift.tt/2WivEO9

Another backyard bird: the Red-bellied Woodpecker, by Martina Nordstrand @sooty_chicken . It does have a red belly, but it is awfully hard to see. They are big, noisy and fun to watch! What woodpeckers have you seen in your yard? #venturesbirdingtour… ift.tt/3dvVdRO

Backyard Bird: Sharp-shinned Hawk, by Alan Lenk When you feed the birds, you end up feeding all of the birds - this includes raptors. Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks feed on small birds and are the most common raptors to visit feeding stations. These… ift.tt/33Nt3NO

One of the most striking of all North American woodpeckers, this Red-headed was feeding in a grove of trees in Polk County? NC. We often see this charismatic species on our schedules day trips.

It's fall migration time and we've recently added lots of fall day trips to our website: birdventures.com/day-trips.html Hope you can join us sometime soon! Pine Warbler by Alan Lenk

We’ve got a tour happening in Oregon right now and it looks fabulous!