Minnesota: Winter in Sax-Zim Bog
December 6 – 10, 2027
Join the ABA for five days of winter birding in Minnesota's Sax-Zim Bog: Owls, winter finches, boreal specialties, family-style meals, eye-opening talks, and cosy evenings by the fire.
Southeast Arizona: Sparrows of the Grasslands and Sky Islands
November 1 – 7, 2027
Join the ABA for a week devoted to one of the most rewarding and most underestimated groups of birds in North America. This is a workshop as much as a tour: seven days spent learning how to identify sparrows, towhees, and longspurs by structure, plumage, and voice, how to read the habitats that hold them, and what those habitats need in order to keep holding them in the future.
Chile Birding: Deserts, Wetlands & Rainforest
October 10 – 22, 2027
Join the ABA's birding tour to Chile for a comprehensive 13-day journey through the country's most spectacular and biologically diverse regions, from the arid Atacama Desert of the far north to the temperate rainforests and wetlands of the southern Lake District.
Greece Spring Birding: Athens & the Greek Mainland
March 28 – April 7, 2027
Join the ABA for an 11-day spring birding journey through Greece, timed to coincide with peak spring migration — one of the most spectacular ornithological events in the Mediterranean. Greece lies at a pivotal crossroads of the African-Eurasian Flyway, and late March through early April brings a continuous stream of trans-Saharan migrants arriving from Africa alongside breeding residents already in full display.
Olympia: shorebirds and seabirds of the Pacific Northwest – FULL (waitlist)
Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Join the ABA's birding tour to the Pacific Northwest, and learn to confidently identify all those difficult shorebirds, gulls, and pelagic species.
Namibia
December 5–15, 2026
Join the ABA in Namibia and enjoy specialty birds like Dune Lark, Herero Chat, and Rockrunner while exploring Etosha, the Namib Desert, Walvisbay, and Waterberg.
