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.
Japan Winter Birding: Cranes, Owls & Eagles of Hokkaido
January 28 – February 8, 2027
Join the ABA for a 12-day winter birding journey to Japan, centered on the spectacular wildlife of Hokkaido — Japan's northernmost and wildest island. Mid-winter transforms Hokkaido into one of the most dramatic birding destinations on Earth: volcanic crater lakes steam against snow-covered peaks, pack ice pushes in along the Shiretoko coast, and thousands of cranes gather on frozen river floodplains at dawn.
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Summer Festival
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival is Arizona’s oldest birding festival. Since 1991 we’ve been offering small group trips exploring Southeast Arizona’s Sky Islands. The 2026 Summer Festival will run from Wednesday August 5 to [...]
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival is Arizona’s oldest birding festival. Since 1991 we’ve been offering small group trips exploring Southeast Arizona’s Sky Islands. The 2026 Spring Fling will run from Wednesday May 6 to [...]
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.
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration
The Adirondacks are a vast, six-million-acre wilderness in upstate New York, offering some of the most spectacular natural landscapes in the Northeast. As the southernmost reach of the great northern boreal forest, the region features [...]
Woodstork Festival
Hosted by the Camden County Audubon, the Woodstork Festival is a Saturday filled with expert-led birding programs, artisanal crafts, ranger-led kayak paddles and much more. This festival is more than an event; it's a unique [...]
Festival of the Cranes
Festival of the Cranes is a celebration of the return of the sandhill cranes and the delicate oasis ecosystem that supports them. This is an opportunity for people who care about the New Mexico environment [...]
