Southeast Arizona Bird Guide, Birding Tours SE AZ: Welcome to Fun Birding Tours in AZ with Richard Fray

After yesterday’s washout we had to make the most of our remaining morning at Wildsumaco, so we were again out bright and early and heading for a new trail. We’d heard it was quite muddy, so took up the lodge’s kind offer of wellies (rubber boots). Good decision! Another good decision was leaving the still [...]

We had a full day at Wildsumaco, so got out early to make the most of it. We hadn’t gone too far before it started to rain, and that set the tone for the rest of the day. The camera was safely tucked underneath the rain jacket, and the binoculars steamed up, making the huge [...]

The morning after the night before. Wine bottles and cigarette ends everywhere. The disturbing feeling that anything – anything – might make you vomit at any moment. There’s only one cure, when in Ecuador, for these symptoms. And it’s simple – all you need is a big, fat breakfast, a new antpitta (White-bellied – that’s [...]

We had a full day in the San Isidro area, so the morning was spent birding the Guacamayos Ridge Trail. Another chunk of primo cloud forest, and once again it was hard work. But we scored with a few great birds – Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Greater Scythebill and Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant were all special ones [...]