Tucson Audubon Society

SPECIAL for Tucson Audubon Members only!

Ecuador: The Northern Andes
Tucson Audubon and Birds & Business Alliance member Tropical Birding are pleased to announce a summer 2012 tour to the Andes of Ecuador, led by Scott Olmstead. Safe and accessible, Ecuador boasts abundant birdlife, friendly people, and delightfully cool temperatures. Based out of comfortable lodges renowned for an appealing mix of good food, warm hospitality, and superb birding, this customized itinerary offers an introduction to unique and fascinating Andean landscapes. Our tour explores a range of ecosystems from moss-draped cloudforests of the foothills to dense windswept elfin forests of the higher elevations that finally give way to open páramo above treeline. We'll search for birds that live up to their evocative and superlative names like: Velvet-purple Coronet, Empress Brilliant, Powerful Woodpecker, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Glistening-green Tanager, Golden-headed Quetzal, Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, and Giant Antpitta!

Photos by Scott Olmstead

June 16 - 24, 2012 (Saturday - Sunday)
$2295 per person from Quito, based on double occupancy; $160 single supplement

Full tour itinerary
For more information and reservations, please contact Tropical Birding directly at 1-800-348-5941.

Learn more about exciting Ecuador birding and meet Scott at the November Living with Nature Lecture in Tucson!