We've just returned from St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, May 21-25 and May 23-25, 2014. The cliffs of St. Paul are home to tens of thousands of nesting Crested, Parakeet and Least Auklets, Thick-billed and Common Murre, Black-legged…
The 22nd annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival is happening in Homer, Alaska May 8-10. Much of the Wilderness Birding Team will be out enjoying the festival and searching for birds. Stop by and say hello! A Surfbird defends a tasty…
We're excited to announce that our next Bhutan tour will be in the spring of 2015, with the tentative dates set for March 16-April 3, 2015. The trip will begin and end in Bangkok, Thailand. Price TBA. We expect to…
We've just added two new trips to our growing fall line-up of Alaskan trips. The first, "Adak: Whooper Swans, Whiskered Auklet and Waterfowl," takes us back to Adak Island to search for some of the very special wintering birds of…
Tour Update: Our Adak Tour, May 15-22, is nearly full with only two spots remaining. So if you've been thinking about birding the Aleutian Islands this spring now's a great opportunity to check out our Adak tour! Sign up by…
This Rustic Bunting has been coming into a feeder just a few miles from the WBA headquarters in Homer, Alaska. Photo taken 18 December 2013, Aaron Lang. Typically a bird we hope to find on our trips to St. Paul…
We've just returned from America's northernmost city where our quest for Ross's Gulls was a resounding success. On our last birding trip of 2014, seven hearty birders enjoyed fine views of the bubblegum pink gull on each day of the…
Our 2013 fall trip to Gambell got off to a blazing start! In our first hour of birding we tracked down two Red-throated Pipits, enjoyed great views of two Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, and had an absolutely incredible experience with the island's…
Big news on our 2013 Gulf of Alaska Pelagic trip (August 19-22)! Topping the list of highlights on the trip was a FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER, a species currently on Alaska's Unsubstantiated List (photo M.Vaughn). Pending acceptance of our photos and report,…