Talon Tours

Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Birding

  • Home
  • Upcoming Tours
  • Tour Reports
  • Galleries
  • About Birding
  • About Us
    • Custom California Tours
    • Testimonials
  • Contact Us

The animal kingdom’s longest migration award goes to the Sooty Shearwater

December 10, 2012 By Ken Wilson

Sooty Shearwater in flight in SE Tasmania

Every summer many millions of Sooty Shearwaters arrive off the Californian coast, their huge flocks astonishing observers who often have trouble grasping that the dark swirling clouds over the water consist of seabirds. Scientists have long known that Sooty Shearwaters breed in New Zealand and Chile and migrate to feeding grounds in the Northern Hemisphere. […]

Filed Under: About Birding

WORLD FIRST: Spoon-billed sandpiper chicks hatch in captivity

December 10, 2012 By Ken Wilson

Newly hatched hatched Spoon-billed sandpiper chick.

The first critically endangered Spoon-billed sandpiper to hatch in captivity in the world was always going to be a spectacular sight, but when a Heritage Expeditions boat docked in Anadyr last night not one, not two, but an incredible 17 tiny, hatched Spoon-billed sandpiper chicks emerged. The incredibly ambitious mission to collect eggs from the […]

Filed Under: About Birding

New Zealand Gallery

November 1, 2012 By Ken Wilson

Yellow-eyed Penguin

The seabird capital of the world, home to kiwis, Yellow-eyed Penguins and the Kea, the world’s only alpine parrot.

Filed Under: Gallery

Argentina Gallery

November 1, 2012 By Ken Wilson

Southern-crested Caracara

Photos from the Northern Argentina 2011 Tour

Filed Under: Gallery

Panama 2012

February 28, 2012 By Ken Wilson

Rufous-vented-Ground-Cuckoo close-up

In February 2012, nine members of Madrone Audubon traveled to Panama with Talon Tours for a birding and nature adventure. The birding and wildlife was first class and we saw birds such as Blue Cotinga and White-whiskered Puffbird. We were all very impressed; Talon Tours will offer this tour again in March 2013.

Filed Under: Tour Reports Tagged With: Beny Wilson, Carlos Bethancourt, Madrone Audubon

California 2011

March 9, 2011 By Ken Wilson

From the Thayer’s Gull to the Island Scrub Jay, we found all the birds on our list plus some on this early March trip along the California coast from Monterey to Los Angeles.

Filed Under: Tour Reports

Panama 2011

February 25, 2011 By Ken Wilson

Our thanks and gratitude go out to all the guides, drivers and staff of Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge for taking such good care of us.

Filed Under: Tour Reports

California Gallery

October 11, 2010 By Ken Wilson

Mountain Bluebird, White Mountains

The unique climate, scenery and cuisine in California provide the best of Pacific Coast birding.

Filed Under: Gallery

Guyana Gallery

October 11, 2010 By Ken Wilson

Hoatzin

A land of giants, anteaters, river otters, armadillos, Harpy eagles and the world’s tallest, single-drop waterfall.

Filed Under: Gallery

Panama Gallery

October 11, 2010 By Ken Wilson

Male Slaty-tailed Trogon

A bridge between two continents with a bird list of 978 species, all within close reach of Panama City.

Filed Under: Gallery

Next Page »

Upcoming Tours

  • Uganda Birding and Wildlife Tour 2022
    • 4 Jan 22
  • Guyana Birding and Wildlife Tour 2022
    • 9 Feb 22

Your Tour Leader

Ken Wilson is the owner of Talon Tours. A native New Zealander, Ken has been leading nature and birdwatching tours worldwide since 1995. Ken has also led focused tours to many national and state parks in the western United States as well as key birding sites during migration. His passion for photography began in the early 1970’s and continues to grow. Ken is known for his easygoing manner and attention to organizational and logistical details.

Custom California Tours

Mountain Bluebird, White Mountains

Mountain Bluebird, White Mountains

Sign Up for Our Newsletter

  • Sign up for the Talon Tours email newsletter to stay up to date on tours, news and media updates.

Tour Calendar

<< Dec 2020 >>
SMTWTFS
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 1 2 3 4 5 6

Regions

Argentina Arizona Australia California Costa Rica Guyana New Zealand Panama Thailand

Species

Barred Antshrike Blue-gray Tanager Brown Violet-ear Common Tody-Flycatcher Dull-mantled Antbird Harpy Eagle Hoatzin Magnificent Hummingbird Orange-billed Sparrow Red-shouldered Macaw Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Savannah Hawk Song Wren Wattled Jacana White-bellied Piculet White-tipped Sicklebill Yellow-chinned Spinetail Yellow-headed Caracara

Copyright © 2021 ·Talon Child Theme · Genesis Framework by StudioPress · WordPress · Log in