Yellowbilled Tours is a small group birding service in it’s 19th year of touring the Alaskan Tundra to the Tropics of Central America, hot spots in the lower 48 states and Provence, France. We offer true small group tours, never more than 6 per trip, to ensure a personalized experience.
Upcoming Field Trips
11/3/19 Olompali State Park, Novato, Ca., Birding for Fall Migrants
Olompali State Park Christmas Bird Count is December 14th, 2019. The Olompali State Park is for five years now an Audubon Christmas Bird Count section of the Cheep Thrill count. We enlisted birders with all levels of skills. Currently three of the five birder are The...
read more12/1/19 Guatemala Birding in the Tropics A Unique Small Group Opportunity
Registration is open: YBT-Guatemala-Lake-Jungle-2019-Registration-7.18.19 (2) Birding in Guatemala has a lot to offer and is a perfect first tropical birding adventure, with many varied habitats. Guatemala is a small country about 42,043 square miles (108,890...
read more1/18/20: Belize Birding The Yucatan Peninsula of Orange Walk and Corozal including Mayan Ruins
Your field trip begins on Saturday January 18, 2020, with an afternoon Belize International Airport pick-up. We will begin birding as we leave the airport on our way to Cooked Tree Preserve, about a 90 minute drive. While using the Birds Eye View Lodge we bird the...
read more3/3/20 Tropical Birding Belize and Guatemala Birding two countries adventures in Tropical Birding
March 3th 2020 Belize and Guatemala Field trip is open for registration! Two counties - two different field trips. Why Belize as a birding destination? For birders and bird photographers there are more than 580 species of birds in an area the size of a...
read more2020 Nevada – Spring Birding Northeastern California & Nevada, Small Group, Individuals, Couples.
Field Trip begins with pick-up in Reno Nevada. Once I know the birds you want to chase I can crate a field trip to meet your needs. A good region to begin is the Sierra Valley in Sierra County California, see PDF species list. Photo is of a...
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California/Nevada Field Trips
2019 Point Reyes National Seashore & local hot spots, Custom Birding tailored to your schedule Northern California
Birding the Point Reyes National Seashore just northeast of the Gulf of the Farallones and southeast of the Cordell Bank. This area is a migrant trap, a peninsula jetting out into the Pacific Ocean miles west of the mainland. We will bird Douglas Fir Forest, Oak...
read more2019 Sierra Nevada Summer & Fall tailored to your schedule.Small Groups, Individuals, Couples.
New Field Trip: California Year Round - per your schedule! Yellowbilled Tours offers the Sierra Foothills and Sierra Nevada Mountains divided into two areas, North central California to Reno area and South Central California Counties. Each region is a separate field...
read more2020 Nevada – Spring Birding Northeastern California & Nevada, Small Group, Individuals, Couples.
Field Trip begins with pick-up in Reno Nevada. Once I know the birds you want to chase I can crate a field trip to meet your needs. A good region to begin is the Sierra Valley in Sierra County California, see PDF species list. Photo is of a...
read more2020 Summer Birding Sierra Nevada Mountains & Sierra Lakes – Small Groups, Individuals, Couples.
Sonora Pass Hwy 120 high elevation birding. Mountain Blue Bird American Dipper Green-tail Towhee The following is a typical Sierra Nevada Field Trip itinerary for you to consider. Day 1. | The...
read moreChristmas Bird Counts (CBC) and related Citizen Science initiatives by date
2019 - December 13 Eastern Alameda County Christmas Bird Count - Alameda Creek Watershed - Yellowbilled Magpies and Golden Eagles. Open the PDF to read about the final tally. YBT - 2018 EAC-CBC 10th annual 2019 - December 14 Point Reyes National Park/Seashore CBC -...
read moreWhat I’m Reading
- How to Know Where The Birds Are and the companion Field Guide: Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America by Ted Floyd, National Geographic Press
- Wild Notes by Mike Lubow, Wilderness Society Press
- Inverness Almanac: a Day by Day timeline of the ecology of the Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California.
San Francisco Bay Field Trips
11/3/19 Olompali State Park, Novato, Ca., Birding for Fall Migrants
Olompali State Park Christmas Bird Count is December 14th, 2019. The Olompali State Park is for five years now an Audubon Christmas Bird Count section of the Cheep Thrill count. We enlisted birders with all levels of skills. Currently three of the five birder are The...
read moreChristmas Bird Counts (CBC) and related Citizen Science initiatives by date
2019 - December 13 Eastern Alameda County Christmas Bird Count - Alameda Creek Watershed - Yellowbilled Magpies and Golden Eagles. Open the PDF to read about the final tally. YBT - 2018 EAC-CBC 10th annual 2019 - December 14 Point Reyes National Park/Seashore CBC -...
read more111/30/19: Larkspur Community Piper Park, Beginning Birding
During the fall many migrating birds pass through the Bay Area joining our resident population. This introduction to bird watching will combine a Saturday morning classroom discussions of bird identification and use of binoculars, scopes and field guides with 3...
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