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WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide
Welcome to WINGS
If you’re an old hand, we hope our program is of interest. If you’re new to birding tours, you might find our essay “Choosing a Birding Tour” helpful.
Booking from the UK
If you are from the United Kingdom, we appreciate that you may have some questions about the whole process from contacting the WINGS office, to booking, payment, flights, and joining the tour. Click here for detailed information on these points.
What's New
Alaska: The Pribilofs and Utqiagvik (Barrow) in Fall, Sep 29 - Oct 7 2024, with Raymond VanBuskirk -- Alaska’s Pribilof Islands lie in the Bering... (more)
Poland in Spring, 19-26 May 2024, with Stephen Menzie -- Birding in Eastern Poland in late May is magical.... (more)
Colombia: Central, Jun 28 - Jul 8 2024, with Fabrice Schmitt -- Hummingbirds galore plus sparkling tanagers, elusive antpittas and even Mountain-Toucan, all while enjoying a cup of Colombian coffee! (more)
Trinidad and Tobago, 17-27 July 2024, with Ethan Kistler -- Lying just off the coast of Venezuela, the island... (more)
Health Protocols
To view our health policies, click here.
Guaranteed Tours
Spring Migration in the Midwest with Ethan Kistler. 8-19 May. Two spaces remain
Mongolia with Paul French. 26 May–12 June. Two spaces remain.
Indonesia: West Papua with Susan Myers. 26 June-19 July.
Costa Rica in July with Scott Olmstead. 9-20 July.
CONFIRMING SOON:
Madagascar with Brian Finch. 4-22 September.
Trinidad and Tobago with Ethan Kistler. 17-27 July.
Private Tours
WINGS organizes private tours worldwide. Details here.
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Waved Albatross are a spectacular part of the Galapagos’ breeding avifauna as seen on our tour, The Galapagos Islands
Photo: Rich Hoyer
From the Field
April 25: From Alcatraz to Galapagos… in Mexico!
Steve Howell & Luke Seitz report from a brief research trip to Mexico’s Islas Marias, until 2019 a legendary,... (more)
April 22: Luke Seitz and Steve Howell report from Mexico: Oaxaca and Western Chiapas
Our Mexico: Oaxaca and Western Chiapas tour started in fine fashion near the bustling city of Tuxtla Gutierrez, where birding... (more)
April 18: Paul Holt reports from Bhutan
A fantastic encounter with four Blood Pheasants early in to the second half of our Bhutan tour stole the Bird of the Trip... (more)
WINGS Publications
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Our Leaders & Staff
Will Russell
Will Russell is a founder and owner of WINGS, and for more than 30 years its managing director and an active tour leader. Now in his 80s, he’s fully retired from tour leading and day-to-day WINGS management but remains involved in planning the... (more)
Featured Tour
Guatemala
Just a three-hour flight from the US, the highlands of Guatemala’s Pacific slope are famous worldwide for holding a host of regional endemics. The improbable-looking Pink-headed Warbler might top the list, but it’s hardly outdone by other gems like Blue-throated Motmot, Blue-and-white Mockingbird, and Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo. With an... (more)
AZ Birding
Coming to southeastern Arizona and want guiding help for just a day or two? Find an excellent guide at AZ-Birding.
