Interest is growing in our Sulawesi trip and it is expected to run in September 2008.  The price of $4500 includes five internal flights.  A more detailed itinerary is now available.  Most of the islands endemics will be targeted.

Our twenty-fourth newsletter has been completed and uploaded to this website.  You can also download the PDF file by clicking here.

Chris Bradshaw says there is enough interest in the 2008 Bhutan trip to make it run.  For further details, link here.

Member David Russell set up a very enjoyable 12-day jaunt to Taiwan, in which we saw nearly all of the island's endemics.  A trip report can be downloaded here.

One of the best (and long neglected) sites for wintering Asian cranes and other hard-to- find goodies is the Republic of Korea.  Nial Moore's long experience birding in Korea was a key to the success we had on this short but productive visit. A trip report can be downloaded here.

Serra da Carajás continues to yield some of its hidden secrets to Ornifolks.  Read Guy Kirwan's most recent adventures in his report linked here. Guy will repeat this trip in Sept. 08.

Guy Kirwan did some scouting in Venezuela in late 2006-- read about some of his discoveries here. Guy and Chris Sharpe have roughed out an itinerary to hoover Venezuela in a 3-week trip in March-April of 2008.

Chris Bradshaw has completed his second trip to Vietnam.  On the first tour, we saw five phasianidae, all five broadbills, and five garrulax, along with over three hundred other taxa.   Link to his 2007 report here.

A dozen members participated in our second trip to Northern Peru with Manu Expeditions.  In four weeks we saw roughly 672 species, including Marvelous Spatuletail, Ochre-fronted Antpitta and White-winged Guan.  Go to the download page  to download the 32-pp report. For a synopsis, click here.

Because of the amount of effort required for a trip leader to set up our trips, we're requesting that our trip deposit of $500 be paid at least six months before departure.  Our deposit policy is more generous and flexible than most professional tour companies.

The Eastern Arc ranges in Tanzania (Usambaras,Ulugurus, Udzungwas) are home to several of Africa's most difficult endemics.  Join Alan Sander in September of 2008 for his third trip to the area.