Join us on a birding and wildlife adventure to Nevada’s Great Basin, the largest US watershed with no outlet to the ocean. Multiple types of desert, all with their own flora and fauna, are found in the scenic, mountainous Great Basin, bounded west and east by the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Mountains, covering Nevada & Utah and stretching into Oregon and California.
We travel to northern Nevada to Great Basin National Park, which rises from 5,280 to 10,000 feet, creating a variety of plant communities along the way, from sagebrush grasslands, to Ponderosa, Alpine and Juniper-Pinyon woods. Ancient bristlecone pine forest lines our path to the park’s small glacier. We have chances here for the "Black" form of Rosy Finch, Rock Wren, and the ubiquitous Raven. Other birds we hope to see in the park include Western species like Clark's Nutcracker, Stellar's Jay, Townsend's Solitaire, Mountain Chickadee, Bushtit, Pinyon Jay, Mountain Bluebird, Solitary Vireo, Say's Phoebe Western Tanager and Black-headed Grosbeak. Great Basin mammals include Pronghorn, Mule Deer, Mountain Lion, Black-tailed jackrabbit and Desert Cottontail.
The detailed itinerary for this terrific tour is coming soon!




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Bryan Shirley
Bryan Shirley graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Japanese/International Economics. He lived in Japan for 3 years when he was 20 and fell in love with the language and culture and has been guiding and birding there ever since. Besides guiding in Japan, he regularly leads tours for Japanese birding groups around the US and other countries. When not guiding he has been involved with various DWR and USFWS projects such as relocating Sage Grouse, breeding bird surveys, and bird-related projects for private environmental consulting firms. He also has volunteered his time to serve as president of Utah County Birders and organizes the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Counts for Provo and Payson, Utah where he currently resides. He currently is a member of the Utah Bird Records Committee.
Other trips with Bryan Shirley
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Kent Skaggs
Kent was born and raised in Nebraska and this is where he developed his passion for birds and nature in general. He worked 20 years at Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary where he helped countless visitors experience the annual spring staging of Sandhill Cranes along the Platte River in south-central Nebraska. While at Rowe, he conducted bird surveys on the sanctuary and coordinated and led birding field trips for the annual Audubon Nebraska Crane Festival. He also spent three seasons leading tours to see displaying Greater Prairie-Chickens and Sharp-tailed Grouse for Calamus Outfitters in the Nebraska Sandhills. Kent and his partner Kathy currently reside in southwest Virginia.
Other trips with Kent Skaggs
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Japan Birding & Nature
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Platte River Cranes: A Migration Spectacular
March 17 - 23, 2024 -
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May 8 - 15, 2024 -
Iceland Birding & Nature
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Photo credits: Banners: Bighorn Ram (NJ Stock), Great Basin National Park (NJ Stock), Long-billed Curlew (NJ Stock), Wildflowers (NJ Stock), Yellow-bellied Marmot (NJ Stock), Black-billed Magpie (NJ Stock), Wildflowers (NJ Stock) Thumbnails: Downy Woodpecker (NJ Stock), Beaver (NJ Stock), Western Meadowlark (NJ Stock)