Jaguar, Matto Grosso, Brazil © 2009 Andrew Griswold
Connecticut Audubon
Society
EcoTravel
Support Environmental Education and Conservation
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All proceeds support Connecticut Audubon Society's
environmental education and conservation programs.
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Featured Day Trip
ROCKEFELLER SCULPTURE GARDEN
Sat., Dec. 12 ALL DAY!
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, is long considered the heart of the Museum. The installed works of art represent a vision of modern sculpture ranging from the end of the nineteenth century to more recent times. The landscaped garden includes such celebrated works as Pablo Picasso’s She-Goat (1950) and Alberto Giacometti’s Tall Figure III (1960), as well as works by contemporary artists. The Sculpture Garden has always been central to the redesign of the Museum. In fact, architect Yoshio Taniguchi kept the garden as the focus of his plans, around which the building was designed. Taniguchi’s new design now affords unparalleled views of the garden from the east, south, and west sides of the building that surrounds it and also gives visitors in the garden the opportunity to view some works through the Museum’s windows. Fee includes transportation, admission and guide. Fee: Members $75, Nonmembers $85.
Featured Overnight Tours
Amazon Cruise
Our Most Popular Cruise!
Two depaartures per month! Call for exact dates!
(a one night stay in Manaus is required before the cruise)
This trip explores some of the most untouched rainforest in all of the Amazon. On your eight cabin expedition vessel, you will venture far up some of the least inhabited rivers in the Amazon Basin. Travelers explore areas very rarely visited, and seek out the mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest and in the heart of the Amazon Basin. This is the most thorough, detailed, and sophisticated trip offered in the entire Amazon and comes with rave reviews from past CT Audubon Society participants. The guides are accomplished naturalists and you will see creatures almost never seen by other visitors. This trip is like being on a time machine in that one is able to visit places that have not changed for millions of years. Truly the trip of a lifetime and an easy tour for seniors and families! Fee: $2,400. Call for dates! Extensions available! Great trip!
Ecuadorian Holiday Extravaganza
The Magic Birding Circuit
December 19 – 29, 2009
~ EXCLUSIVE ITINERARY ~
The “Magic Birding Circuit”is the first of its kind in South America. We will visit four private birding reserves in four different eco-systems throughout Ecuador. Experience birdwatching tours at their best as you visit the High Barren Plains and Paramo, Highland Rainforest, Cloud Forest and Subtropical Rainforest.
Begin your birding adventure as soon as you arrive in Ecuador with lots of birding opportunities on San Jorge's prime trails. San Jorge Botanical Reserve provides the perfect opportunity to combine nature, culture and birding at its best. Tours are based from two eco-lodges offering birding tours to private reserves, all within close proximity. Enjoy the pristine beauty at a new birding lodge located at San Jorge de Milpe Orchid & Bird Reserve which was recently opened in December 2006.
Tours will take you through San Jorge Botanical Reserve (High Barren Plains and Highland Rain Forest), San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Reserve (Cloud Forest), San Jorge de Cosanga-Yanayacu Bird & Wildlife Reserve (Andean Cloud Forest), adjoining Antizana National Park, and San Jorge de Milpe Bird Reserve, (Subtropical Rain Forest), known for its majestic waterfalls and swimming holes. Kept in their rich, natural state, all of these exclusive reserves offer the chance to fully immerse yourself in all that is Ecuador; a diverse array of flora, fauna, climate regions, where hundreds of beautiful species await you.
Bird diversity varies according to latitude and tropical regions such as the one in which Ecuador is located, containing the greatest number of bird species. Due to its several distinct climates, Ecuador has an amazing variety of bird-life. With over 1,600 species of birds and more than 16% the world’s population, Ecuador offers more bird diversity in less space than any other country in the world.
Fee: $2,798.
Call for a detailed itinerary and family pricing.
Call 800-996-8747 for detailed itineraries.
NANTUCKET ESCAPE
Long-tails and Razorbills
January 15 - 18, 2010 4 Days!
Birding starts the minute the mainland is left behind, yielding scoter, eider, Long-tailed Duck, and perhaps Razorbill. Travelers can revel in the peace and quiet of an off-season resort, the inescapable sense of history, and the abundance of open space along the wind blown moors and interior pine barrens. Participants enjoy the sunset spectacle of thousands of Long-tailed Ducks flying to their nighttime roost and then relax at one of the delightful pubs in the heart of the historic town. Enjoy this relaxing long weekend. Birds we hope to see include Razorbill, Northern Gannet, Iceland Gull, and a few rarities. Fee: $795.
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Exclusive Northern Adventure
The Northern Tier of the United States is one of the least birded areas of our country, not because of its lack of birds, but because of its vast, not easily accessible tracts of land. CAS EcoTravel has eliminated the difficulty of reaching this area by designing and running an exclusive private tour for you and four others aboard a private aircraft with a CAS tour leader and local guides all along the tour’s route. Travel to New York and visit the Connell Laboratory of Ornithology, Jamestown, NY to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Michigan in search of North America’s rarest warbler, the Kirtland’s Warbler, Minnesota for its vast boreal forests and bog nesting birds, North Dakota for the outstanding sparrows of the prairies, and South Dakota to visit the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Monument, and the Badlands. On the way home, stop in Wisconsin to see the highly endangered Whooping Crane. This trip is designed to use the King Air 200 made by Beechcraft. Long known for its quality, the King Air is a safe, reliable and versatile aircraft uniquely suited to perform a variety of flight services. The King Air, powered by two Pratt and Whitney PT6 turbo prop engines, offers safety, exceptional reliability and performance. The aircraft has a remarkable record of reliability. Call us about this exceptional opportunity for adventure along our Northern Tier. This is all first class service and absolutely the trip that you will talk about for years to come. Call now to reserve your exclusive departure for June 2010 and for more information. 800-996-8747.
Connecticut Audubon Society EcoTravel
Call 800-996-8747 for detailed itineraries.
Altimira Oriole weaving a nest © 2008 Andrew Griswold
Grand Texas again offered April 2010
Ramsey
Canyon, AZ © 2004 Andrew Griswold
Arizona
Monsoon next Offered July 2010
Pearl
Kite © 2006 Alison Olivieri
Look
for the Pearl Kite on our Costa Rica Tour
Call for dates .
Broad-winged
Hawk, Buteo platypterus © 2007 Mark
Jankura
Enjoy
hundreds of migrating birds of prey on our Cape
May trip
scheduled
for October 2009.
Magnificent
Frigatebird © 2007 John McGinley
See
this tallented flyer on our Galapagos Adventure
departing
April 2010.
Ring-necked
Duck, Aythya collaris © 2006 Peter
Swap
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