Eco Travel

Joshua Covill and Scott Barnes, leaders. Tour Narrative by Scott Barnes. We began our tour with evening birding in Missoula at Council Grove State Park along the banks of the Clark Fork River. A highlight here was watching several Lewis’s Woodpeckers; these colorful and distinctive birds act like flycatchers, sallying…...

By Scott Barnes, Senior Naturalist – Cape May Bird Observatory Our birding began at the Appoquinimink River bridge outside Odessa, where we watched a small group of Cliff Swallows back there for another breeding season. The weather was beautiful, with blue skies, light winds, and warm temperatures as we traveled…...

By Scott Barnes, Senior Naturalist It was a blazing hot trip to the frozen bogs, spruce forests, and shores of Lake Superior on this winter’s Minnesota tour. Winter birding can vary from year to year at this northern latitude and our trip was most fortunate to coincide with an irruption…...

Our group enjoying Superior National Forest on a beautiful snowy morning. Photo by Scott Barnes.   By Scott Barnes, Senior Naturalist Traveling north to the cold snowy shores of Lake Superior around Duluth, Minnesota may not be on everyone’s short list of winter getaways, but it should be—if you like…...