Visayan Extension: Mar 22—29, 2009
Exotic Endemics of the Visayan Islands
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Price: $2,595
Anyone who registers by December 15, 2008, will receive a $400 per person discount (with a minimum of 6 participants) in double occupancy; single supplement discount is $115.
Departs: Manila
Tour Limit: 8
Operations Manager: Edna Murray
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Tour Leaders
Susan Myers
Susan Myers absolutely loves birding and traveling in Asia. As she says, "The combination of incredible and diverse wildli...More Information
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You can register for this tour by phone (800-328-VENT or 512-328-5221) or by downloading a printable file of our full tour registration form. Signed and completed forms can be faxed to 512-328-2919 or mailed to our office.
This optional extension to our Philippines tour will visit the Visayan Islands in the central part of this extraordinary country. Target birds at our first destination will be White-winged Cuckoo-shrike, Flame-templed Tree-Babbler, White-vented Whistler, Visayan Flowerpecker, and maybe Blue-headed Fantail. Later we'll travel to beautiful Bohol for Steere's Pitta, Visayan Broadbill, Black-crowned Babbler, and Yellow-breasted Tailorbird. Mindanao Bleeding-heart is a very rare resident here and we will look for nightbirds such as Philippine Hawk-Owl, Philippine Frogmouth, and Philippine Nightjar.
In Central Cebu there is still a tiny remaining patch of old-growth forest; it was here that the Cebu Flowerpecker was rediscovered several years back, and we shall endeavor to find this very difficult bird. Other target birds will be Cebu Shama and Streak-breasted Bulbul, as well as Blue-crowned Racquet-tail and White-vented Whistler.