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September 2008 Birdletter
September 12, 2008
The September 2008 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our 2009 Bering Sea Cruise, our Amazonia at Napo Wildlife Center tour in Ecuador, an article by Victor about his and Peter Matthiessen's cougar sighting in Belize, Eastern Venezuela, the Darien Wilderness in Panama, VENT Cruises in 2008-2010, our Belize: Birds and Butterflies tour, Holiday Tours, The Philippines, our Winter Travel Deal at Panama's Canopy Tower, Short Costa Rica: Toucans ...
May/June 2008 Birdletter
July 18, 2008
The May/June 2008 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our Baja California-Among the Great Whales cruise, our Brazilian Specialties tour, Antarctica, Ecuador: the Northwestern Andean Slopes, a new tour to Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan, Relaxed & Easy tours, Panama, VENT Cruises, late summer/early fall tours with space available, Fall Hawaii, Winter Southern Arizona, Grand Belize, The Seychelles cruise, Cambodia, and new tours in 2009 & 2010.Cli...
November 2007 Birdletter, Part II
December 06, 2007
Part II of the November 2007 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about Victor Emanuel's favorite destination in the world—the El Triunfo cloud forest in Mexico, our Winter Washington and British Columbia tour, the 2008 Austin, Texas Birding and Nature Festival, Southern Britain: Birds & History, South Florida and the Dry Tortugas, Classic China: Hong Kong and Sichuan, and our Grand New Mexico tour—which will be co-led by Barry Zimmer a...
November 2007 Birdletter, Part I
December 06, 2007
Part I of the November 2007 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our special January 2009 Antarctica Cruise with nine leaders, our Circumnavigation of Sicily Cruise in May 2008, our Cruise schedule for 2008/2009, our new "Best of Brazil" tour, Spring in the Great Smoky Mountains, Borneo, Kauai & Hawaii, our new program of "Birds and Butterflies" tours (in Florida, Belize, Colorado, Arizona, and Texas), and a memoriam to the la...
July 2007 Birdletter, Part I
July 26, 2007
Part I of the July 2007 issue of the Birdletter includes articles about our spring 2008 Austin, Texas Birding & Nature Festival, our 2009 Cruise to The Seychelles, The Best of Vietnam, our new slate of Birds and Butterflies tours, South Africa, Brazil: Carajas, Grand Venezuela, and Belize: Chan Chich Lodge. (See Part II for articles about Ecuador: the Northwestern Andean Slopes, a list of VENT Cruises, Winter New Mexico, Holiday Tours, Thailand Highlights, Central Chile & Patagonia, G...
July 2007 Birdletter, Part II
July 26, 2007
Part II of the July 2007 Birdletter includes articles about the Northwestern Slopes of Ecuador, a list of VENT Cruises, Winter New Mexico, Holiday Tours, Thailand Highlights, Central Chile & Patagonia, our Grand Southern India Train Odyssey, South Texas: Birds and Butterflies, Fall Hawaii, and the addition of Michael O'Brien and Louise Zemaitis to the VENT staff. (See Part I for articles about the Austin, Texas Birding & Nature Festival, our 2009 Seychelles Cruise, The Best of Vietnam, Birds ...
February 2007 Birdletter, Part I
March 12, 2007
Part I of the February 2007 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about the Attu Cruise, our 2007 Alaska program, Amazonian Brazil, Peru: Manu, Argentina, Japan in Summer (Part I and Part II), VENT Cruises, and Western Turkey. (See Part II for articles about Spring Washington, the Texas Cibolo Creek Workshop, Kenya, Suriname, Grand Australia, spring tours with space available, short summer tours, the Southwest Pacific Cruise, and the Great Southern India Tr...
February 2007 Birdletter, Part II
March 12, 2007
Part II of the February 2007 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our Spring Washington tour, the Texas Cibolo Creek Workshop, Kenya, Suriname, Australia, spring tours with space available, short summer tours, the Southwest Pacific Cruise, and our Great Southern India Train Odyssey. (See Part I for articles about our Attu Cruise, our 2007 Alaska program, Amazonian Brazil, Peru: Manu, Argentina, Japan in Summer, VENT Cruises, and Western Turkey.)........
November 2006 Birdletter
November 25, 2006
The November 2006 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our Arizona Winter Birding Festival, California & Arizona, Costa Rica, Central and Northern Spain, Bhutan, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Northern Tanzania, Taiwan, Northeastern Brazil, and Winter Washington & British Columbia.......................................................................................................................................................................
July 2006 Birdletter, Part I
August 23, 2006
Part I of the July 2006 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our Amazon River Cruise aboard La Turquesa, our Jungle Rivers Cruise (the Orinoco, Essequibo, and Suriname rivers) aboard the Clipper Adventurer, VENT's 30th Anniversary Celebration in McAllen, Texas (with 103 participants, 14 leaders, and 6 office staff members), our Attu Cruise aboard the Spirit of Oceanus, our always popular Polar Bears of Churchill tour, and our New Zealand Highligh...
July 2006 Birdletter, Part II
August 23, 2006
Part II of the July 2006 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our Arizona Winter Birding Festival, Birding Across America by Train, Relaxed and Easy Tours (New Year in South Texas, South Florida Winter Weekend, and El Valle's Canopy Lodge in Panama), Day of the Dead in Oaxaca Mexico, Ecuador's Northwestern Andean Slopes, South Texas Birds and Butterflies (one of our new "Birds and Butterflies" tours), Brazilian Highlights,...
April 2006 Birdletter, Part II
April 29, 2006
Part II of the April 2006 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our Kenya Bird Safari, Fall Hawaii, Amazonian Peru, Grand Australia, Fall in Panama, Autumn Grand Manan, and our Amazon River Cruise. (Part I includes articles about Southeastern Brazil, Scotland in 2007, Big Bend Summer, Ecuador, our Attu Cruise, New Zealand, and Polar Bears of Churchill.).......................................................................................................
April 2006 Birdletter, Part I
April 29, 2006
Part I of the April 2006 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about Southeastern Brazil, Scotland in 2007, Big Bend Summer, Ecuador, our Attu Cruise, New Zealand, and Polar Bears of Churchill. (Part II includes articles about our Kenya Bird Safari, Fall Hawaii, Amazonian Peru, Grand Australia, Fall in Panama, Autumn Grand Manan, and our Amazon River Cruise.)..................................................................................................
January 2006 Birdletter, Part I
January 19, 2006
Part I of the January 2006 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about Alaska Mainland, Spring Birding in Bulgaria, Montana Spring, VENT's 30th Anniversary Celebration, Classic China: Hong Kong and Sichuan, Brazil's Dry Forests of Minas Gerais and the Rio Araguaia, and Mato Grosso, Brazil: The Pantanal and Chapada.............................................................................................................................................
January 2006 Birdletter, Part II
January 19, 2006
Part II of the January 2006 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about the remote islands of Sao Tome and Principe in the Gulf of Guinea, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, our Cruises for Birders, Spring Washington, Estonia, Finland and Arctic Norway (VENT's birdiest European tour), Borneo, Grand Alaska, and Adak, Alaska........................................................................................................................................
October 2005 Birdletter, Part I
November 23, 2005
Part I of the October 2005 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about VENT's 30th Anniversary Celebration in McAllen, Texas, Winter Washington and British Columbia, Uganda, our Grand Venezuela tour, our Bering Sea Cruise, Honduras, Thailand and "Real" Birds, and our Palace on Wheels trip.................................................................................................................................................................
October 2005 Birdletter, Part II
November 22, 2005
Part II of the October 2005 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about Cambodia, Winter New Mexico, El Triunfo Mexico, Panama's Darien Wilderness, Brazil: Amazonian Wilderness in Comfort, and our Eastern Venezuela tour. (Part I includes articles about our 30th Anniversary Celebration, Winter Washington and British Columbia, Uganda, Grand Venezuela, Bering Sea Cruise, Honduras, Thailand, and our Palace on Wheels trip.)......................................
July 2005 Birdletter
August 10, 2005
The July 2005 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about our Palace on Wheels trip, the Polar Bears of Churchill, Panama's Foothills of Nusagandi and El Valle, our Jungle Rivers Cruise and Attu Cruise, South India and Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Emperor Penguin Cruise Opportunities, Asia in 2005, Suriname Wilderness, Wintertime Birding in Newfoundland, Finding a Rare Bird, Short West Mexico, Celebrating Argentina in 2005, and California & ...
March 2005 Birdletter
April 03, 2005
The March 2005 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, includes articles about Alaska, the Amazon and the Pantanal, Outback Australia, the Bolivian Highlands, Summertime Cruising with the Birds, Summer Eastern Venezuela, Big Bend Summer, Grand Australia, Autumn Grand Manan, Madagascar, Cruising the Bering Sea, and a book announcement about Steve Hilty's book, Birds of Tropical America. ......................................................................................
December 2004 Birdletter
December 04, 2004
The December 2004 issue of VENT's printed newsletter, the Birdletter, contains articles about Scotland's Hebrides & Highlands in Spring, Jungle Rivers Cruise, David Bishop to lead Classic Northern India 2005!, The Dominican Republic & Jamaica, Two Fabulous Trips in the Caribbean, Brazil: Birding the Amazonian Wilderness in Style, Antarctica, Birding Across America by Train, Bulgaria: Southeast Europe's Finest Birding, Mexico: Barranca Del Cobre, Eastern Venezuela, A Look a...