Victor Emanuel
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Upcoming Tours
- Feb 26, 12: Spring Hawaii
- Apr 20, 12: Montana Owl Workshop
- May 16, 12: Athens Pre-trip
- May 20, 12: Greece: Crete & Santorini
- May 29, 12: Western Turkey Extension
- Jul 06, 12: Spitsbergen: Land of the Ice Bears
- Jul 29, 12: Camp Cascades
- Feb 16, 13: Machu Picchu Pre-trip to Amazon River Cruise
- Feb 21, 13: Amazon River Cruise
- Mar 18, 13: El Triunfo
- May 19, 13: Birding Across America by Train
- Jul 08, 13: Camp Tejano
- Oct 12, 13: Fall at Panama's Canopy Tower
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Victor Emanuel started birding in Texas 63 years ago at the age of eight. His travels have taken him to all the continents, with his areas of concentration being Texas, Arizona, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He is the founder and compiler for 50 years of the record-breaking Freeport Christmas Bird Count, and served a term as president of the Texas Ornithological Society. Birds and natural history have been a major focus throughout his life. He derives great pleasure from seeing and hearing birds, and sharing with others these avian sights and sounds, both the common ones and the more unusual ones. He initiated the first birding camps for young people, and considers that one of his greatest achievements. Victor holds a B.A. in zoology and botany from the University of Texas and an M.A. in government from Harvard. In 1993, he was the recipient of the Roger Tory Peterson Excellence in Birding Award, given by the Houston Audubon Society in recognition of a lifetime of dedication to careful observation, education, and addition to the body of avian knowledge. In 2004, he received the Roger Tory Peterson Award from the American Birding Association, and the Arthur A. Allen Award from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Victor is on the board of directors for the American Bird Conservancy.