2019 FEBRUARY 9TH – 17TH, 2019 [Birding Tour]; EL TRIUNFO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Chiapas, Mexico This is a hiking trip into the “The Land of the Horned Guan". Tour Style [B] $2,895/pp --- MARCH 21ST – APR 4TH, 2019 ** [Birding Tour]; ‘Finest Birding Route in North America’ – CENTRAL MEXICO - 450 SPECIES FOR THE ROUTE - 60 MEXICAN ENDEMICS Route includes: [1] West Mexican Pacific slope, [2] Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero, [3] Balsas River drainage, and [4] Transvolcanic Belt. Tour Style [C] $3,795/pp

WHITE-THROATED JAY (Mexican Endemic found in the Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero)

APRIL 16TH - 30TH, 2019

[Birding Tour]; MOROCCO This 'Birder’s Introduction’ includes lodging in Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir, Atlas Mountains, Sahara Desert, and Anti-Atlas Mountains. Birds include Ferruginous Duck, Northern Bald Ibis, Barbary Partridge, Spotted Sandgrouse, Cream-colored Courser, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Egyptian Nightjar, Levaillant’s Woodpecker, Maghreb Magpie, Greater Hoopoe-Lark, and Atlas Flycatcher. Tour Style [B] $4,195/pp

** A MEXICAN TOUR THAT 'REQUIRED' IN ORDER TO SEE ALL OF THE MAINLAND ENDEMIC BIRDS OF THE COUNTRY

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2019 MAY 8TH – 22ND, 2019 ** [Birding Tour]; OAXACA - ‘The Endemic Birds of Mexico’s Southern Highlands, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, & Sierra Los Tuxtlas, Vera Cruz’ More than 50 of Mexico’s endemics occur in Oaxaca’s ‘Southern Highlands.’ This is a stand-alone destination that should be embraced by every birder interested in seeing the key species of Mexico. Tour Style [C] $3,795/pp

RED WARBLER (Race 'rowleyi' is a Mexican Endemic found in Oaxaca State)

JUNE 15TH - JULY 1ST, 2019 ** [Birding Tour] NORTHERN MEXICO’S SUMMER ENDEMICS Breeding endemics of Chihuahua's Sierra Madre Occidental, Saltillo Grasslands, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Tamaulipan coastal plain for Thicket Tinamou, Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted parrots, Yellow-headed and Red-crowned amazons, Eared Quetzal, Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Colima Warbler, Altamira Yellowthroat, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, and Worthen’s Sparrow. Tour Style [C] $4,195/pp

2019 JULY 22ND - AUGUST 5TH, 2019

[Heritage-Style Birding] TAIWAN; Ilha Formosa (Beautiful Isle) Route allows for possibility of seeing all 27 endemics birds, including two partridges and two pheasants. Visits Taipei for museums and temples. By adding a few extra days the route is designed to include expectations the ‘gung-ho’ birder and the ‘broad-view’ nature traveler. Tour Style [B] $4,895/pp --- OCTOBER 22ND - NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019 [Birding Tour]; CHIAPAS, MEXICO - Untouched Lowland Rainforest World-class birding within vast tracks of intact rainforest for tough species often missed further south in Central America; Slaty-breasted Tinamou, Great Curassow, Spotted Wood-Quail, Agami Heron, Ruddy Crake, Central American Pygmy-Owl, Mexican Antthrush, Scaly-throated Leaftosser, Ruddy Woodcreeper, Rufous-breasted Spinetail, Northern Schiffornis, Speckled Mourner, Lovely Cotinga, Black-throated Shrike-Tanager, and Northern Nightingale-Wren. Tour Style [C] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. --- DECEMBER 2ND - 13TH, 2019 **

[Heritage-Style Birding Tour] YUCATAN, MEXICO

This is an excellent tour for YOU to INVITE A FRIEND…

Quality birding, sunny days, regional cuisine, Mayan archeological sites, and Cozumel Island for key birds that include Ocellated Turkey, Black-throated Bobwhite, Rufous-necked and Russet-naped wood-rails, Yucatan Poorwill, Yucatan Nightjar, Mexican Sheartail, Cozumel Emerald, Gray-collared Becard, Cozumel and Yucatan vireos, Gray-throated Chat, Rose-throated Tanager, and Orange Oriole. Tour Style [A] $3,495/pp

Everyone loves the Yucatan - birders, nature travelers, & general vacationers!

2020

JANUARY 8TH – 18TH, 2020 [Birding Tour] DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (HISPANIOLA) - 'Caribbean's Best Birding' - three endemic families of birds! Both evolution and geography has been 'kind' to the Island of Hispaniola with more 300 species of birds; THREE ENDEMIC FAMILES; six endemic genera; TWENTY-NINE ENDEMIC BIRDS; and 25 endemic subspecies. This is the Caribbean's most important center of avian variety... a 'must-see' birder's destination. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. --- Early FEBRUARY 2020 [tour not certain - permits required*] [Birding Tour]; EL TRIUNFO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Chiapas, Mexico Tour Style [B] *The biosphere’s entrance policy has changed with upcoming year entrance requests no long accepted in advance. Future entrances will be dependent upon permits given out ‘at short notice as directed by the reserve management’. LEGACY TOURS will attempt to access the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve during ‘a window’ that includes the first two weeks of February 2020 and 2021, however after 21-guided tours into the reserve during the past 17 years this program is NO LONGER GUARANTEED. --- FEBRUARY 28TH – MARCH 13TH, 2020** [Birding Tour]; OAXACA*** - ‘The Endemics of Mexico’s Southern Highlands, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, & Sierra Los Tuxtlas, Vera Cruz’ More than 50 of Mexico’s endemics occur in Oaxaca’s ‘Southern Highlands.’ This is a stand-alone destination that should be embraced by every birder interested in seeing the key species of Mexico. Tour Style [C] Tour priced at $3,795 (2019) ***THIS ROUTE CAN BE COMBINED WITH ‘CENTRAL MEXICO ENDEMICS’

--- MARCH 14TH – 28TH, 2020** [Birding Tour]; ‘Finest Birding Route in North America’ – CENTRAL MEXICO*** - 450 SPECIES/60 MEXICAN ENDEMICS FOR THE ROUTE Route includes: [1] West Mexican Pacific slope, [2] Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero, [3] Balsas River drainage, and [4] Transvolcanic Belt. Tour Style [C] Tour priced at $3,795 (2019)

***THIS ROUTE CAN BE COMBINED WITH 'SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS'

** A MEXICAN TOUR THAT 'REQUIRED' IN ORDER TO SEE ALL OF THE MAINLAND ENDEMIC BIRDS OF THE COUNTRY

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2020 APRIL 15TH – 30TH, 2020

[Birding Tour]; BULGARIA ‘Classic Spring Birding’ The 2018 Tour recorded 232 species; expect up to 22 warblers, 9 tits, 10 woodpeckers, 5 owls, and 24 raptors, vultures, and falcons. Rare migrant birds mostly arrive from East Africa or West Asia. Food is delightful, travel is easy, accommodations are cozy, and dozens of times each day the scenic countryside shouts ‘photo’. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. Tour priced at $3,895 (2018) --- JUNE 15TH - JULY 1ST, 2020** [Birding Tour] NORTHERN MEXICO’S SUMMER ENDEMICS Breeding endemics of Chihuahua's Sierra Madre Occidental, Saltillo Grasslands, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Tamaulipan coastal plain for Thicket Tinamou, Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted parrots, Yellow-headed and Red-crowned amazons, Eared Quetzal, Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Colima Warbler, Altamira Yellowthroat, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, and Worthen’s Sparrow. Tour Style [C] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. Tour priced at $4,195 (2019) --- CHILE****

****THE ROUTES IN CHILE CAN BE COMBINED [LINKED] TO MIX-AND-MATCH

YOUR DESIRED LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON TOUR Tour Style for all Chile Units [B]

Prices/Itineraries available 12-months before departure --

OCTOBER 5TH - 12TH, 2020 The Atacama Desert and the Chilean Altiplan0

[Birding Tour] NORTHERN CHILE Amid an arid and rugged landscape with the least amount of rainfall on earth and high-elevation alkaline lakes... 'Good Heavens, what are we doing here?' Why birds of course --James's Flamingo, Giant Coot, Peruvian Thick-knee, Inca Tern, and Chilean Woodstar. --

OCTOBER 13TH - 20TH, 2020 The towering Andes and the Humboldt Current [Birding Tour] CENTRAL CHILE

CHILE (continued) Vineyards, farmland, rugged mountains; the lower slopes hold Chilean Tinamou, Moustached Turca, Dusky Tapaculo, Crag Chilia, Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper, and Dusky-tailed Canastero. The highlands possess Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, and Ochre-naped, Rufous-naped, White-browed and Black-fronted ground-tyrants. Major highlights of the pelagic trip include up to six species of albatrosses. --

OCTOBER 21ST - NOV 3RD, 2020 The Nothofagus Forests and Tierra de Fuego [Birding Tour] SOUTHERN CHILE Yet another pelagic with possibly the newly describe Pincoya Storm-Petrel, King Penguin, Magellanic Plover, Rufous-tailed Hawk, Chilean Pigeon, and Magellanic Woodpecker. --

[Extension Tour] EASTER ISLAND The four-day add-on affords one-day each way in transit via a commercial airliner, one day of touring the monuments, and one day of birding a nearby headland for seabirds. Tour Style [C] (The moai can be experienced either or your own, or with Legacy Tours either before the first program or following the last one). ****THE ROUTES IN CHILE CAN BE COMBINED [LINKED] TO MIX-AND-MATCH

YOUR DESIRED LOCATIONS, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF DAYS ON TOUR --- DECEMBER 2ND - 13TH, 2020** [Birding Tour]; BAJA SUR & NW MEXICO ‘Mexico's most magical and enchanting region’ - More than 30 endemic birds occur in NW Mexico. This ‘stand-alone destination is a-must for birders who target the full basket of Mexican endemics. Tour Style [C] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. Tour priced at $3,995 (2017)

2021

JANUARY 6TH – 19TH, 2021 [Target Birding Tour]; SOUTH KOREA WINTER SPECIALTIES ‘Oh, it's cold out there...' Red-crowned, White-naped, and Hooded cranes, Oriental Stork, Scaly-sided Merganser, Baikal Teal, Swan Goose, Relict and Saunder's gulls, Steller's Sea Eagle, Hazel Grouse, Solitary Snipe, Daurian Jackdaw, Siberian Accentor, Chinese Grosbeak, and Pallas's Rosefinch. Tour Style [C] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. --- Early FEBRUARY 2020 [tour not certain - permits required*] [Birding Tour]; EL TRIUNFO BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Chiapas, Mexico Tour Style [B] *The biosphere’s entrance policy has changed with upcoming year entrance requests no long accepted in advance. Future entrances will be dependent upon permits given out ‘at short notice as directed by the reserve management’. LEGACY TOURS will attempt to access the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve during ‘a window’ that includes the first two weeks of February 2020 and 2021, however after 21-guided tours into the reserve during the past 17 years this program is NO LONGER GUARANTEED. --- FEBRUARY 18TH – MARCH 5TH, 2021

[Birding Tour]; PUERTO RICO & LESSER ANTILLES Puerto Rico possesses 17 endemics; while an additional 19 Caribbean endemics occur on five neighboring Lesser Antillean islands. This trip involves some island-hopping but the birding is exciting with Imperial, Puerto Rican, and Red-necked amazons, an endemic lizard-cuckoo, tody, nightjar, and screech-owl on Puerto Rico, and Guadeloupe Woodpecker, Barbuda Warbler, and Montserrat and Martinique orioles on the nearby islands. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. --- MARCH 18TH – APRIL 2ND, 2021 ** [Birding Tour]; OAXACA*** - ‘The Endemics of Mexico’s Southern Highlands, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, & Sierra Los Tuxtlas, Vera Cruz’ More than 50 of Mexico’s endemics occur in Oaxaca’s ‘Southern Highlands.’ This is a stand-alone destination that should be embraced by every birder interested in seeing the key species of Mexico. Tour Style [C] Tour priced at $3,795 (2019) ***THIS ROUTE CAN BE COMBINED WITH ‘CENTRAL MEXICO ENDEMICS’

** A MEXICAN TOUR THAT 'REQUIRED' IN ORDER TO SEE ALL OF THE MAINLAND ENDEMIC BIRDS OF THE COUNTRY

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2021 APRIL 3RD – 18TH, 2021** [Birding Tour]; ‘Finest Birding Route in North America’ – CENTRAL MEXICO*** - 450 SPECIES/60 MEXICAN ENDEMICS FOR THE ROUTE Route includes: [1] West Mexican Pacific slope, [2] Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero, [3] Balsas River drainage, and [4] Transvolcanic Belt. Tour Style [C] Tour priced at $3,795 (2019)

***THIS ROUTE CAN BE COMBINED WITH 'SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS' --- MAY 4TH – 18TH, 2021

[Birding Tour] GEORGIA & ARMENIA Classic Spring Birding to look for Caucasian and Caspian snowcocks, Caucasian Black Grouse, Bearded Vulture, Wallcreeper, Bimaculated Lark, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Mountain Chiffchaff, Raddes' Accentor, Menetries' and Upcher's warblers, Fire-fronted Serin, White-winged Snowfinch, Great Rosefinch, and Gray-necked Bunting. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. --- JUNE 15TH - JULY 1ST, 2021 [Birding Tour] NORTHERN MEXICO’S SUMMER ENDEMICS Breeding endemics of Chihuahua's Sierra Madre Occidental, Saltillo Grasslands, Sierra Madre Oriental, and Tamaulipan coastal plain for Thicket Tinamou, Thick-billed and Maroon-fronted parrots, Yellow-headed and Red-crowned amazons, Eared Quetzal, Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl, Tawny-collared Nightjar, Colima Warbler, Altamira Yellowthroat, Crimson-collared Grosbeak, and Worthen’s Sparrow. Tour Style [C] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. Tour priced at $4,195 (2019) ---

SEPTEMBER 16TH – 30TH, 2021 [OPEN Birding Tour]; SPAIN 'Fall Migration Birding - Superb Spanish Pyrenees and the Mediterranean Coast' The 2017 Tour recorded 201 species; likely species include - Great and Little bustards, Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier), Spanish Eagle, Audouin’s Gull, Iberian and Black woodpeckers, Iberian Magpie, and Iberian Chiffchaff. Food is enchanting, the wine, charming… travel is swift, accommodations are relaxed, and a daily mix old and new, urban and rural, makes for adventures from dawn to dusk. Tour Style [B] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure. Tour priced at $4,995 (2017)

2021 OCTOBER 13TH - 28TH, 2021 [Birding Tour]; CHIAPAS, MEXICO - Untouched Lowland Rainforest World-class birding within vast tracks of intact rainforest for tough species often missed further south in Central America; Slaty-breasted Tinamou, Great Curassow, Spotted Wood-Quail, Agami Heron, Ruddy Crake, Central American Pygmy-Owl, Mexican Antthrush, Scaly-throated Leaftosser, Ruddy Woodcreeper, Rufous-breasted Spinetail, Northern Schiffornis, Speckled Mourner, Lovely Cotinga, Black-throated Shrike-Tanager, and Northern Nightingale-Wren. Tour Style [C] Price/Itinerary available 12-months before departure.

DECEMBER 1ST – 12TH, 2021 [Heritage-Style Birding Tour] YUCATAN, MEXICO

This is an excellent tour for YOU to INVITE A FRIEND…

Quality birding, sunny days, regional cuisine, Mayan archeological sites, and Cozumel Island for key birds that include Ocellated Turkey, Black-throated Bobwhite, Rufous-necked and Russet-naped wood-rails, Yucatan Poorwill, Yucatan Nightjar, Mexican Sheartail, Cozumel Emerald, Gray-collared Becard, Cozumel and Yucatan vireos, Gray-throated Chat, Rose-throated Tanager, and Orange Oriole. Tour Style [A] $3,495/pp

Style and Structure of Tour Planning: 2019 - 2021

[1] BIRDING TOURS [B&C] Participation is open on a first-come-first-serve basis. Tours in this style repeat a daily pattern of searching-out key target species, and are best characterized as a 'birding as the primary-focus' experience. The difference between [B] and [C] is that the later is more intense and laser focused. [2] HERITAGE-STYLE BIRDING TOURS [A] - are most often conducted in countries with a 'manageable' bird-list - Spain, Taiwan, Ireland, Sri Lanka, and Mexico's Yucatan. Though birding is the major focus, the daily program incorporates a variety of activities of interest such as historical and cultural interactions, or a more in-depth study in local natural history.