At JB Journeys, we are birders ourselves, with years of travel and office management of briding tours. 
    Our bird guy is Eric Stager, an Austin, TX-based biologist. Eric has birded since he was a kid on the Texas coast. He has birded internationally as well and heads up bird adventures for JB Journeys. He is always paired up with a local expert. Some of his tours also help raise funds for Travis Audubon Society in Austin, where he teaches birding classes, leads guided walks, and serves on the board of directors. He's well-organized and a lot of fun in the field. 

cuba birding - NOV-Dec 2021
fully LEGAL SMALL GROUP TRAVEL, amazing endemics

Once off limits, Cuba is now open again and the birding is fabulous. Cuba currently has 26 endemic birds and we have a good chance to see most of them, including beauties like the Cuban Trogon, the national bird, the Bee Hummingbird, the world’s smallest bird., and the adorable Cuban Tody. We’ll travel to Viñales in western Cuba, surely the island’s most beautiful region; Zapata Peninsula, aka The Bay of Pigs and the most biologically diverse part of the island; and Lomas de Banao, a wonderful refuge where our guide has worked and studied. This tour is led by Cuban ornithologist Maikel Cañizares Morera who will be assisted by JB Journeys' Eric Stager. These two will make a great team!
         JB Journeys follows Treasury Department regulations and stays up-to-date on all the latest restrictions. (See More)

Western Colombia birding - Aug 2021
Birding with John Cahill

Colombia is the top destination for birding with over 1,900 species of birds recorded!  On our birding adventure in western Colombia, super guide John Cahill takes you to a limited area of the country, yet you have the chance to see a number of endemics, including the biggest prize of all, the beautiful Fuertes’ Parrot.  
     We've also included 4 days in Montezuma – Tatamá National Park - one of the best places to bird in the country, with an elevation gradient on the track from 3,600 to 9,000 feet, making it one of the most diverse areas in all Colombia with more than 600 species recorded.  You'll have opportunities to see many endemics and near-endemics of the Chocó Region. Several of these areas  also have good night birds, so there are good chances for owls and nightjars.  (See More)

morocco birding - Feb 2021-Postponed
​BIRDING southern Morocco with Cristian Jensen

Our Morocco tour is more than just birding. The culture and history of the region will amaze you, and the landscape will take your breath away. We will be covering most of the southern part of Morocco, in and out of Marrakesh, and we include all the most amazing and incredible places: the Atlantic wetlands, the dunes and oases of the Sahara, and the Atlas Mountains. All of these are of great importance to millions of birds during the spectacle of spring migration from Africa to Europe. Northern Africa has a number of bird specialties and near endemics found only in the southern part of the Western Palearctic, and Morocco is the only safe area to see these birds. On this list we can expect to see Moussier’s Redstart, Levaillant’s Woodpecker, Atlas and Maghreb wheatear, Tristram’s Warbler, and Northern Bald Ibis, the only wild population of this species in the world. Join JB Journeys' Eric Stager and European birder Cristian Jensen (See more)

​PANAMA birding - FEB 2022
Bird the Canopy Tower and Bocas del Toro
We are excited to offer this opportunity to travel and bird Panamá and stay at two of the country’s finest eco-lodges.  A quick flight from the US and an hour later you are in the big middle of the rainforest, with its abundant birds and wildlife, birding at the Canopy Tower.  Then another quick flight to the archipelago of Bocas del Toro and Tranquilo Bay.   At the Canopy Tower, overlooking Soberanía National Park as well as the Panamá Canal, one has eye-level-with-the-canopy views of stunning rainforest birds, as well as monkeys and sloth. Perhaps the most well-known birding spot in Panamá is Pipeline Road, just a short distance away. Pipeline has a strange history with an excellent conclusion: today, birds and wildlife abound here. A never-used petroleum pipeline and service road, it stretches for about 25 miles and many consider it to be the hottest birding spot in Central America.  (See more)​

monarch butterflies-Mexico- Feb 2023