Ventures Birding Group checks out a beautiful male Scarlet Tanager

                  To See Previous Trips Click The Year Below
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Dates Venture
July 11-19, 2008 Maine
March 5 - 13, 2008 Highlands Ecuador Tour
April 9, 2008 Polk County, NC
April 23, 2008 Stecoah Gap (1) Graham County, NC  
April 24, 2008 Baxter/Big Creek Trails
May 6, 2008 Warbler Workshop, Asheville, NC
May 8, 2008 Congaree Swamp, SC
May 14, 2008 Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary, Beaverdam Knoll and Blue Ridge Asheville, NC
May 18 - June 2, 2008 Kazakhstan 
June 18 and 19, 2008 Roan Mountain, NC/TN

2007

Dates Venture
January 31, 2007 Cleveland County - Barn Owl Trip
February 16-17, 2007 Huntington Beach S.P./Georgetown/Santee Coastal Reserves
March 10-18, 2007 Andean Birds - Ecuador
March 25, 2007 Caroland Farms, Pacolet Valley,  Landrum, SC  
March 9-15, 2007 South Florida
March 28, 2007 Station Cove and Oconee Station, SC
April 1-13, 2007 Costa Rica
April 21, 2007 Congaree Swamp National Park
April 28, 2007 Stecoah Gap #1, Graham County, NC
April 29, 2007 Stecoah Gap #2, Graham County, NC
May 3, 2007 Latta Park, Charlotte, NC
May 5, 2007 Max Patch Trip, Haywood County, NC
May 6, 2007 Stecoah Gap #3, Graham County, NC
May 10, 2007 Stecoah Gap #4, Graham County, NC
May 13-17, 2007 Cranberry Glades, WV
June 20, 2007 Roan Mountain, NC/TN  
June 30, 2007 Avery County  
July 7-19, 2007 Newfoundland  photos added!
Sept 22, 2007 Cherohala Skyway/Snowbird Lodge, Graham County, NC
Sept 26, 2007 Blue Ridge, Asheville, NC  
October 20, 2007 Jackson Park, Hendersonville, NC
Oct 22 - Nov 10, 2007 New Zealand: Spectacular Scenery
December 1-11, 2007 Peruvian Amazon: Iquitos and Allpahuayo- Mishana Preserve  

2006

Dates Venture
January 7-8, 2006 South Carolina: Huntington Beach State Park, Georgetown and Santee Coastal Reserve
Jan. 17 - Feb. 4, 2006 Chile
February 15, 2006 Cleveland County - Barn Owl Trip
February 25, 2006 "Duck Day" Henderson, Buncombe and Haywood Counties, NC
March 8, 2006 Townville, SC
March 22-25, 2006 Georgia: Okefenokee Swamp & Jekyll Island
March 2006 Ecuador
April 7-16, 2006 Kansas  
April 19, 2006 Baxter/Big Creek  
April 9-25, 2006 Bhutan  
April 27, 2006 Stecoah Gap & Tulula Bog, NC  
April 30, 2006 Stecoah Gap, NC  
May 2, 2006 Anne Springs Close Greenway, SC  
May 3, 2006 Stecoah Gap & Snowbird Lodge, NC  
May 7-18, 2006 Romania    
May 24, 2006 Warbler Workshop Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary and Blue Ridge, Asheville, NC  
May 28 - June 17, 2006 Pribilofs and Mainland Alaska  
July 15, 2006 Salamander Venture to the Blue Ridge, NC  
August 5, 2006 Dragonfly Venture to FENCE, Tryon, NC
August 10-21, 2006 Oregon  
August 26, 2006 Butterfly Workshop
September 16, 2006 Grovestone Quarry, Swannanoa, NC  
September 21-30, 2006 California  
September 27, 2006 Fall Migration in the Blue Ridge, Asheville, NC  
October 4, 2006 Migration Workshop - Jackson Park, Hendersonville, NC  
December 2006 Australia  

2005

Dates Venture
January 26, 2005 Cleveland County
February 3-14, 2005 San Blas, Mexico and Durango Hwy  
February  26, 2005 South Holsten Lake, TN  
March 20, 2005 Townville, SC
March 26 - April 7, 2005 Costa Rica  
April 18, 2005 Blue Ridge, NC  
April 21, 2005 Great Smoky Mtns NP, NC
April 23, 2005 Blue Ridge, NC  
April 28, 2005 Stecoah Gap, NC  
May 2, 2005 Stecoah Gap, NC  
May 5, 2005 Ivy Log Gap, GA and Wallace Gap, NC
May 6, 2005 Cherohala Skyway, Graham County, NC  
May 7, 2005 Stecoah Gap, NC  
May 8, 2005 Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest and Snowbird Lodge, Graham County, NC  
May 9, 2005 Anne Springs Close Greenway, Fort Mill, South Carolina  
May 21, 2005 Cataloochie Valley, Great Smoky Mountains Nat Park  
May 22, 2005 Franklin Greenway and Wallace Gap, NC  
May 25, 2005 Bird Song Workshop
May 27 - 29, 2005 Mount Rogers, VA & New River, NC
June 22, 2005 Roan Mountain
June 28, 2005 Roan Mountain #2
August 13, 2005 Butterfly Workshop, Asheville, NC  
July 11-19, 2005 Maine  
September 21, 2005 Caesar's Head State Park, SC
September 25, 2005 Jackson Park, Hendersonville, NC
September 9-19, 2005 Utah
October 6-23, 2005 Brazil  
December 3-10, 2005 Oaxaca, Mexico

2004

Dates Venture
January 3 - 11, 2004 Lamanai and Chan Chich, Belize
January 10, 2004 Hooper Lane and the Mills River Valley, Henderson County, NC
January 24, 2004 Cowan's Ford, McGuire Nuclear Plant and Mary Buckle's House, Charlotte, NC
February 17 - 21, 2004 Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
February 21, 2004 Cleveland County, NC
March 14, 2004 "Duck Day" - Henderson/Buncombe Cos., NC
March 24, 2004 Big Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
March 27 - April 5, 2004 Rockport, Rio Grande Valley and Hill Country, Texas
April 17, 2004 Blue Ridge
April 19, 2004 Blue Wall Preserve and FENCE
April 23, 2004 Tallulah Bog with brief stops at Snowbird Lodge and Stewart Ridge Road, Graham County, NC
April 24, 2004 Joyce Kilmer Forest and Stewart Ridge, NC
April 25, 2004 Stecoah Gap, NC
April 26, 2004 Stecoah Gap, NC
April 27, 2004 Cherohala Skyway, Graham County, NC
May 3-17, 2004 Greece, Lesvos, Athens, and Delphi
May 5, 2004 Ivy Log Gap, GA and Wallace Gap, NC
May 8, 2004 Congaree Swamp National Park
May 23, 2004 Franklin Greenway and Wallace Gap, NC
May 29, 2004 Max Patch Trip, Haywood County, NC
June 3 - 13, 2004 Manitoba and North Dakota
June 16, 2004 Heintooga Overlook and Blue Ridge, NC
June 28, 2004 Big Butt Trail/Mt. Mitchell Venture
June 28 - July 12, 2004 Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
August 14, 2004 Dragonflies! FENCE, Tryon, NC
August 21, 2004 Kingston Steam Plant, TN
Aug 28 - Sept 12, 2004 Bolivia  
September 15 - 21, 2004 Hawk Mt. & Cape May Venture
September 29, 2004 Blue Ridge, Asheville, NC
October 2, 2004 Craggies, Blue Ridge and Beaver Lake Sanctuary, Asheville, NC
October 20, 2004 Tanawha Trail, Avery County, NC
October 28-31, 2004 Georgia
Nov. 8 - 18, 2004 Trinidad  
Nov. 26 - Dec. 2, 2004 New Mexico  
December 5-12, 2004 Canopy Tower, Panama  
December 12-14, 2004 Darien, Panama (3-day extension)