Greg Homel

Greg R. Homel is an ornithologist, award-winning international nature photojournalist, documentary film producer, birding tour leader and lecturer. He lives and works from his home within the magnificent Los Padres National Forest, California, USA (home of the California Condor) and from his second homes at Río Lagartos, surrounded by the magnificent Ría Lagartos National Park and Biosphere Reserve at the north tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and El Tuito, near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. A birder-naturalist since childhood, Greg founded Natural Elements Productions in 1986 and Natural Encounters Birding Tours shortly thereafter. Now he travels the globe on a full-time basis in search of rare and little-known birds and other wildlife. He shares his unbounded (and contagious) enthusiasm through excursions for small groups worldwide, and with a wider audience through state-of-the-art digital lectures, television, and wide variety of publications and video productions. Throughout his life, but especially since the early 1990s, Greg has guided, educated, and inspired travelers in over 80 countries throughout the world. His travels on all seven continents, from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic and points between, have allowed him to see more than half of the planet's roughly 9,800+ bird species in their natural habitats. His early work appeared regularly in books and magazines, including Wildbird Magazine, The Audubon Society Field Guides to Eastern Birds and The Audubon Society Field Guides to Western Birds, Time, Birder's World, Tucson Lifestyle, and Texas Monthly magazines. Since the "digital revolution," Greg has moved into television, video production for conservation groups such as American Bird Conservancy, field guide writing and lecturing aboard expedition ships with the hope of "giving a voice to his truest love, which is the natural world and its inhabitants, especially birds!"

Birds of Puerto Vallarta

Birds of Puerto Vallarta is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather field guide to the inspiring and incredibly varied birdlife of Puerto Vallarta. Stunning digital photographs feature 120 common and notable Neotropical specialties, enable users to easily identify most birds they encounter—day or night—in Puerto Vallarta, including Cabo Corrientes (El Tuito, Rancho Primavera, Mayto, Yelapa, Boca de Tomatlan, and Vallarta Botanical Gardens, etc.), Nuevo Vallarta (including Laguna Del Quelele), Valle Rio Ameca, Bahia de Banderas (including Islas Marietas Marine Sanctuary), Punta Mita, Sayulita, and points between.

Aimed at beginning, intermediate and international birders, the guide takes into consideration that most users will concentrate on identifying the colorful Neotropical Mexican specialties they encounter in the region, so it includes mostly these birds. It takes this focus a step further by acknowledging the fact that birding is growing in popularity among Mexican nationals as well, so the nomenclature reflects this by including English, Spanish and Latin names for each included species. As a special bonus, the guide does double-duty as a birding site guide as well as a bird field guide by the inclusion of a key which indicates the best locations to find the included specialties.

This affordable guide will easily fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a local garden, on a family vacation, or on a serious birding trip visiting the best birding hot spots in the beautiful Vallarta region.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-48-0

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Birds of Washington

Birds of Washington is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather field guide to the inspiring and incredibly varied birdlife inhabiting the State of Washington, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Stunning digital photographs depict 127 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s extensive area of coverage.

Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—but especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable companion on all outings.

Whether seeking forest birds at lush Mount Rainier National Park in the rain forests of the west; puffins, gulls, terns and shorebirds at Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, or San Juan Islands in the far northwest; montane species atop the lofty snow-clad volcanoes of the Cascade Range that divides Washington; raptors and grouse of the rain shadow in the dry east; shore birding hotspots such as the Walla Walla River Delta in the south; or a business trip to Seattle, Olympia, Tacoma or Yakima, and points between, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove-compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Seattle garden, on a family vacation, or a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hot spots within the aptly-named “Evergreen State.”

ISBN: 978-1-936913-40-4

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Birds of Oregon

Birds of Oregon is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather field guide to the inspiring and incredibly varied birdlife inhabiting the State Oregon.

Stunning digital photographs depicts 127 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s extensive area of coverage.

Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—but especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable companion on all outings.
Whether seeking flurries of waterfowl and the greatest winter concentration of Bald Eagles in the Lower 48 States at the Klamath Basin; forest birds, puffins, gulls, terns and shorebirds along the state’s scenic and forested Pacific coastline; montane species atop the lofty snow-clad peaks of the Cascade Range that divides Oregon; raptors and grouse of the rain shadowed sagebrush flats of the dry east; shore birding hotspots such as Tillamook spit near Tillamook; the famous spring “migrant traps” at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in the southeastern Great Basin; or on a business trip to Portland, Eugene, Kennewick, and points between, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting momento of any trip and will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove-compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Portland garden, on a family vacation, or a serious birdingtrip visiting all the best birding hot spots within Oregon.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-31-2

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Birds of Missouri

The Birds of Missouri is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather field guide to the inspiring and incredibly varied birdlife inhabiting the State of Missouri. Stunning digital photographs depict more than 125 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s extensive area of coverage.

Whether backyard birding or seeking waterfowl, forest birds, Bald Eagles and
neotropical migrants along the mighty Mississippi river and its floodplain; embarking on a serious birding trip to top hotspots to set your sites on the colorful variety of warblers, orioles, grosbeaks and buntings that migrate through or nest in the region; identifying your garden birds; or on a quick business trip to Kansas City, St. Luis, Jefferson City, and points between, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—but especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable field companion on all outings.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any trip and will conveniently fit into a daypack, pocket or glove-compartment, facilitating easy field identification— whether in a Springfield garden, on a family vacation, or a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hot spots within The Show Me State.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-02-5

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Birds of Alabama and Mississippi

The Birds of Alabama and Mississippi is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather field guide to the inspiring and incredibly varied birdlife inhabiting this two state region.

Stunning digital photographs depict more than 125 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s extensive area of coverage. Whether seeking waterfowl, forest birds, Bald Eagles, and neotropical migrants along the mighty Mississippi river and its floodplain in the west; combing through shorebirds
on the Gulf Coast in the south; setting your sights on the colorful variety of birds inhabiting vast wetlands throughout; identifying your garden birds; embarking on a serious birding trip or on a business trip to Greenville, Jackson, Tuscaloosa, Mobile, and points between, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—but especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable field companion on all outings. This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any trip and will conveniently fit into a daypack, pocket or glove-compartment, facilitating easy field identification— whether in a Jackson garden, a business trip to Montgomery, on a family vacation, or a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hot spots within a two state region.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-05-6

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