One of Rockjumper’s goals as an organization is to reach out into our communities and share the outdoors with younger generations. As a host and tour leader, David Shackelford helped sponsor a recent overnight biology field trip for Connolly High School. Together with teachers and parent volunteers, more than...

While scouting out areas of southeast China for future Rockjumper tours, David Shackelford has become the youngest person on earth to see 8,000 bird species! He was hiking in the remote forests of China’s Wuyishan Mountain Range when he found the rare Cabot’s Tragopan, one of Asia’s most impressive...

Rainer and I recently finished our first of two back-to-back Rockjumper tours of Assam and Bhutan for the 2011 year. What a fabulous time we had! As usual, we were treated to sublime birds, excellent mammals, awesome Himalayan scenery and first class service by our Indian and Bhutanese friends. Some of the...

David Hoddinott has recently returned from 3 Ethiopian tours with several exciting discoveries under his belt. He writes: On the 21st January, I travelled to north-eastern Ethiopia with a group on a reconnaissance birding tour. We visited the remote area of Jijiga, little visited by foreigners, let alone other...