David Shackelford recently represented Rockjumper Birding Tours at the 13th Annual Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge Songbird Nature Festival. Besides enjoying a variety of great food and outdoor vendors with jovial birders from across Texas and other areas of the US, David guided one of the premium...

We are pleased to announce our winners from the Win a Trip to the Arctic Competition!  The draw took place at the British Birdfair in Rutland and congratulations go to Jana Degenaar who won the first prize of one berth on One Ocean Expedition’s Northwest Passage in August 2013.  Our runner up, Carmen Goddard...

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...

Hugh Chittenden is undoubtedly one of South Africa’s finest bird photographers and his work has graced the pages of many Southern African birding publications. Hugh is also a self-taught ornithologist who has spent countless hours in the field studying birds and publishing his fascinating findings thereafter....

We at Rockjumper would like to congratulate Keith and Cath Valentine on the birth of their eagerly awaited (and somewhat overdue!) son, Tyler Keith Valentine. He was born on Tuesday 22 November weighing a healthy 3,71kg, and as this photo attests, he is an absolutely beautiful little baby! Well done mom and...