Mary and Bruce Feay' Christmas Letters

Learn about our Earthwatch Adventures

Christmas 2008

  1. Panama Canal, Rainforests and Reefs - Zegrahm Cruise
  2. Total Solar Eclipse and Russia - Moscow to St Petersburg Cruise
  3. Masters Golf Tournament - with the Smithsonian

Christmas 2007

  1. Tuscany, Italy - Florence and a Culinary Cooking tour
  2. Cancun, Mexico Whale Sharks -  Isla Holbox, snorkeling with 45 foot sharks
  3. Cambodia and Vietnam - Siem Reap

Christmas 2006

  1. Mexico - Monarch Butterflies - amazing sight to see
  2. Galapagos - Cruise to see wonderful wildlife
  3. Springfield, IL - with the Art Institute to see the Dana Thomas house, Lincoln sites and to learn about  Illinois
  4. Brazil - Amazon Riverboat Exploration - An Earthwatch helping determine that community conservation is working by helping get data on animals in Picaya-Samaria Reserve.
  5. South Georgia and the Falklands - A bit north of Antarctica, with king penguins in huge numbers and and abundance of fur seals and young elephant seals.

Christmas 2005

  1. Japan - Snow Monkeys and Cranes - a winter trip to enjoy Snow Monkeys and the winter gatherings of cranes in Japan.
  2. Scotland - A cruise around the North of Scotland to see birds, ancient ruins and beautiful scenery
  3. Golf at Reynolds Plantation - and Dave Pelz Golf School

Christmas 2004

  1. Tsavo, Kenya - Lions of Tsavo - helping to study the maneless lions of Tsavo
  2. Uganda - Chimp trek and Game viewing -  to the Kibale forest and Queen Elizabeth Park as a pre-extension to the Migration Safari.
  3. Tanzania - Great Migration Safari - Arusha, Kilimanjaro foothills, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and a private tented camp on the Serengeti.
  4. Florida - Hurricane Jeanne and golf school
  5. Churchill, Canada - Polar Bears of Manitoba  with Earthwatch to study the play behaviour of Polar Bears

Christmas 2003

  1. Pantanal, Brazil - Conserving the world's largest wetland, a critical freshwater ecosystem project being done in partnership with Earthwatch and  Conservation International. Team 1 - Wetlands and Peccaries; Team 2 - Bats and Frugivores.

Christmas 2002

  1. Mallorca, Spain - Mallorca's Copper Age Archeology Project - Digging through the prehistory of settlement and cultural influence on Mallorca
  2. Alaska, US - Safari to Denali, Ruth Glacier, Glacier Bay, and Pack Creek.
  3. Saldanha, South Africa - Whales of South Africa - Characterizing the migratory behavior of humpback and right whales to strengthen their conservation
  4. Okavango Swamps, Botswana - Crocodiles of the Okavango -
    Investigating the ecology of a keystone species to balance its wetland ecosystem

Christmas 2001

  1. Sarasota, Florida - Wild Dolphin Societies and golf
  2. China and Tibet - with OAT, Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Lhasa (Tibet), Yangtze River Cruise and the Three Gorges Dam site, Wuhan and Hong Kong.

Christmas 2000

  1. Churchill, Canada - Climate Change on the Edge of the Arctic and Beluga Whales
  2. Shenandoah Valley - Shenandoah Wildlife - mostly deer, and Washington DC plus Frank Lloyd Wright houses.

Christmas 1999

  1. Maui, Hawaii - Humpback Whales
  2. Naivasha, Kenya - Saving Kenya's Wild Heritage
  3. Melbourne, Australia - Forest Marsupials

Christmas 1998

  1. Dog Sledding - Eli Minnesota
  2. Argentina - Black Howlers
  3. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada - Polar Bears
  4. Costa Rica - Dancing Birds

Christmas 1997

  1. Costa Rica - Dancing Birds
  2. Queen Charlotte Island - Eldertrek
  3. Ellensburg, Washington - Caring for Chimps

Christmas 1996

  1. Nagarhole, India - Elephants of South India
  2. Zimbabwe - The Elephant factor
  3. Costs Rica - Costa Rican Leatherback Turtles

Christmas 1995

  1. Antarctica - and Penguins, Seals, Whales, Icebergs and Mountains
  2. Kangaroo Island, Australia - Echidnas
  3. Venezuela - Capuchin Monkeys

Christmas - 1994

  1. Polonarua, Sri Lanka - Toque macaques
  2. Lake Naivasha, Kenya - birds, crayfish, bugs and solar radiation
  3. Berenty, Madagascar - Lemurs

Christmas 1993

  1. Costa Rica - Capuchin Monkeys
  2. Zimbabwe - Pangolins
  3. Madagascar - Lemurs

Christmas 1992

  1. Sri Lanka - Toque Macaques
  2. St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - Leatherback Turtles
  3. Madagascar - Lemurs

Christmas 1991

  1. St Croix - Leatherback Turtles
  2. Madagascar - Ringtail Lemurs

Christmas 1990

  1. Nepal - Small Carnivores
  2. Hong Kong - Reptiles, Frogs, and Skinks - we did butterflies

Christmas 1989

  1. Nepal - small Carnivores
  2. Tonga - Giant Clams
  3. Bimini - Lemon Sharks

Christmas 1986

  1. New Zealand - Te Maori, Ruetepepuke with the Field Museum

Christmas 1985  - Our First Earthwatch - to Borneo

Christmas 1976

  1. Hawaii as a tourist

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