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Sharing incredible bird watching experiences and wildlife Tours with nature-minded people for more than 15 years.

Utah Day Trips

Flammulated Owl Tour

Flammulated
Owling May thru August

More than 18 Public Tour Dates!

For almost 20 years we’ve been showing people Flammulated Owls in Utah. Flammulated Owling is the tour that started the business and remains our most popular. If you want to see a Flammulated Owl, we can show you!

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Great Salt Lake Birding Tour

Great Salt Lake
Birding Tour Year Round

4 Public Tour Dates

The Great Salt Lake is home to millions of breeding waterbirds, and hosts even more during migration offering a unique look at birdlife unlike anywhere else in states. No visit to Utah is complete without a visit to the lake—“Americas Dead Sea”.

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Utah Mountain Birding Tour

Mountain
Birding Tour Year Round

4 Public Tour Dates

Rising from 4,200’ in Salt Lake to over 13,500’ at their highest, the mountains in northern Utah provide an incredible wealth of habitats, scenery, and of course birds. These tour options provide a perfect introduction to the mountains.

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Best Utah Birding Tour

Best of Utah
Birding Tour May thru August

4 Public Tour Dates

The Great Basin, Rocky Mountains, and the Great Salt Lake all meet in northern Utah and this tour combines our Mountain, Great Salt Lake, and Desert Tours into a full day, capping things off with our famous Flammulated Owling Tour.

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Our Most Popular Itineraries

Utah Highlights Birding Tour ON SALE

Utah Highlights:
Zion to the Lake May 12-15, 2025

7 of 7 Spaces Available

With visits to the Great Salt Lake, Zion National Park, the Beaver Dam Conservation Area, and Kolob Plateau, this will be a memorable tour highlighting the variety of birds and places Utah has to offer at the height of migration.

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Cassia Crossbill Tour ON SALE

Cassia Crossbills
& More June 19-21, 2025

7 of 7 Spaces Available

First described in 2009 and formally recognized as a species in 2017, the endemic Cassia Crossbill is the newest American bird species and only found in the remote mountains of southern Idaho. This quick tour will focus on this species!

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Cassia Crossbill, Himalayan Snowcock, Flammulated Owl, Black Swift, and Chukar Tour

Mountain West
Most Wanted 2 Tours - July 20-25 & 26-31, 2025

Space(s) Available

Emulated by others, this is the ORIGINAL tour that provides opportunities to get our target Himalayan Snowcock, Cassia Crossbill, Flammulated Owl, Black Swift, Gray Vireo, Gray Partridge, Chukar, Lewis’s Woodpecker, and more!

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Himalayan Snowcock Tour ON SALE

Himalayan Snowcock
Expedition August 24-26, 2025

7 of 7 Spaces Available

Introduced in the Ruby Mountains in Nevada in the 1960s, a wild population of Himalayan Snowcock established to become a destination species for American Birding Association listers. This quick tour will focus on this species.

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Boreal Owl Tour

Boreal Owling
Adventure
2 Tours - Sep 28-Oct 2 and Oct 5-9, 2025

Space(s) Available

Several years ago we located a few reliable locations to track down Boreal Owls during the fall in northern Utah. After a practice run in 2023 we've decided to offer a handful of Boreal Owl Tours each fall!

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California Birding Tour NEW TOUR!!!

California
Endemics & Exotics November 9-19, 2025

7 of 7 Spaces Available

Few places in North America offer the diversity of Southern California for winter birding. With its unmatched climate, it provides a perfect escape with the potential to encounter nearly 250 species, 20+ which are entirely or nearly endemic.

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NEW TOUR!!!

Puerto Rico:
Island Endemics March 1-6, 2026

7 of 7 Spaces Available

Puerto Rico is the perfect gateway into tropical and Caribbean birding with 18 endemic species, 2 endemic subspecies, and all of the spectacular West Indies birding you could ask for - all without needing a passport for US citizens!

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Birding, Photography, & Wildlife Tours

Even More Tours... Year Round Options

We currently offer a variety of tours in the US, Mexico, and Indonesia. As we expand, our keen interest in world birding will hopefully allow us to offer tours in variety of other places around the globe.

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Highly Sought-after ABA Area Birds

Mountain West Most Wanted Himalayan Snowcock, Cassia Crossbill, Flammulated Owl, Gray Partridge, & More!

The mother of all mountain west birding trips, this intensive 5 day tour focuses on the most highly sought after birds of the mountain west. Fast-paced bird-filled days should have you in and out in a week with a list full of life birds!

2 Tours - July 20-25 & 26-31, 2025
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Recent Tours & Updates

2024 Himalayan Snowcock Expedition
August 24-26, 2024
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2024 Most Wanted Tour
July 25-30, 2024
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Cassia Crossbill Tour
June 20-22, 2024
2024 Cassia Crossbills & More View Trip Report

Western Tanager
May 19, 2024
2024 Marathon Birding View Trip Report

2024 Utah Highlights Tour
May 13-16, 2024
2024 Utah Highlights View Trip Report

2023 Himalayan Snowcock Expedition
August 27-29, 2023
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2023 Most Wanted Tour
July 27-31, 2023
2023 Most Wanted View Trip Report

2023 Georgia Audubon Custom Tour
July 25-30, 2023
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2023 Cassia Crossbill Tour
June 15-17, 2023
2023 Cassia Crossbills & More View Trip Report

2023 Texas Tour
April 18-24, 2023
2023 Texas - LRGV, Aransas, & Hill Country Custom View Trip Report

2023 Chiapas Tour
January 12-23, 2023
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2022 Himalayan Snowcock Expedition
August 28-30, 2022
2022 Himalayan Snowcock Expedition View Trip Report

2022 Most Wanted Tour
July 19-23, 2022
2022 Most Wanted #2 View Trip Report

2022 Most Wanted Tour
July 15-19, 2022
2022 Most Wanted #1 View Trip Report

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Mountain West Birding Company?

When we started guiding in 2007, we never imagined taking our tours beyond the confines of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Nevada—thus Mountain West Birding Company was born. Mountain West specialized in Flammulated Owl, Himalayan Snowcock, and Cassia Crossbill Tours.

Why did you change your name to Pitta?

After a decade leading tours in the western United States we expanded our offering with new tours in Southeast Asia and Central America. As we work on expanding further and offering more International options,, we decided we needed a name that reflected that change!

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