Leaders

In 1990 Lynne Taylor left her position as manager of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum gift shop to become the office manager of Borderland Tours. Lynne is in charge of reservations for lodging transportation, and meals-ensuring that everything will go smoothly in the field for our tour leaders and our participants. Lynne has traveled from Alaska to Australia and from India to  Kenya, so she has the firsthand experience to answer your questions. And when you get to meet her in person, you'll enjoy Lynne's warmth and unaffected sense of humor.

Richard Cachor Taylor, founder and Director of Borderland Tours, is the author of location checklists for the birds of both the Chiricahua Mountains—revised in 2010—and the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona, as well as Trogons of the Arizona Borderlands. In 1995 his Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona was published by the American Birding Association, and he has since revised it for a second edition published in 2005. Rick's most recent project, Birds of Southeastern Arizona, a photo field guide targeted specifically to this unique corner of the U.S., was published by the R. W. Morse Company in August 2010. Rick set a "Big Year" record for the most birds seen in Mexico in 1988 with 717 species.