I enjoyed having Mike as a guide on my first venture with him. He is extremely knowledgeable and skilled in finding and identifying the many warblers passing through. Mike pointed out a lot of field identification tips that helped me expand my own skills. His depth of experience and his enthusiasm for sharing what he knows made it a great birding day.

This was an awesome experience, my wife and I were the only ones that showed up. Mike Resch was our professional guide. Mike is a master birder, I have never seen anyone with his knowledge and skill. He could identify birds by call and in their fall plumage. We were about done when he received a text about a Limpkin that had been found in his hometown and he invited us to follow him. He treated us as friends, we spent about 8 hours with him and I added so many birds to my life list. What a bargain and great time.

A slow-paced meandering birdwalk often distracted by conversations with unafilliated random birders in search of local birds.

Washington is a beautiful state. Several considerations to be made: maybe not in August when it's soo hot to go into the arid section. Birds were not active. Also, not to visit a National Park on a weekend day. The lines getting in, difficulty parking, and crowds took away from the experience and we missed the Rosy Finch. :) It was no problem for us, but the tour needs to be given more than a "moderate" level of hiking and exercise. Some attendents were not able to keep up, and slowed us down here and there. The pelagic trip was awesome! We happened to see 59 orcas, along with many of the bird species expected. The town of Westport was a nice little fishing town. Not touristy - perfect. The Olympic National Park had a great trail to a waterfall that took us through gigantic trees and lush vegetation. Definitely what you'd expect in Washington state. Getting to the top of Hurricane Ridge, we had close views of Mt Olympus, but it was unfortunately, a smoky day due to wildfires. So....we were not able to have the view of Puget Sound and other mountains. Our lodgings were good, and majority of meals were fabulous. We were able to find most of the target birds except when it was crowded or too smoky. All in all, we enjoyed this trip. This review is for myself and Leo C.

We had a great time, and we learned a lot. Aaron is a superb birder!