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| Client comment "This tour was great. I liked the smaller group of eight, and John Coons was a wonderful tour leader. I had never birded with him before, although I had heard good things about him. He was organized but flexible, great at finding birds and showing them to everyone, terrific sense of humor, and a pleasure to bird with." - E.B., TEXAS COAST MIGRATION SPECTACLE Why Travel with Us?  The Bobolink is perhaps the most handsome of our North American blackbirds. This one was photographed by guide John Rowlett on our Virginias' Warblers tour. |
| JOHN COONS: Field Guides Leader | |
John Coons combines birding excellence with a natural ability as a tour guide. He has been leading tours since 1985. Since then his great group skills, attention to detail, easy laugh, and unfailing sense to spot (and remember!) what's fascinating in things large and small have brought delight to innumerable Field Guides participants on tours from the High Arctic to the tip of South America and throughout Australasia. When not on tour, John enjoys exploring and birding the remote mountains, canyons, and mesas of his home in northern Arizona. His ambition of developing a completely sustainable yard of native wildflowers, grasses, trees, and shrubs is an unending goal that consumes more time than expected each spring and summer. |
John's Upcoming Tours |
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| VIRGINIAS' WARBLERS May 30 - Jun 3, 2012 with John Rowlett & John Coons Unsurpassed locale for breeding wood-warblers; cool, mountain climate in both beautiful states on our birding tour; optional visit to Monticello. | |
| MONTANA: YELLOWSTONE TO GLACIER Jun 7-17, 2012 with Terry McEneaney & John Coons A tour for great western birding and wildlife amidst the scenery of Big Sky country. | |
| SPITSBERGEN & SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO: A CRUISE TO THE NORWEGIAN ARCTIC Jun 23 - Jul 5, 2012 with John Coons A high-arctic adventure aboard a comfortable vessel for fantastic seabirds, marine mammals including Walrus and Polar Bear, and fabulous scenery. | |
| ARIZONA'S SECOND SPRING Jul 28 - Aug 6, 2012 with John Coons An ideal time for visiting one of the best birding regions in North America: great for local specialties and Mexican vagrants. | |
| AUSTRALIA Oct 9-24, 2012 (II) with John Coons & Jesse Fagan Our Australia birding tour is split in two parts for those with limited time. Part I covers the environs of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, southwest Australia, and Alice Springs. Part II begins in Darwin and continues to Queensland (Cairns, Atherton Tableland, Outback Queensland, and O'Reilly's Guest House). Both parts combine for a complete birding tour of Australia. (Tasmania Extension to Oct 29, 2012) May be combined with New Zealand | |
| HOLIDAY IN HONDURAS: THE LODGE AT PICO BONITO Dec 30, 2012 - Jan 4, 2013 with John Coons & local guide A new holiday tour over New Year's based in a lovely and bird-rich setting at The Lodge at Pico Bonito. | |
| PANAMA'S CANOPY TOWER Jan 19-25, 2013 with John Coons Birding tour offering a towering introduction to Neotropical birds based entirely in a unique lodge; quick access to famous Pipeline Road. | |
| BELIZE Feb 17-23, 2013 with Peter Burke & John Coons A terrific introduction to (or continuation of!) your tropical birding, including some regional bird specialties. | |
| BRAZIL NUTSHELL: ATLANTIC FOREST, IGUAZU FALLS & THE PANTANAL Mar 2-16, 2013 with Marcelo Padua & John Coons This medium-length tour hits three of Brazil's premier birding venues, staying several nights at each to ensure an unhurried pace as we rack up some 400 species of birds. | |
| TEXAS COAST MIGRATION SPECTACLE Apr 13-19, 2013 with John Coons Birding tour to the migration mecca of High Island plus specialties of the Big Thicket and myriad waterbirds and shorebirds. May be combined with Texas's Big Bend & Hill Country | |
| TEXAS COAST MIGRATION SPECTACLE Apr 20-26, 2013 with John Coons Birding tour to the migration mecca of High Island plus specialties of the Big Thicket and myriad waterbirds and shorebirds. | |
| ARIZONA: BIRDING THE BORDER May 10-19, 2013 with John Coons Birding tour to one of the most exciting destinations in North America with a backdrop of spectacular mountain scenery. | |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA'S CANYONS & CONDOR Jun 1-6, 2013 with John Coons This new birding tour features mountain and high desert birds of the western US amidst stunning scenery with California Condors at the Grand Canyon, all guided by our own Flagstaff-based resident expert, John Coons. | |
| MONTANA: YELLOWSTONE TO GLACIER Jun 13-23, 2013 with Terry McEneaney & John Coons A tour for great western birding and wildlife amidst the scenery of Big Sky country. | |
| SPITSBERGEN & SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO: A CRUISE TO THE NORWEGIAN ARCTIC Jul 2-14, 2013 with John Coons A high-arctic adventure aboard a comfortable vessel for fantastic seabirds, marine mammals including Walrus and Polar Bear, and fabulous scenery. | |
| ARIZONA'S SECOND SPRING Jul 27 - Aug 5, 2013 with John Coons An ideal time for visiting one of the best birding regions in North America: great for local specialties and Mexican vagrants. | |
| AUSTRALIA Oct 15-30, 2013 (II) with John Coons & Jesse Fagan Our Australia birding tour is split in two parts for those with limited time. Part I covers the environs of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, southwest Australia, and Alice Springs. Part II begins in Darwin and continues to Queensland (Cairns, Atherton Tableland, Outback Queensland, and O'Reilly's Guest House). Both parts combine for a complete birding tour of Australia. (Tasmania Extension to Nov 4, 2013) May be combined with New Zealand | |
| HOLIDAY IN HONDURAS: THE LODGE AT PICO BONITO Dec 29, 2013 - Jan 3, 2014 with John Coons & local guide A new holiday tour over New Year's based in a lovely and bird-rich setting at The Lodge at Pico Bonito. | |
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