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Dale and Charlotte Grayem on May 19, 2008 at 05:00 PM said:

We are from Ohio so our birding expertise is east of the Mississippi. I knew that I could pick up a bunch of lifers in Texas, but I feared that I would also miss many because of the time I would have to spend leafing through field guides and finding hot spots. Also, I'm not so great with shore birds. The answer? Jon's bird tour!! We let Jon do all of the work, and boy does he work! We went to spot after spot and I could hardly write as fast as we were seeing the birds! Jon knows his birds, both by sight and sound, and he had an uncanny way of locating birds before either my wife or myself. We also enjoyed how personable he is. Several times, I had problems seeing birds, and Jon patiently added detail until I finally saw what he was looking at. We recommend Jon as a guide to birders of all levels of expertise. He made both of us feel right at home; like we were birding with an old friend.

Ian Mitchell and Frances Burton on March 15, 2008 at 07:38 AM said:

We had a simply splendid morning with Jon, despite a foggy start. We were too busy looking at the birds to keep a completely accurate account, but we know we had at least 25 life birds in the time we spent touring parks, waste treatment plants and coastal waters. Jon's knowledge of the local area and his obvious delight at sighting some of the more difficult birds were inspirational, to say the least. Our favourites had to be the Great Kiskadee, the Clapper Rail, the Golden-fronted Woodpecker and the Vermilion Flycatcher. Thank you, Jon, for a morning to remember forever!

Jeff & Julie Weingarz, Sycamore, Illinois on March 2, 2008 at 12:11 PM said:

We normally take birding trips to catch glimpse of 1 specific bird - Jon took us out in 1 morning and showed us 17 lifers in approximately 3 hours!! Our favorites were the golden-fronted woodpecker, green jay, great kiskadee, Couch's kingbird, Lincoln sparrow, and the black-bellied whistling duck - most of these species are not found in the upper midwest. We were impressed with Jon's knowledge of seemingly ordinary parks and residential areas harboring significant bird species; we had a great time and hope to get back to the area sometime in the not too distant future for a second outing!!!

Janet Colville on March 6, 2007 at 07:46 AM said:

With freezing temperatures the night before many birds we looked for were in hiding, but Jon was still able to find over 100 interesting birds to see including many nesting pairs of Great Kiskadees and a Peregrine Falcon. The troop of piglets we ran into made the day! Thanks for a wonderful day out.

Steve and Judy Taylor on March 4, 2007 at 08:14 PM said:

We needed some difficult sparrows. Four of them. Jon got us on all of them. We'd heard barred owls, but hadn't been able to see one yet. Jon got us one at dusk. An extended look. Nice day.

Thanks Jon.

Steve and Judy on December 24, 2006 at 09:03 AM said:

We went out with Jon last year. He got us northern gannets puttin on their aerial display over the ocean. Who'd have expected that? Then he got us a groove billed ani in the winter. We've been coming here in the winter for fifteen years without seeing a groove billed ani.

Thanks Jon

Capt. Tommy Moore on December 11, 2006 at 07:48 AM said:

Great Trip! I still cannot believe you saw that snipe on an oyster reef! Thanks again!

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