LayoverBirder

John Koon. Airline pilot who likes birdwatching. Blue Ridge Audubon Chapter President.

[Salvatore Anthony Luiso @LightCrossLamb]

@USFWSBirds @audubonsociety @ABCbirds @ABA @BirdSafePGH @birdsafeguelph @birdsafecanada @ARochaInt @ARochaUSA @CreationCare @CareofCreation

Mentioned: #birdfriendly #birdsafe #FlacoTheOwl @flaco_theowl @FlacoOwlNYC @centralparkzoo @CornellBirds @SkylineWindows @FXCollaborative

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

@BrianTurnerNC @NCWildlife Is that a barn owl?? Which Sandy Mush area were you in?

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

@kairyssdal Seems like he is underpaid by billions at Tesla.

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Climbed to 14,000’ to find this brown-capped rosy-finch… in a parking lot 🤨 #Colorado #PikesPeak #BirdsOfTwitter #BirdsSeenIn2024

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

What a treat to see the errant #WhooperSwan in Washington state yesterday. Check out that bill! #birdwatching #SkagitValley #RareBirds #BirdsSeenIn2024

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

@RSPBScotland @Natures_Voice Is number 6 a bittern (thunder pumper)?

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Angra dos Reis, Brazil, is not short on cool birds! Blue Dacnis, gray-hooded Attila, green-headed tanager and yellow-fronted woodpecker. #BirdsSeenin2024 #birdwatching

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Skimmers in a parking lot. Drive-up birding! #birding #Florida #BirdsSeenIn2024

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Florida rarities American Flamingos and Tropical Kingbird continue in opposite ends of Brevard County. Glad they stuck around for me! #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2024 #BirdingFlorida

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

You might say this is a really crummy picture of a northern shrike in Wyoming, and you’d not be wrong, but understand the zoom and cropping involved just to get a diagnostic pic. #birdwatching #BirdsSeenIn2024 #CameraID

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Ah January 1, when every bird is a year bird! Ruddy ducks and a green-wing teal at New York LaGuardia airport. #birdwatching #AirportBirds #BirdsSeenIn2024

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

@BrianTurnerNC My bear sure did…

[Audubon North Carolina @AudubonNC]

NC chapter leaders are in Estes Park, CO for @audubonsociety's leadership conference. We’re swapping stories and inspiration with Audubon members from across the hemisphere, and seeing some amazing birds!

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Time for #WaderWednesday with some Eurasian Curlew, ringed plover and turnstones from the #Scotland coast. #birding #BirdsOfTwitter

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Northern gannets are perhaps my favorite seabirds. #BirdsSeenIn2023 #Scotland #birdphotography

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Gilded Flicker in appropriate habitat. #PhoenixAz #BirdsSeenIn2023 #birdphotography

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

What a treat— immature Lesser Nighthawk posing in Papago Park, #PhoenixAz #birding #BirdsSeenIn2023

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

@TheBirdist Were they singing?

[LayoverBirder @LayoverBirder]

Red-neck phalaropes escorting the kayak in #KenaiFjordsNP #Alaska #birding #BirdsSeenIn2023