Cape Town, South Africa |
After discovering that I wasn’t the only birder in the world, I started joining the local Audubon bird walks every spring. I fondly remember my first migration when I’d hurry home after each walk to add the dozen or two lifers to my life list. I was finally seeing the real counterparts to the photos in my field guide. As the years passed, my obsession became an addiction and I was soon heavily involved with the nation-wide young birder scene attending ABA camps such as the Young Birder Tracks in Arizona and Maine, Young Birder Conference in Colorado, Camp Chiricahua (VENT) in Arizona and competed in the World Series of Birding and Great Texas Birding Classic (team captain) on the ABA/Leica Tropicbirds team. Shortly later with help from Kim Kaufman and a couple other Ohio young birders, I helped create the Ohio Young Birders Club, which has become incredibly successful and the backbone for many other state young birder clubs that have sprung up since.
Since then I’ve birded coast to coast, worked several field jobs in Ohio, Montana, New York and Alaska and traveled abroad to Central and South America, Europe and Africa. For the past two years I’ve called Cape Town, South Africa home only occasionally returning to the states for field jobs and holidays. Currently I’m working towards becoming a full-time birding guide having lead tours in the United States, Canada and South Africa for various groups. Feel free to contact me by clicking on the contact tab. As of now, Ohio is currently home.
Since then I’ve birded coast to coast, worked several field jobs in Ohio, Montana, New York and Alaska and traveled abroad to Central and South America, Europe and Africa. For the past two years I’ve called Cape Town, South Africa home only occasionally returning to the states for field jobs and holidays. Currently I’m working towards becoming a full-time birding guide having lead tours in the United States, Canada and South Africa for various groups. Feel free to contact me by clicking on the contact tab. As of now, Ohio is currently home.