About Me

I have been a passionate birder since I was ten years old. Ever since seeing my first Brown Creeper Certhia americana foraging on the trunk of a Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii, I have enjoyed researching the habits, status, and distributions of birds. My current work focuses biogeography, ecology, and evolution of birds, with a specific focus on Afrotropical montane birds. I frequently travel on both field expeditions and self-funded "vacations" studying some of the rarest birds on earth.

My field work has predominately been concentrated in the western United States, Central Africa, and the Caribbean.

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