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Max Leibowitz
Born and raised in Southern California, Max has been interested in wildlife—especially birds—since he was 12 years old. He continued developing his birding and photography skills throughout high school, which inspired him to study wildlife conservation in college and pursue a career as a naturalist working on avian ecology and conservation projects. Max has extensive […]
Emmett Iverson
Emmett was born and raised in the land of Yellow-billed Magpies and Nuttall’s Woodpeckers—the Central Valley of California. His introduction to birding began with a gifted Sibley guide and his grandmother’s feeder in Maine. After becoming captivated by a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, he returned to California and discovered its west coast counterpart, the Black-headed Grosbeak. That […]
Bobby Figarotta
After moving to the West Coast from New Jersey at age 12, Bobby has spent more than a decade exploring California’s wild places and chasing rare birds up and down the state. He loves discovering new habitats and studying how birds interact with California’s diverse ecosystems. Bobby is particularly interested in how common species respond […]
Sammy Cowell
A Southern California native, Sammy has always had an interest in wildlife and birds, compiling yard lists and lifers throughout his younger years. His passion for birding deepened in college after taking an ornithology course in northern Michigan and gaining his first research experience conducting point counts and transects. He spent a summer between undergraduate […]
