Josiah Patrick
Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Josiah has called the United States home for the past 22 years. Having spent the last three years in the Tampa Bay area, he has fallen in love with the Gulf Coast. He is deeply passionate about birds, wildlife, and conservation. Josiah uses bird guiding and photography to share his […]
Jim Collins
Originally from the Upper Midwest, Jim has called Florida home for more than 25 years and now lives in the Sarasota area with his family. He has had a lifelong passion for birds, wildlife, and nature, a passion that deepened after moving to Florida and experiencing the state’s remarkable diversity of habitats and species. Over […]
Georgia Birding Highlights
Ryan Carr
Ryan Carr is a lifelong wildlife enthusiast and outdoor guide who has spent the past five years leading nature-based adventures across the United States. Originally from the foothills of north Georgia, he later headed west to study in Montana before settling in New Orleans—places that together shaped his deep appreciation for both high-desert landscapes and […]
Peter Kleinhenz
Peter Kleinhenz is based in Aiken, South Carolina, where he works full-time as the Executive Director of the Aiken Land Conservancy, an accredited land trust dedicated to protecting the habitats of the very birds he seeks in his free time. His position offers him a unique perspective on regional habitats, species, and conservation opportunities—while also […]
John Patten Moss
For John Patten Moss, everything began in 2012 with the sudden appearance of an Eastern Towhee beneath his backyard feeder. He was 15. One glance in his mother’s decades-old field guide—naming it a Rufous-sided Towhee—was all it took to reveal an entire world he hadn’t yet noticed. From that moment on, birds became the driving […]
Hannah O’Carroll
Raised among the forests of North Carolina and now based in the West Palm Beach area, Hannah has spent the last five years exploring Florida’s rich birding hotspots. Her fascination with wildlife began early, but it truly took flight while she earned her bachelor’s degree in Fisheries, Wildlife Biology, and Conservation Biology at North Carolina […]
Charlie Ayers
Charlie Ayers began birding when he arrived at college and joined the school’s Birding Club. He originally entered college intending to specialize in amphibian disease ecology, but his life took a different turn on a cold March evening along the Blue Ridge Parkway. He and a few club members set out to watch the mating […]
Southwestern GA
Southeastern GA
