Keith Clayton

Keith Clayton

Keith Clayton grew up in southern New Jersey, where his love for the outdoors and birds began early. His mother enrolled him in Nature School, and he joined every Christmas Bird Count and FeederWatch project as soon as he was tall enough to see out the window on his own. That early spark grew into […]

Andre Golumbeski

Andre Golumbeski

Andre is a lifelong naturalist who discovered his love for birds at eight years old after becoming fascinated by a Dark-eyed Junco at his family’s backyard feeder. Growing up in Morris County in northern New Jersey, he spent much of his childhood seeking out any bird he could find close to home. As he began […]

Patrick Maurice

Patrick Maurice

Patrick Maurice was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Wildlife Science in 2021. He credits his lifelong passion for birds to his mother—also a birder—who introduced him to the outdoors at an early age. One of Patrick’s earliest birding memories is seeing Georgia’s first […]