Grace Yaros
Originally hailing from New Jersey, Grace has always had a fascination with wildlife and the outdoors. She went on her first birdwatching trip at the age of 15 to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, quickly caught the birding bug, and has been bird-crazy ever since. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2023 with a […]
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 […]
Brady Schwab
Brady grew up in McKinney, Texas, where he developed a love for the natural world at a young age. Birds quickly captured his attention with their remarkable migratory journeys. During the pandemic, Brady began birding extensively across North Texas, and in 2021, he set a new Big Year record for Collin County. Now a graduate […]
Aeris Clarkson
Aeris grew up in Arlington, Texas, with an early love for nature and a desire to work with animals. A vivid childhood memory of watching a pair of Summer Tanagers chase one another through the trees at her grandparents’ property in East Texas planted a seed that would fully bloom years later. When the pandemic […]
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 […]
Noah Nei
Noah is a conservation biologist who grew up in Minnesota and spent much of his early life birding throughout the Midwest, particularly in the Great Lakes region. He now spends his springs working with Black-capped Vireos in the Texas Hill Country and his falls banding birds at observatories across the country. He began birding seriously […]
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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 […]
Nolan Walker
Nolan hails from Tennessee, where he began birding at the age of nine and quickly immersed himself in some of the East Coast’s most iconic birding destinations, including Cape May and the Outer Banks. His early exposure to migration, coastal birding, and the excitement of discovering new species set the foundation for what would become […]
Kianna Burtle
Kianna has lived in central Texas for more than 20 years, where she discovered her passion for birding while attending Texas State University. She has always been full of admiration and curiosity for the natural world, but it wasn’t until she met influential mentors in college that her love of birds truly took shape—both as […]
