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Blake Halbert
Blake Halbert is a wildlife biologist with a special interest in birds and herpetofauna. He became a dedicated birder during his early college years and has been passionate about it ever since. Blake has worked as a field biologist conducting point counts, migration surveys, and eagle nesting surveys. Most of his birding experience is in […]
John Jonas
After many years of birding, it wasn’t until someone asked John Jonas if he could hear “that bird” (which he couldn’t) that he discovered he had high-frequency hearing loss. But it never slowed him down. With more than 18 years of experience, John is a dedicated birder and bird/wildlife photographer with a passion for helping […]
Liam Wolff
Liam Wolff’s birding journey began at eight years old in the coastal plain of Georgia, when a group of acrobatic Mississippi Kites captured his imagination as they wheeled and dove over his backyard. What started as identifying backyard birds quickly evolved into a full-blown obsession during his teenage years, ultimately shaping his path toward becoming […]
Chris Saenz
Christopher “Chris” Saenz is a Port Aransas local whose passion for birding began just five years ago—but has grown with remarkable speed. After attending a “Birding on the Boardwalk” program one morning, he took one look at a Whooping Crane and a White-faced Ibis through a spotting scope and was instantly hooked. That single experience […]
Clayton Leapold
Clayton grew up in a small rural community just north of Victoria, Texas, where wildlife—especially birds—captured his attention from an early age. Many of his formative hours were spent on the back porch watching the feeders, slowly learning the rhythms and residents of his local patch. He went on to earn two degrees from Texas […]
Cameron Johnson
Cameron was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where he spent his childhood seeking out pockets of wildlife in an otherwise urbanized landscape. The awe he felt watching immense migratory flocks of Snow and Ross’s Geese sparked what would become a lifelong passion for ornithology. Since then, he has dedicated himself to exploring birdlife and […]
Nick Glover
Nick has had a lifelong interest in birds—from childhood backyard birding to aviculture to professional ornithological research. His first bird list dates back to 1997, when at just four years old he began matching species in a field guide to the birds visiting his Massachusetts backyard, with his mom recording each new sighting. After spending […]
Stephen Falick
Stephen grew up in Houston, Texas, where his interest in birds began after watching a Red-headed Woodpecker at his grandparents’ feeder. Exploring the green spaces around his childhood neighborhood, he developed a deep appreciation not just for birds, but also for reptiles, invertebrates, and plants. In 2015, his first trip to the Trans-Pecos—originally in search […]
