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The following spring I saw my first Scarlet Tanager and Ruby-throated Hummingbird-they cemented my love of birds and color. After I identified a Northern Cardinal female, I realized there were a lot of other birds I wanted to learn. Personal: Currently visiting the Bay Area for a few years as I pursue a PhD in climate dynamics in the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University.īirding history: Started birding in 1977 when I was stuck inside after a blizzard that stopped the transit system and closed schools for ten days. Most memorable birding experience: After my dad and I stumbled upon a Zone-tailed Hawk in coastal Massachusetts, what was probably the same individual appeared several more times in a total of 7 states and provinces! An amazing testament to the ever-growing number of birders with their eyes on the skies, the power of information sharing in the birding community, and the crazy things migration can do. Now enjoying getting to know the birds of the Bay Area!įavorite birding locations: Palo Alto Baylands, Stanford Dish Trail, and anywhere else I can bike to! Got more serious about keeping track of all my sightings, and began to learn about details of migration timing and habitat preferences, early in my teenage years, when I started following email listservs and using eBird. Personal information: I did research at SRI International for my whole career, focusing on the development of computer vision techniques that we applied to industrial robots, autonomous vehicles, and aerial image analysis.īirding history: Interested in birds basically since birth, thanks to my parents and to the great wildlife in our yard in New Hampshire. We also came across areas ransacked by wild elephants (but no elephants!) We found a wide variety of drongos, barbets, bee-eaters, trogons, hornbills, and a Greater Flameback. The guide could estimate the distance to a bird as well as identify it and estimate an azimuth and elevation from its calls. Most memorable birding experience: When my wife and I went to Thailand a few years ago for a wedding, I hired a guide for a day who took me up to the ridge on the border with Myanmar. (I obviously need to travel more!)įavorite birds: Orioles are my favorite family of birds, mostly because yellow is my favorite color, plus I was born in Baltimore (but raised in Florida).įavorite birding locations: I like to mix hikes at new places with hikes to my “standards,” such as Pearson-Arastradero, Shoreline, Sunnyvale Baylands, Ulistac, and Ed Levin. My goal is to find a life bird every month, but it’s getting harder and harder because I’ve seen almost all the non-pelagic birds in the area. We are avid readers.īirding history: I started birding seriously in 2015 after gradually getting more and more interested. We travel every chance that we get, and love to spend time outside with family and friends. My husband and I have 2 grown children, 2 wonderful in-law children, and a little grandson that we adore. We recently went to East Africa and saw an unbelievable variety of birds in Tarangire, the Serengeti, and Masai Mara. Most memorable birding experiences: Seeing the boobies up close in the Galapagos was wonderful. Great way to get outside, learn something, and meet some lovely people.įavorite birds: I really love owls and the raptors.įavorite birding locations: My yard! I also enjoy the parks along the Bay, Coyote Valley Open Space, Cap Ponds, Don Edwards, and anywhere we travel. My husband and I started birding when we retired a few years ago, and we’ve loved it. We have a dear friend who is a life-long birder, and who encouraged us to take it up. Birding history: I’ve enjoyed birds since I was a child, as my grandmother loved birds.
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