Paul Baicich

Paul J. Baicich has been an active birder since his early teens in New York City.  His interests include bird conservation and policy, as well…

Kerri Wolter

After working in corporate for a few years, I was desperate to find my soul that had been lost in an air-conditioned office. My colleagues…

Caroline Walta

Caroline (1971) was already looking at birds from her cradle. As a child, she wandered through the neighbourhoods of The Hague with her binoculars, the…

Jess Lund

Jess is an evolutionary biologist and has been studying brood parasites – namely African Cuckoos, Greater Honeyguides, and Cuckoo Finches – for five years. She…

Laura Kammermeier

Laura is the Marketing Manager for Birds of the World at Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She is a birder keenly devoted to birds and nature…

Al Uy

Al Uy is Professor of Biology at the University of Rochester (NY, USA). Al was born and raised in the Philippines, moving to the US…

Karen Gallardo Cruz

When a marine biology class inspired me to pursue the field of ecology, I honestly did not know what that meant for my career, but…

Wayne Humphries

Wayne is of the firm belief that you are never too old to make a contribution to science and conservation nor does one often need…

Dr Derek Engelbrecht

Derek has always been passionate about the natural world, and this was nurtured by his parents, who always bought him animal books. After matriculating, he…

Nicholas B. Pattinson

Nick has been a member of the Hot Birds Research Project for 9 years, studying temperature-related effects on the physiology and behaviour of birds. Currently,…