I am a birder and naturalist originally from the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania. I currently reside in Central Michigan.

Although I get excited by just about everything in nature, I am particularly fond of birds, butterflies, springtails, and Carex sedges. Oh, and bobcats. When it comes to birding, I enjoy exploring remote locations as well as seeking visible migration phenomena and listening for nocturnal flight calls. You might find me setting up autonomous audio recorders and camera traps way out in the middle of nowhere.

Bird sightings are on eBird, although I occasionally add a few here.

I am an eBird regional reviewer and a member of the Pennsylvania Ornithological Records Committee.