Geoff Carpentier

Geoff has been an avid and active birder for over 30 years, having birded in North, South and Central America, Europe and Africa. He has led birding tours for many organizations, including Ontario Field Ornithologists, Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Trent University and Parks Canada. He is an accomplished public speaker and has taught many courses bird study (involved bird trips), waste management and pesticides for university, community college and government organizations.
Geoff is an accomplished photographer, having won several photographic awards and is widely published author, and has written one book (The Mammals of Peterborough County (1987) 125 pp.) And written articles for Angler and Hunter magazine, The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Ontario, Birdfinding Guide to Canada, Ontario Birds, Canadian Field Naturalists, After Fifty Newspaper, OFO News - newsletter for the Ontario Field Ornithologists editor for eleven years the Orchid - newsletter of the Peterborough Field Naturalists, and Birder’s Journal.
Additionally, he has contributed to data or information to numerous other publications or studies focussed on birds and mammals primarily. He is an active volunteer or research projects and has worked, in this regard, in Ontario, the Northwest Territories and New Brunswick on nesting, banding, habitat study, colour marking, migration and public education projects.
He has held several portfolios for the following organizations: Ontario Field Ornithologists - President, Board of Directors, Peterborough Field Naturalists - President 3 times and Board of Directors, Federation of Ontario Naturalists - Board of Directors, and Friends of the Teaching Rocks - Board of Directors.
Geoff holds a degree from the University of Guelph in zoology and the biological sciences, including botany, entomology and ornithology.