My love of birds began in my childhood with summers spent fishing and camping in Central Ontario. Birding took on an obsessive quality when, as a teenager, I volunteered for a month at the Long Point Bird Observatory – a life-changing experience that has continued to resonate throughout my career.

I graduated from Lakehead University in 1999 with an Honours Bachelor of Outdoor Recreation and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Science. I have worked on numerous bird-related projects throughout Ontario including the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas and Project Peregrine, and also spent two years as the Landbird Program Coordinator for the Long Point Bird Observatory. From 2004 to 2006 I worked as a Nature Educator at Calgary’s Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and as a Science Educator at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta.

I rejoined the team at BSC to combine my love of birds with my passion for environmental education. Current projects include the Southern Ontario Bald Eagle Monitoring Program and the Ontario Nocturnal Owl Survey.