A birder and nature enthusiast for over 40 years. Former wildlife contractor working and a volunteer with the Canadian Wildlife Service, Industrial Forestry Service in British Columbia , Lakehead University, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) conducting bird and vegetation surveys. Participated and or participating in three of Ontario’s Breeding Bird Atlases (one of the coordinators for the third), Breeding Bird Survey and Forest Bird Monitoring programs. Conducted bird surveys in northern BC; central and northern Ontario; Hudson Bay lowlands. Also birded across Canada, (as well as the high arctic on Baffin Island), USA, and the Caribbean. Assisted in a small and large mammal surveys for university graduates and the OMNR in northern Ontario. I am also a professional forester with considerable work experience in plant and tree identification in northern Ontario and British Columbia.