 Don RobersonDon Roberson is the author of five published books on the birds of Monterey and California. He has also authored a compendium of information on birds on his prodigious website CREAGRUS.In 1989 Don served as seabird surveyor on the NOAA research vessel McArthur on a four-month journey throughout the Pacific. He has published major identification papers on Cookilaria petrels, small black and white shearwaters and boobies. He served on the California Bird Record Committee for 13 years and managed to do all this in addition to his extensive world birding adventures. Don has the uncanny ability to tell when we venture out of Monterey County waters without using instrumentation! For more details, see the bio on Don Roberson's website. 
Steve BaileyStephen. F. Bailey has a combination of education, world birding experience and museum work on Pacific seabirds that is unique. He holds a PhD in zoology from UC Berkeley and has curated or studied more than 400,000 bird museum specimens. He is one of the top listers in the Pacific Region and has served two terms on the California Bird Records Committee and fourteen years as Regional Editor for the journal North American Birds. He was Director of the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History before taking an early retirement to concentrate on doing more world birding and bird tour leading. Steve is well known for his research and expertise on Pacific seabirds. He also leads trips for Rockjumper Tours to Papua New Guinea. In 2007 Steve became only the second person ever to see more than 3,000 species (3,110) in the course of a World Big Year.
Dan SingerDan Singer embodies the expression, "Still waters run deep". You won't read his posts on the listservs very often. He's not into bragging. But if you engage him in a conversation about birds you will come to realize the depth of knowledge he has. Dan is the former Chairman of the California Bird Records Committee. He has also served as regional editor for North American Birds magazine. He has a great affinity for being out on the ocean and for seabirds and enjoys sharing this appreciation with others. We are very fortunate to have him as part of our team. His latest travels have been to Baja California, Chiapas and Peru.
Roger WolfeRoger Wolfe is a 40-year resident of the Monterey Bay area. He has a profound respect for the ocean from years of surfing, swimming, kayaking, sailing, fishing, seabirding, whale watching and walking the beach.Roger works as a naturalist for Monterey Bay Whale Watch and is out on the bay on a weekly basis. He has seabirded from the Bering Strait to the Sea of Cortez where he led trips on a live-aboard boat. Roger was featured on the National Geographic Channel's program Whale Attack! His most recent trips have been to the Galapagos Archipelago and New Zealand in search of seabirds. 
Richard TernulloRichard Ternullo is a second-generation sea captain born and raised in Monterey. With a degree in biology, he has led natural history trips on the bay for 33 years, 16 of those as a skipper for Shearwater Journeys. His familiarity with the marine mammals and seabirds of Monterey comes from firsthand experience. He is on the water and in communication with other skippers nearly every day with Monterey Bay Whale Watch.The research Richard conducts with Nancy Black on Killer Whales has been the subject of feature programs on the BBC, the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Explorer. He is the best seabird skipper on the west coast, bar none. Richard is also king of the one liners with a vast repertoire of jokes he hears over the radio. 
Todd EasterlaTodd Easterla has been birding since he was eight years old, not counting the earlier days when his dad would stop the car on vacations to collect fly-by specimens. His father, Dr. David Easterla, teaches at the University of Missouri and is co-author of Birds of Missouri. Todd was raised on birds and birding.He has worked as a tour leader and contract biologist and operated Pterodroma Tours to pursue offshore species. He has been leading pelagic trips in California for 18 years. His birding has slowed a bit recently as he is a full time single father for chummers Tayla and Tanner. Todd is a gifted birder with a set of eyes that are legendary. He often sees things on the horizon well before anyone else. In May of 2005 he was part of the team that set a new county Big Day national record in San Diego County of 217 species.
Tim Amaral is an introduced hybrid species seen throughout the Central
Coast region. Primarily ground-dwelling and non-migratory, this species
is often seen bringing food to two young and nesting materials to his
mate around the nest site in the hills of Prunedale. His song heard
in the breeding season is "She's the One" by Bruce Springsteen,
and his winter call note is said to be wry and lighthearted with a descending
sarcastic trill. Best identified by dark eye rings and absence of neck
tie. Previously know as the "Bearded Twit", but he shaves
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| Out of the 98 pelagic trips I've taken since 1986 the last 23
with Monterey Seabirds have, by far, been the most enjoyable and
rewarding. Passenger numbers are limited, rather than maxed out,
insuring optimal comfort and quality birding for all. The spotters
are informed, helpful and always accessible and the cost per person
has remained much lower than the norm for west coast pelagic trips.
As a seabirder/photographer I've found on-board conditions to
be ideal and quite liberating. Elbow room for panning and space
for spontaneous movement about the deck is a given. Monterey Seabirds'
skipper/seabirder, Richard Ternullo, who has been ferrying naturalists
and seabirders out on Monterey Bay and beyond for 3 decades, has,
without a doubt, been indispensable to the success of every trip.
Roger Wolfe, experienced leader and coordinator of Monterey Seabirds
and present on every trip, is notorious for his energy and enthusiasm. Jeff Poklen (Santa Cruz, CA) |
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