Todd Easterla

Todd 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.

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