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			<title><![CDATA[Brian Sullivan]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Brian Sullivan has conducted fieldwork on birds throughout North America for the past 20 years.  Birding travels, photography, and field projects have taken him to Central and South America, to Antarctica, the Arctic and across North America.  He has written and consulted on various books, as well as popular, and scientific literature on North American birds.  Research interests include closing the gap between science and birding, and the field identification of North American birds.  He is currently project leader for eBird (www.ebird.org) and the Avian Knowledge Network (www.avianknowledge.net), photographic editor of the Birds of North America Online (http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/) at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, photographic editor for the journal North American Birds (http://www.americanbirding.org/pubs/nab/index.html), and a coauthor on the upcoming ‘Princeton Field Guide to North American Birds’.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Brian Sullivan has conducted fieldwork on birds throughout North America for the past 20 years.  Birding travels, photography, and field projects have taken him to Central and South America, to Antarctica, the Arctic and across North America.  He has written and consulted on various books, as well as popular, and scientific literature on North American birds.  Research interests include closing the gap between science and birding, and the field identification of North American birds.  He is currently project leader for eBird (www.ebird.org) and the Avian Knowledge Network (www.avianknowledge.net), photographic editor of the Birds of North America Online (http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/) at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, photographic editor for the journal North American Birds (http://www.americanbirding.org/pubs/nab/index.html), and a coauthor on the upcoming ‘Princeton Field Guide to North American Birds’.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[John Brush]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[John Brush has been birding in the Rio Grande Valley for 10 years, with frequent trips into nearby Tamaulipas, Mexico, for birding. He is currently attending the University of Texas Pan American, majoring in Biology with a minor in Leadership Studies.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[John Brush has been birding in the Rio Grande Valley for 10 years, with frequent trips into nearby Tamaulipas, Mexico, for birding. He is currently attending the University of Texas Pan American, majoring in Biology with a minor in Leadership Studies.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Terry Fuller]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Terry Fuller, holds multiple state and US records for rare birds, butterflies, and odonates. A physician by vocation, but a devout naturalist by avocation, Terry can swing between all winged creatures and plants at the drop of a birding hat. He's lived in the Valley for 14 years, and is well-versed in all the local flora and fauna. His yard is widely known for its mega yard counts for species of birds and butterflies, and counting. His passions have taken him all over the world, and his specialty is tropical ecosystems.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Terry Fuller]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Terry Fuller, holds multiple state and US records for rare birds, butterflies, and odonates. A physician by vocation, but a devout naturalist by avocation, Terry can swing between all winged creatures and plants at the drop of a birding hat. He's lived in the Valley for 14 years, and is well-versed in all the local flora and fauna. His yard is widely known for its mega yard counts for species of birds and butterflies, and counting. His passions have taken him all over the world, and his specialty is tropical ecosystems.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jennifer Duberstein, Ph.D]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Jennie Duberstein has spent her professional career working to protect birds and their habitats across the United States and northwestern Mexico. She has diverse skills and experience a field biologist and educator for a variety of organizations, from her current position as Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Sonoran Joint Venture to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, and Prescott College. She has developed community-based conservation projects in northwestern Mexico, coordinated and taught workshops on bird identification, ecotourism, and bird monitoring, developed a program and curriculum for training bird guides in Mexico, and has studied species including Osprey in Pennsylvania, Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Arizona, and Double-crested Cormorant and wading birds in Sonora, Mexico. She has also worked with young birders for many years, directing summer camps, organizing conferences, leading field trips, and editing and managing young birder publications for the American Birding Association. Jennie received her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Virginia Tech and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona's School of Natural Resources and the Environment, where she is currently adjunct faculty. Her area of expertise is human dimensions of natural resource management, with a special focus on social networks, capacity building, and strategic communications, education, and outreach.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Jennie Duberstein has spent her professional career working to protect birds and their habitats across the United States and northwestern Mexico. She has diverse skills and experience a field biologist and educator for a variety of organizations, from her current position as Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Sonoran Joint Venture to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, and Prescott College. She has developed community-based conservation projects in northwestern Mexico, coordinated and taught workshops on bird identification, ecotourism, and bird monitoring, developed a program and curriculum for training bird guides in Mexico, and has studied species including Osprey in Pennsylvania, Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Arizona, and Double-crested Cormorant and wading birds in Sonora, Mexico. She has also worked with young birders for many years, directing summer camps, organizing conferences, leading field trips, and editing and managing young birder publications for the American Birding Association. Jennie received her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Virginia Tech and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona's School of Natural Resources and the Environment, where she is currently adjunct faculty. Her area of expertise is human dimensions of natural resource management, with a special focus on social networks, capacity building, and strategic communications, education, and outreach.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ashli Gorbet]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Ashli grew up in the forests of northern Ohio and received her B.S. in Wildlife Management from The Ohio State University. In 2006, she relocated to New Mexico to explore the birds and mountains of the Land of Enchantment. She currently studies the breeding biology of Black-throated Gray Warblers, works as a wildlife biologist, and spends her free time banding birds and serving as secretary for both Rio Grande Bird Research, Inc. and the New Mexico Ornithological Society. Ashli loves to travel; she loves to immerse herself in the birds and culture of both new and familiar places.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Ashli Gorbet]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Ashli grew up in the forests of northern Ohio and received her B.S. in Wildlife Management from The Ohio State University. In 2006, she relocated to New Mexico to explore the birds and mountains of the Land of Enchantment. She currently studies the breeding biology of Black-throated Gray Warblers, works as a wildlife biologist, and spends her free time banding birds and serving as secretary for both Rio Grande Bird Research, Inc. and the New Mexico Ornithological Society. Ashli loves to travel; she loves to immerse herself in the birds and culture of both new and familiar places.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Glassberg]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Glassberg is the author of Butterflies Though Binoculars, the President of the North American Butterfly Association headquartered in New Jersey, and the founder of the National Butterfly Center here in the Valley—a ground-breaking concept park and facility, and an epicenter of butterfly activity and conservation.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Glassberg]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Glassberg is the author of Butterflies Though Binoculars, the President of the North American Butterfly Association headquartered in New Jersey, and the founder of the National Butterfly Center here in the Valley—a ground-breaking concept park and facility, and an epicenter of butterfly activity and conservation.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Matt Denton]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Matt Denton is an accomplished bird tour leader for Birdquest. He now lives in Austin, Texas after having lived for eight years in different parts of Latin America. His experience in the Neotropics began as a visiting biology student in Costa Rica as part of his studies at The Evergreen State College in the Pacific Northwest. He went on to lead field projects investigating the biology of tropical lowland birds in Costa Rica, Panama and Peru. Some of his varied experiences include working as a birding guide at the famous Rancho Naturalista in Costa Rica; ornithological surveys and monitoring of both Lear’s and Hyacinth Macaws in remote Northeast Brazil; and detailed study of the vocalizations and distribution of Peruvian birds. Matt has now birded very extensively in the Neotropics, as far south as Argentina.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Matt Denton is an accomplished bird tour leader for Birdquest. He now lives in Austin, Texas after having lived for eight years in different parts of Latin America. His experience in the Neotropics began as a visiting biology student in Costa Rica as part of his studies at The Evergreen State College in the Pacific Northwest. He went on to lead field projects investigating the biology of tropical lowland birds in Costa Rica, Panama and Peru. Some of his varied experiences include working as a birding guide at the famous Rancho Naturalista in Costa Rica; ornithological surveys and monitoring of both Lear’s and Hyacinth Macaws in remote Northeast Brazil; and detailed study of the vocalizations and distribution of Peruvian birds. Matt has now birded very extensively in the Neotropics, as far south as Argentina.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eric Antonio Martinez]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Eric Antonio Martinez has birded in Mexico for over 17 years.  He lives in Oaxaca and is part of the Mexico-Birding Tours, a company that offers private guided birding tours through Mexico`s best birding spots.  Eric has worked at Long Point Bird Observatory in Ontario, the Navopatia field station, organized birding excursion for Cruise ship lines at Huatulco Mexico and currently bird banding in southern Mexico.  Eric is the organizer and compiler for the two Christmas Bird Counts in Oaxaca.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[Eric Antonio Martinez]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Eric Antonio Martinez has birded in Mexico for over 17 years.  He lives in Oaxaca and is part of the Mexico-Birding Tours, a company that offers private guided birding tours through Mexico`s best birding spots.  Eric has worked at Long Point Bird Observatory in Ontario, the Navopatia field station, organized birding excursion for Cruise ship lines at Huatulco Mexico and currently bird banding in southern Mexico.  Eric is the organizer and compiler for the two Christmas Bird Counts in Oaxaca.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[David Cimprich]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Dr. Cimprich is a natural resources specialist with the Department of the Army at Fort Hood Military Reservation.  This installation currently hosts the largest known population of the Black-capped Vireo under a single management authority.  Dr. Cimprich currently supervises a program of monitoring and research focused on the Black-capped Vireo on Fort Hood.  He has pursued this work since 2001, first with The Nature Conservancy and, later, as a civilian Army employee.   He has collaborated with others in this effort, mainly Dr. Richard Kostecke of The Nature Conservancy, Dr. Jinelle Sperry of the University of Illinois, and Leslie Noa of the University of Vermont.  Before coming to work at Fort Hood, Dr. Cimprich published on the behavioral ecology of both migrating passerine birds and woodland birds in winter.]]></description>
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			<media:title><![CDATA[David Cimprich]]></media:title>
			<media:description><![CDATA[Dr. Cimprich is a natural resources specialist with the Department of the Army at Fort Hood Military Reservation.  This installation currently hosts the largest known population of the Black-capped Vireo under a single management authority.  Dr. Cimprich currently supervises a program of monitoring and research focused on the Black-capped Vireo on Fort Hood.  He has pursued this work since 2001, first with The Nature Conservancy and, later, as a civilian Army employee.   He has collaborated with others in this effort, mainly Dr. Richard Kostecke of The Nature Conservancy, Dr. Jinelle Sperry of the University of Illinois, and Leslie Noa of the University of Vermont.  Before coming to work at Fort Hood, Dr. Cimprich published on the behavioral ecology of both migrating passerine birds and woodland birds in winter.]]></media:description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jon McIntyre]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Jon McIntyre has been an avid birder in South Texas for over 15 years.  He resides in Port Aransas, where he owns McIntyre Birding Tours, a company that offers private guided birding tours to the Coastal Bend, Rio Grande Valley, and West Texas.  Jon also worked aboard the “Skimmer” whooping crane tour boat out of Rockport for 4 years.  This great birding vessel gave Jon thousands of views of whooping cranes, sometimes only 10 feet away!  He has also found many rare birds including the first winter Texas record of a Swainson’s thrush, a Eastern kingbird in the winter, red-billed tropicbirds, a rare Coastal Bend little gull, the first red-faced warbler from the Texas coast, several Texas brown noddies, and even the third Texas record of a black noddy.]]></description>
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			<media:description><![CDATA[Jon McIntyre has been an avid birder in South Texas for over 15 years.  He resides in Port Aransas, where he owns McIntyre Birding Tours, a company that offers private guided birding tours to the Coastal Bend, Rio Grande Valley, and West Texas.  Jon also worked aboard the “Skimmer” whooping crane tour boat out of Rockport for 4 years.  This great birding vessel gave Jon thousands of views of whooping cranes, sometimes only 10 feet away!  He has also found many rare birds including the first winter Texas record of a Swainson’s thrush, a Eastern kingbird in the winter, red-billed tropicbirds, a rare Coastal Bend little gull, the first red-faced warbler from the Texas coast, several Texas brown noddies, and even the third Texas record of a black noddy.]]></media:description>
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