Photo by Jean Hoogacker
Kevin Karlson is an accomplished birder, professional tour leader and wildlife photographer who has published numerous articles on bird identification and natural history for an assortment of magazines, journals, calendars and CD/DVDs. A former photo editor for North American Birds, he currently writes the Birder’s ID column for Wild Bird Magazine. Kevin is a co-author of The Shorebird Guide (Houghton Mifflin Co. 2006) and just completed a new book for the Roger Tory Peterson Reference series at Houghton Mifflin Co. called Birding by Impression, which should be published in 2011. He also recently completed a photography book called The Birds of Cape May NJ, which celebrates the birds of this special location through the four seasons. It is due for release in September, 2010.
As the sole ornithologist for Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s DVD Birds of North America, Kevin prepared photos and wrote captions for over 2600 bird images, including over 800 of his own. He is a regular presence at numerous Bird and Nature festivals around North America, where he gives keynote presentations and workshops on bird identification and natural history, and leads field trips to a variety of locations. Kevin also leads a limited number of photography tours.
Kevin will give the keynote presentation at the Michigan Audubon Annual Meeting on Friday, May 14, at Wiltse’s Brew Pub in Oscoda.
Kevin will give a workshop on shorebird identification on Saturday, May 15, at Tawas Point State Park.
For more information on the keynote address and the workshop, CLICK HERE
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