Glen Mittelhauser is the Executive Director of the Maine Natural History Observatory and the Coordinator of the Maine Bird Atlas 2018-2022 project.
Erik Blomberg
Dr. Erik Blomberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at University of Maine / Orono who has been conducting research on upland game birds since 2001, with a focus on Maine since 2012.He holds a BS from the University of Wisconsin / Stevens Point, an MS from the University of Rhode Island, and a PhD from the University of Nevada / Reno, where his dissertation research focused on Greater Sage-Grouse in the American Great Basin.Here in Maine Erik and graduate students in his lab study Ruffed Grouse, Spruce Grouse, American Woodcock, and Wild Turkey, with most of the work in the lab being focused on habitat associations and their links to bird populations. Erik lives in Old Town with his wife, one‑year‑old son, and two unruly dogs.
Woody Gillies
Woody Gillies has had an interest in birds since his mother introduced him to backyard birding at an early age. When he was in junior high, he tagged along with his older brother who was taking a field ornithology course in college. Woody is a retired Professor Emeritus from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY where he taught chemistry for thirty-five years. He was a member of the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club and Massachusetts Audubon and presently is president of Fundy Audubon, a local chapter of Maine Audubon. Woody has birded in the Canadian Maritimes, Central America, Australia, and Europe. He has been interested in nature photography most of his adult life and has photographed birds wherever his travels take him. In 2017, he did a Washington County Big Year with a year-end total of 199 species.
Dr. Herb Wilson
Dr. Herb Wilson is the Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences at Colby College in Waterville. He has a broad range of ornithological interests. Over the past quarter century in Maine, he has conducted research on the ecology of Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Palm Warbler, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Purple Finch. For over 20 years, he has been tracking patterns of spring arrival of migratory breeding birds with the assistance of over 200 citizen scientists.
Delia Mae Farris
Delia Mae Farris is a Cutler native, and an historical archivist for the many generations of her family’s lives on four lighthouse islands and fishing boats. She is a prolific storyteller, sharing her talents with young and old alike, in schools and communities throughout the downeast region. She is an interpreter for the historic McCurdy Herring Smokehouse Museum in Lubec, and leads shoreline tours for APPLE. “Reflections from Destiny Bay,” Delia’s essays on coastal nature and people, can be found in the Quoddy Tides Newspaper.
Chris Bartlett
Chris has been exploring the shores of Cobscook Bay since 1989 and is interested in all aspects of nature in the area. As field staff for the University of Maine Sea Grant Program, he has conducted numerous research and educational programs on marine ecology including seabird studies. Chris and his family live in Eastport, where he enjoys birding year round.
Bob Duchesne
Bob Duchesne became interested in birds in the first grade. Interest grew to passion and today Bob is currently President of the Penobscot Valley Chapter of Maine Audubon, and serves as a State Trustee. Bob is a frequent field trip leader for Audubon, and now operates his own guiding service with his wife, Sandi. Together, they have led trips from Atlantic Canada to the Florida Everglades. He spearheaded creation of the Maine Birding Trail, which launched in 2009, and is the author of Maine Birding Trail: The Official Guide to More than 260 Accessible Sites.
Bill Kolodnicki
Bill Kolodnicki, a retired Refuge Manager with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was stationed at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge from 2004 - 2016. Previously he was at the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, Long Island NWR Complex, and with the National Audubon Society. He has been a bird watcher all his life and his graduate work dealt with colonial nesting water birds.