Michael O'Brien
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Upcoming Tours
- Nov 14, 10: South Texas Birds and Butterflies
- Mar 20, 11: Belize: Relaxed and Easy
- Apr 07, 11: Colorado Grouse
- Apr 19, 11: South Florida
- Apr 27, 11: Dry Tortugas
- May 15, 11: Spring in Cape May: A Relaxed and Easy Tour
- May 22, 11: Delaware Bay Shorebirds
- May 28, 11: North Carolina
- Jun 19, 11: Western Colorado, Birds & Habitats
- Jul 16, 11: Galapagos Cruise: Tandayapa Pre-Trip
- Jul 18, 11: Galapagos Islands Cruise Aboard Isabella II
- Sep 25, 11: Cape May and Bombay Hook
- Nov 06, 11: South Texas Birds and Butterflies
- Mar 09, 12: Central Texas Coast Birding Workshop
- Mar 18, 12: Belize: Relaxed and Easy
- Apr 06, 12: Colorado Grouse
- Apr 17, 12: South Florida
- Apr 25, 12: Dry Tortugas
- May 13, 12: Spring in Cape May: A Relaxed and Easy Tour
- May 21, 12: Delaware Bay Shorebirds
- May 26, 12: North Carolina
- Jun 17, 12: Western Colorado, Birds & Habitats
- Sep 23, 12: Cape May and Bombay Hook
- Nov 11, 12: South Texas Birds and Butterflies
Recent Posts
- Aug 07, 10: Galapagos Islands Cruise Aboard the M/V Evolution
- Jun 14, 10: North Carolina
- Apr 14, 10: Belize: Relaxed and Easy
- Mar 26, 10: Central Texas Coast Birding Workshop
- Dec 09, 09: South Texas Birds & Butterflies
- Dec 09, 09: Southwest Colorado: Birds & Butterflies
- Sep 30, 09: Panama's Canopy Tower: Birds & Butterflies
- May 08, 09: Baja California: Among the Great Whales
- Sep 22, 08: Summer at El Valle's Canopy Lodge
- Sep 22, 08: Summer at Panama's Canopy Tower
Michael O'Brien is a freelance artist, author, and environmental consultant living in Cape May, New Jersey. He has a passionate interest in bird vocalizations and field identification, and a serious addiction to migration and nocturnal birding. His travels have taken him throughout North and Central America and beyond. At home in Cape May, Michael serves as an Associate Naturalist with Cape May Bird Observatory for whom he conducts numerous workshops, and, for many years, conducted a fall songbird migration count. He is co-author of The Shorebird Guide, Flight Calls of Migratory Birds, and America's 100 Most Wanted Birds. His illustrations have been widely published in books and field guides, including the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America and the new Peterson field guides. Michael also has an intense interest in butterflies, leads several "Birds & Butterflies" tours with his wife, Louise Zemaitis, and is coordinator of the Cape May Butterfly Count.