Michael O'Brien
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Upcoming Tours
- Jun 01, 2013: North Carolina
- Jun 25, 2013: A Family Tour to Honduras: The Lodge at Pico Bonito
- Jul 18, 2013: Galapagos Islands Cruise Aboard Isabela II
- Aug 06, 2013: Camp Chiricahua
- Sep 22, 2013: Cape May and Bombay Hook
- Feb 22, 2014: Baja California: Among the Great Whales
- Mar 16, 2014: Belize: A Relaxed and Easy Tour
- Apr 21, 2014: Dry Tortugas
- Apr 24, 2014: South Florida & The Keys
- May 11, 2014: Spring in Cape May: A Relaxed and Easy Tour
- May 25, 2014: Birding Across America by Train
- Jun 18, 2014: Western Colorado: Birds & Habitats
- Jul 30, 2014: Camp Chiricahua
- Aug 16, 2014: Panama's Canopy Tower: Birds & Butterflies
- Sep 21, 2014: Cape May and Bombay Hook
Recent Posts
- Apr 04, 2013: Belize: A Relaxed and Easy Tour
- Feb 21, 2013: South Florida
- Sep 14, 2012: Panama's Canopy Tower: Birds & Butterflies
- Aug 27, 2012: Camp Chiricahua
- Aug 03, 2012: Galapagos Islands Cruise Aboard Isabela II
- Jul 03, 2012: Birding Across America by Train
- May 18, 2012: Dry Tortugas
- Apr 12, 2012: Belize: A Relaxed and Easy Tour
- Apr 12, 2012: Belcampo Belize
- Feb 27, 2012: South Florida Space Coast Post Tour
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, and is primary author of Larkwire.com, an online application for learning bird sounds. 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.