Gavin Bieber
Gavin Bieber was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He developed a very early interest in birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles and has steadily pursued these interests while growing up in British Columbia, Virginia Beach, Great Britain and Denmark. Gavin graduated from the University of Victoria with a degree in Biology and a minor in Environmental Studies. He studied for a year at the University of Southern Mississippi where he collaborated with their Migratory Bird Study Group. While still in university he taught waterfowl, shorebird and passerine identification workshops for the Victoria Natural History Society and led field trips for the university’s ornithology classes. Since graduating, Gavin has worked as a field assistant on a variety of ornithological research projects including studies of the wintering ecology of Henslow’s Sparrow, the breeding biology of the Interior Least Tern, the stopover ecology of Swainson’s Thrush and Gray Catbird and a population fitness study of auklets. In addition he conducted point counts for the National Park Service in Arizona and New Mexico and assisted in setting up a riparian bird survey for the University of Arizona. From 2002 onwards he has maintained a long-term interest in the avifauna of the Pribilof Islands, AK, spending a cumulative two years living on Saint Paul Island. He has also traveled extensively through much of Western Europe, parts of Africa and South America, Thailand, the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia. Gavin enjoys sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm of the natural world with others, and welcomes the chance to share his love of the natural world with new people.
Moving to Tucson in 2000 he has become involved in the environmental community, serving as a board member for the Tucson Audubon Society, and on the Arizona Bird Committee from 2007-2010. He currently lives in Tucson, with his wife Celina, his son Roland, a loveable Labradoodle, and an overly small fish tank.
Tours
- Australia: the Southwest and Northern Queensland (January 2019)NEW!
- Panama: The Canopy Tower in Spring (March 2019)
- Florida: The South, the Keys and the Dry Tortugas (April 2019)
- Arizona: Owls and Warblers (May 2019)
- Alaska: The Majesty of the North (June 2019)
- Australia: Western and Northern Territories (September 2019)
- Australia: Queensland and New South Wales (October 2019)
- Panama: Bocas del Toro and the Western Highlands (November 2019)
- Panama: Darién Lowlands (November 2019)
- The Tasman Sea: A cruise around New Zealand and Australia (December 2019)NEW! One space remains
- Arizona: Owls and Warblers (May 2020)
- Alaska: The Majesty of the North (June 2020)
- Australia: Victoria and Tasmania (September 2020) One space remains
- Panama: The Canopy Tower in Autumn (November 2020)
- Panama: Bocas del Toro and the Western Highlands (November 2020)
- Australia: Western and Northern Territories (September 2021)
Updated: January 2018