Bob Sundstrom
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Upcoming Tours
- Sep 03, 08: Washington: September Migration, the Pacific Northwest
- Oct 17, 08: Fall Hawaii
- Nov 03, 08: Polar Bears of Churchill
- Jan 31, 09: Winter Washington & British Columbia
- Feb 21, 09: NW Mexico: Mazatlan & the Sierra Madre
- Feb 27, 09: Short West Mexico
- Mar 22, 09: Kauai & Hawaii
- Apr 17, 09: High Island Migration
- Apr 23, 09: High Island, Texas: An Introductory Birding Tour
- Jun 22, 09: Bering Sea Expedition
- Jul 18, 09: The Pacific Northwest: An Introductory Birding Tour
- Sep 02, 09: Washington: September Migration, the Pacific Northwest
- Oct 09, 09: Fall Hawaii
- Nov 27, 09: Galapagos Cruise: Tandayapa Pre-Trip
- Nov 28, 09: Galapagos Islands Cruise: Aboard the National Geographic Islander
Recent Posts
- Aug 18, 08: The Pacific Northwest: An Introductory Birding Tour
- May 14, 08: High Island Migration
- Apr 23, 08: Kauai & Hawaii
- Mar 12, 08: Trinidad
- Feb 23, 08: Winter Washington & British Columbia
- Nov 14, 07: Polar Bears of Churchill
- Oct 31, 07: Fall Hawaii
- Oct 25, 07: September Pacific Northwest
- Aug 02, 07: Pacific Northwest Introductory Tour
- May 05, 07: High Island Migration

Bob Sundstrom has led VENT tours since 1989 to destinations including Hawaii, Mexico, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago, Iceland, Papua New Guinea, the Southwest Pacific islands, Antarctica, the Bering Sea, and many destinations throughout North America. Bob takes a strong interest in both the natural and cultural settings of his tours. He earned his doctorate at the University of Washington. Bob and his wife Sally live in the rural Scatter Creek Valley south of Olympia, Washington. Bob lived in Seattle for more than two decades, continues to teach birding workshops, and leads a program of short, regional tours that begin in the Seattle area. During two seasons of work in the Pribilof Islands, he helped chronicle the occurrence of North American bird rarities. A skilled birder with a special interest in bird song, Bob has served on the boards of several nature and conservation organizations, is a member of the Washington State Bird Records Committee, and is a co-author of The National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest. When not on tour, Bob keeps busy as the lead writer for the daily public radio program BirdNote. BirdNote is archived at www.birdnote.org