Bruce Di Labio
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Bruce Di Labio's obsession with birds and birding began at the young age of 8 when he hand-tamed Black-capped Chickadees at the family cottage at Constance Bay. From these simple beginnings emerged both a lifelong passion and career in the field of birding. In the fall of 1971, after reading the Ottawa Journal Bird Column about an upcoming Ottawa Field Naturalists bird walk, Bruce finally convinced his dad to take him to Ottawa Beach, the meeting location for Bruce's first official field trip. By chance, Bruce met Bruce Mactavish and Steve O'Donnell on the trip and there was no looking back! The addiction had set in! During the 1980s Bruce worked for the Canadian Museum of Nature in ornithology, and then The Canadian Nature Federation as Staff Naturalist. In 1998 he launched his own birding business, "Di Labio Birding," specializing in birding courses, day-long field trips, and overnight tours to regional and Canadian destinations. Bruce has traveled extensively in North America and specializes in birding tours to many Canadian destinations including Southern Saskatchewan and the Alberta Rockies, Churchill and southwestern Manitoba, Point Pelee National Park, Moosonee and James Bay, Grand Manan Island, and numerous shorter trips to various locations in Eastern Ontario. Internationally he has led tours to Cuba, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Australia. In addition, Bruce has written articles for Nature Canada, Ontario Birds, Birders Journal, and Birding, and is a regular contributor to Ontario Birding News. Bruce resides in the village of Carp, west of Ottawa, with his wife Laurie and their two children, Julie-Anne and Benjamin.