Kevin Zimmer
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Upcoming Tours
- Feb 22, 12: Honduras: The Lodge at Pico Bonito
- Apr 01, 12: Spring in South Texas
- Apr 10, 12: Spring in South Texas: Hill Country Extension
- Apr 23, 12: Big Bend National Park and the Texas Hill Country
- Jun 02, 12: Grand Alaska: Gambell/Nome Pre-trip
- Jun 09, 12: Grand Alaska Part I: Nome & the Pribilofs
- Jun 18, 12: Grand Alaska Part II: Anchorage, Denali Highway & Kenai Peninsula
- Jun 26, 12: Alaska: Barrow Extension
- Jul 29, 12: Brazil: Alta Floresta's Cristalino Jungle Lodge
- Aug 06, 12: Brazil: Pantanal Safari (Birds & Jaguars) & Chapada dos Guimaraes
- Sep 26, 12: Southeastern Brazil Part I: Iguacu Falls Pre-Trip
- Sep 28, 12: Southeastern Brazil Part I
- Oct 08, 12: Southeastern Brazil Part II
- Oct 22, 12: Southeastern Brazil Part III
- Nov 03, 12: Minas Gerais: Endemic Birds & Special Mammals of Central Brazil
- Nov 30, 12: California Central Coast: An Introductory Birding Tour
- Jan 19, 13: Panama: Chiriqui Highlands
- Jan 26, 13: Panama's Canopy Tower
- Feb 02, 13: Panama: El Valle's Canopy Lodge Extension
- Feb 15, 13: Honduras: Copan
- Feb 20, 13: Honduras: The Lodge at Pico Bonito
- Apr 04, 13: Spring in South Texas
- Apr 13, 13: Spring in South Texas: Hill Country Extension
- May 10, 13: Spring Grand Arizona
- Jun 02, 13: Grand Alaska: Gambell/Nome Pre-trip
- Jun 09, 13: Grand Alaska Part I: Nome & the Pribilofs
- Jun 17, 13: Grand Alaska Part II: Anchorage, Denali Highway & Kenai Peninsula
- Jun 25, 13: Alaska: Barrow Extension
- Jul 28, 13: Brazil: Alta Floresta's Cristalino Jungle Lodge
- Aug 05, 13: Brazil: Pantanal Safari (Birds & Jaguars) & Chapada dos Guimaraes
- Oct 02, 13: Southeastern Brazil: Iguacu Falls Pre-Trip
- Oct 05, 13: Southeastern Brazil Part I
- Oct 14, 13: Southeastern Brazil Part II
- Oct 28, 13: Southeastern Brazil Part III
- Dec 06, 13: California Central Coast: An Introductory Birding Tour
Recent Posts
- Jan 06, 12: California Central Coast: An Introductory Birding Tour
- Nov 29, 11: Southeastern Brazil Part II
- Nov 29, 11: Southeastern Brazil Part I
- Aug 16, 11: Grand Alaska Part II: Anchorage, Denali Highway & Kenai Peninsula
- Jul 19, 11: Alaska: Barrow Extension
- Jul 19, 11: Grand Alaska: Pribilofs
- Jul 19, 11: Grand Alaska Part I: Nome and Gambell
- Jun 07, 11: Colorado Grouse
- Mar 24, 11: Honduras: Pico Bonito Lodge
- Mar 21, 11: Honduras: Copan Extension or Pre-trip
Kevin Zimmer has authored three books and numerous papers dealing with field identification and bird-finding in North America. His book, Birding in the American West: A Handbook, deals with finding and identifying birds in the western United States. Living in Alaska contributed to his affection for the Far North, where he has anchored VENT's tour program since 1986. For the past 20+ years he has concentrated his attention on the Neotropics, particularly on Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. He has directed VENT's Brazil program since 1991. Kevin has a PhD in biology (research emphasis in Avian Evolutionary Ecology) from New Mexico State University, and is currently a field associate of Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology, a Research Associate of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, an elective member of the American Ornithologists' Union, and a member of both the A.O.U. South American Check-list Committee (SACC) and the American Birding Association (ABA) Check-list Committee. He has authored numerous technical papers on the taxonomy, distribution, and behavior of Neotropical birds, particularly those of the Amazon basin. In 2003 he completed (with co-author Mort Isler) the major chapter on the Thamnophilidae (antbirds) for the prestigious Handbook of Birds of the World series. In 2006, he and Curtis Marantz coauthored a six-CD compilation of Bird Voices of Alta Floresta and Southeastern Amazonian Brazil (produced by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds) that represents the most comprehensive set of commercially available bird recordings for any part of the Amazon Basin. He and Andrew Whittaker are currently at work on a comprehensive field guide to the birds of Brazil, to be published by Princeton University Press. Kevin lives in Atascadero, California with his wife Susan. Their daughter Marina completed her master's degree in psychology at Dominican University in May 2008. Recently married, she and her husband Ryan are now living in Napa, California.