Michael O'Brien
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Upcoming Tours
- Sep 28, 08: Cape May, Hawk Mountain & Bombay Hook
- Nov 09, 08: South Texas Birds and Butterflies
- Nov 29, 08: Galapagos Islands Cruise: Aboard the National Geographic Islander
- Jan 05, 09: Antarctica, South Georgia, and The Falkland Islands Cruise
- Feb 21, 09: Baja California: Among the Great Whales
- Mar 21, 09: Belize: Birds and Butterflies
- May 17, 09: Spring in Cape May: A Relaxed and Easy Tour
- Jul 15, 09: Southwest Colorado: Birds & Butterflies
- Aug 01, 09: Summer at Panama's Canopy Tower: Birds & Butterflies
- Aug 08, 09: Summer at El Valle's Canopy Lodge: Birds & Butterflies
- Sep 27, 09: Cape May, Hawk Mountain & Bombay Hook
- Nov 08, 09: South Texas Birds and Butterflies
- Jul 31, 10: Summer at Panama's Canopy Tower: Birds & Butterflies
- Aug 07, 10: Summer at El Valle's Canopy Lodge: Birds & Butterflies
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Michael O'Brien is a freelance artist, author, and environmental consultant living in Cape May, New Jersey. He has traveled extensively throughout North and Central America and has a passionate interest in migration, bird vocalizations, and field identification. At home in Cape May, Michael serves as an Associate Naturalist with Cape May Bird Observatory for whom he conducts numerous workshops, writes a monthly ID column and photo quiz (see www.birdcapemay.org), 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. 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 Guide to Birds of North America. Michael also has an intense interest in butterflies and leads several "Birds & Butterflies" tours with his wife, Louise Zemaitis.