Ethan Kistler
Ethan Kistler hails from Ohio and began birding at the age of 10 when he literally woke up one morning and decided that he wanted to become a birder. Since then he’s worked field jobs from Ohio to Alaska, traveled to 40 countries, and led birding trips throughout North America and Africa (where he lived for 7 years). When not leading tours, he’s chasing rarities, off on spontaneous birding jaunts, and reviewing data as one of eBird’s data reviewers for much of the African continent. Previously the Education and Outreach Specialist for Black Swamp Bird Observatory and director-at-large of the Ohio Ornithological Society, Ethan’s main focus now is guiding and filling in gaps between tours with ornithology-related field work. Ethan has recently written the ABA's Field Guide to Birds of Ohio, published in 2019.
Tours
- Trinidad and Tobago - with Trinidad Piping Guan (Feb 22 to Mar 3, 2021)
- Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Spring (6-15 April 2021)
- Northwest Ohio: Spring Migration (3-9 May 2021)
- Minnesota and North Dakota - North Woods to Prairies (May 28 to Jun 5, 2021)
- Iceland (9-18 June 2021)
- Iceland (20-29 June 2021) One space remains
- Zambia (Nov 24 to Dec 8, 2021)NEW
- Trinidad and Tobago - with Trinidad Piping Guan (Feb 21 to Mar 2, 2022)
- Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Spring (5-15 April 2022)
- Minnesota and North Dakota - North Woods to Prairies (May 27 to Jun 4, 2022)
- Iceland (Jun 2022)
- Oregon: Birds & Theater (Aug 2022)NEW
Updated: February 2019