Gavin Bieber
Gavin Bieber was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He developed a very early interest in birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles and has steadily pursued these interests while growing up in British Columbia, Virginia Beach, Great Britain and Denmark. Gavin graduated from the University of Victoria with a degree in Biology and a minor in Environmental Studies. He studied for a year at the University of Southern Mississippi where he collaborated with their Migratory Bird Study Group. While still in university he taught waterfowl, shorebird and passerine identification workshops for the Victoria Natural History Society and led field trips for the university’s ornithology classes. Since graduating, Gavin has worked as a field assistant on a variety of ornithological research projects including studies of the wintering ecology of Henslow’s Sparrow, the breeding biology of the Interior Least Tern, the stopover ecology of Swainson’s Thrush and Gray Catbird and a population fitness study of auklets. In addition he conducted point counts for the National Park Service in Arizona and New Mexico and assisted in setting up a riparian bird survey for the University of Arizona. From 2002 onwards he has maintained a long-term interest in the avifauna of the Pribilof Islands, AK, spending a cumulative two years living on Saint Paul Island. He has also traveled extensively through much of Western Europe, parts of Africa and South America, Thailand, the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia. Gavin enjoys sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm of the natural world with others, and welcomes the chance to share his love of the natural world with new people.
Moving to Tucson in 2000 he has become involved in the environmental community, serving as a board member for the Tucson Audubon Society, and on the Arizona Bird Committee from 2007-2010. He currently lives in Tucson, with his wife Celina, his son Roland, a loveable Labradoodle, and an overly small fish tank.
Tours
- Alaska: Gambell (May 27 to Jun 5, 2018 with extensions to 8 Jun and to 10 Jun) Waitlist only
- Alaska: Majesty of the North (10-22 June 2018 with extensions from 7 Jun and to 25 Jun) Waitlist only
- Alaska: Fall Migration at Gambell and the Pribilofs (Aug 24 to Sep 1, 2018 with extension to 7 Sep)
- Alaska: The Pribilofs in Fall (1-7 September 2018)
- Australia: Victoria and Tasmania - Plains-wanderer, Pardalotes, and Penguins (Sep 20 to Oct 7, 2018)
- Australia: Queensland and New South Wales - Riflebirds, Reefs and Rainforests (7-20 October 2018) Waitlist only
- Panama: Fall at the Canopy Tower (11-17 November 2018)
- Panama: Bocas del Toro and the Western Highlands (16-25 November 2018) One space remains
- Panama: Darién Lowlands (Nov 24 to Dec 1, 2018)
- Australia: Southwestern Australia & Northern Queensland (12-29 January 2019 with extension to 2 Feb)NEW Waitlist only
- Panama: Spring at the Canopy Tower (23-29 March 2019 with extension to 3 Apr)
- Texas: The Rio Grande Valley in Spring (6-15 April 2019)
- Florida: The South, the Keys and the Dry Tortugas (21-28 April 2019)
- Arizona: Owls and Warblers (3-11 May 2019) Waitlist only
- Alaska: Gambell (May 26 to Jun 4, 2019 with extensions to 7 Jun and to 9 Jun)
- Alaska: Majesty of the North (9-21 June 2019 with extensions from 6 Jun and to 24 Jun)
- Australia: Western Australia and Northern Territory - Brushtails, Baobabs and Bowerbirds (Sep 27 to Oct 13, 2019) Waitlist only
- Australia: Queensland and New South Wales - Riflebirds, Reefs and Rainforests (13-26 October 2019) Waitlist only
- Panama: Darién Lowlands (Nov to Dec 2019)
- Panama: Bocas del Toro and the Western Highlands (Nov 2019)
- Australia: Victoria and Tasmania - Plains-wanderer, Pardalotes, and Penguins (Sep to Oct 2020)
- Australia: Queensland and New South Wales - Riflebirds, Reefs and Rainforests (Oct 2020)
Updated: January 2018