Angus Wilson: Angus is our New York connection. He is a member of the New York Avian Records Committee, and is currently involved in resolving the New York / New Jersey pelagic border dispute without violence ... yet. In real life, he is Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at New York University School of Medicine. (He has a Ph.D. in molecular biology, not an M.D., so if he offers to check your entire body for carcinomas, you should turn down the offer.) Turn-ons are life birds, state birds, cetaceans, traveling, and long romantic walks on the beach (uh, so I've been told). Being a Brit, beer is not considered an interest, but rather a necessity one very small step below air, and a full step above food and water.
Be sure to check out his web site at http://www.oceanwanderers.com/
Scott Barnes: Scott Barnes is a lifelong resident of the north jersey shore and has birded there for over twenty years, from the time he was just a kid. If he'd shave that fuzzy stuff off his face that he calls a beard, he'd still look like a kid ... just taller. His first pelagic was in 1986 with the Urner Club and DVOC and has been hooked ever since. He is the current chair of the New Jersey Bird Records Committee (which means that whatever your gripe with the committee, HE'S TO BLAME!), compiles and records the Voice of New Jersey Audubon (State RBA), regional editor for NJ Birds, New Jersey Audubon Travel Program Tour Leader, and the Sandy Hook CBC compiler. He is the Senior Naturalist at New Jersey Audubon's Sandy Hook Bird Observatory. Although he'd be instantly carded without the beard, we allow him to partake of Paul's beer.
Julian Hough: Julian came to this country under suspicious circumstances back in the 1980s and landed in Cape May where he worked as a waiter and birded like a man possessed. Despite our repeated requests, he decided to stay in America. A talented individual indeed, he is the artist responsible for our logos and has written and illustrated multiple articles in various prestigious birding journals such as Birding, British Birds, Birding World, and Penthouse Letters. His strong emphasis on mating habits is a bit disturbing, though. In real life, he works as a graphic (without a 2-syllable prefix starting with 'p' and ending in 'o') artist. He speaks even funnier than Angus, and of course requires beer.
Linda Mack: Linda is a long-time resident of Monmouth Beach who feels she is forever tied to her home due to a great yard list which includes Tufted
Duck and Barrow's Goldeneye. (Hmmmm. What do you put in your tube feeder to attract diving ducks?) She's a past President and program chair of Monmouth County Audubon Society, on the NJAS Board of Directors, a member of the Conservation Committee, and a Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Associate Naturalist and "compulsive" co-bookstore manager (I'm not sure just what that means ... but it scares me). She stated that she only agreed to be a leader because "I naively believed Paul when he promised me decent beer, no jokes or harassment and a remedy for sea sickness". I take extreme offense to the allegation that I provide anything other than excellent beer! She's getting Coor's Light on the next trip! (Hmmmm. Do I know anybody who actually drinks Coor's Light so nobody sees me buying one?)