An avid birder for over 50 years, I have lived and birded in the states of Vermont, Colorado, California, Illinois, Indiana, and West Virginia. I've also birded extensively throughout much of the rest of the United States as well as taken pelagic trips off Southern California (three) and North Carolina (three). I started birding internationally in 2005 and have gone on birding trips to Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates and Oman, Tunisia, Gambia and Senegal, Yemen (including Socotra) and Djibouti, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, and Panama. I've also done some casual birding in the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Bahamas.