Last month, I had the opportunity to bird and photograph on St. John in the US Virgin Islands. When I first found out that I would be travelling there, I was shocked by how little information was available about where on the island was best for birding and even about the birds of the islands […]
Author: Rob Ripma
Rob, a life-long Indiana resident, has birded extensively in the Midwest for more than ten years. He counts Southwest Florida, Southeast Arizona, the Rio Grande Valley, Goose Pond FWA (Indiana) and Magee Marsh (Ohio) as some of his favorite birding locations. Rob has also travelled to Hawaii, Alaska, California, South Dakota, Colorado, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, North Carolina and Cancun, Mexico to bird, as well as taken pelagic trips into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
When he’s not birding, Rob works for Wild Birds Unlimited and manages a birding blog and website, www.nuttybirder.com. He has served on the executive board of the Indiana Audubon Society for three years (currently as Vice President) and is a co-founder of the Indiana Young Birders Club. Rob speaks at a variety of organizations and schools about birds and birding to share his knowledge and experiences in the field. He loves working with new and experienced birders of all ages and believes that teaching people about birds will not only increase interest in birding but also help them better understand why we must work to protect birds and their habitats.
Rob graduated from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business in 2008 with a degree in Marketing and lives with his wife Stephanie in Carmel, Indiana.