Team Sapsucker
2008 Team Members
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Ken Rosenberg, Captain Director of Conservation Science Ken oversees the Lab's studies on the habitat requirements of forest birds. He is chair of the international science committee of Partners in Flight and sits on the biology committee for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Recovery Team. He's been a member of the Sapsuckers since 1986. |
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Brian Sullivan Co-leader of eBird Before joining the Lab, Brian spent a dozen years doing fieldwork on birds all across North America, as well as taking expeditions to Central and South America and the Arctic. Brian joined the Sapsuckers in 2005. |
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Andrew Farnsworth Flight-call Research and Migration Studies, Conservation Science Program Andrew is no stranger to birdathons (see Marshall's account), although he is a stranger to the WSB winner's circle. Andrew began birding at age five, traveling extensively in the Americas and Europe and leading tours part-time for VENT since 1995. Andrew joined the Conservation Science Program at the Lab in 2007, studying flight calls of migrating birds and advancing acoustic monitoring methods. |
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Marshall Iliff Co-leader of eBird Prior to joining the Sapsuckers in 2008, Marshall spent a decade honing his Big Day skills in competitive birding events (including five World Series) from California to Maryland and Texas to New Jersey, often with Andy Farnsworth or Brian Sullivan as co-conspirator. After seven years as a VENT birding guide, Marshall joined the Lab in July 2007 and works on eBird and the Avian Knowledge Network. |
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Tim Lenz Information science Tim came to the Lab in 2004 and is a programmer for the eBird project. He can often be seen in the halls with a scope slung over his shoulder, heading outdoors for a little lunchtime birding. He spent his undergraduate years at Cornell and also earned his Master’s Degree there in computer science. One of Tim’s favorite birding spots is in Nevada where he grew up, but he loves looking for birds wherever he happens to be. He has been a Big Day scout in previous years and this will be his first year as full-fledged Sapsucker! |
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Chris Wood Chris is a co-leader of the eBird project and has been a member of the Sapsuckers for several years. He also leads birding tours to South America. Chris will focus his expertise on helping the team find key birds across the southern portion of New Jersey during the Big Day. |