Pursuing lifelong interests in Natural History, Birds, Watercolor Painting, and old Fords.

As bird collection manager, my responsibilities include care and maintenance of our collection of bird specimens housed in the Museum of Southwestern Biology. This includes overseeing the day to day maintenance of the collection and preparing and cataloging of specimens.

I have been lucky enough to travel in my career as a biologist. As a Masters' student in Alaska, I travelled to Ketchikan, Attu Island, up the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse, Kodiak Island, and to the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta. I did my Masters' research in southern Belize. Most recently, I have been doing field work in Peru.

I also enjoy painting. Watercolors are my medium of choice. Birds typically feature prominently in my paintings.

I grew up working on cars, particularly old Fords. The first car I remember riding in was an old 1955 Ford 4-door sedan. This was the family car. My first major restoration project I worked on with my dad was a 1962 F100 pickup. This was a total body-off resotration. I drove this truck throughout high school and college, but it is now parked. Still in really good shape, but I haven't a need for it most of the time, and the gas mileage is becoming an issue. Now, I'm applying the skills I learned from my dad and am elbow-deep in a '66 Bronco, and have a '67 Mercury Cougar waiting in the wings.

Some day, I'll have photos to look at on this page

Andy's CV