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Long Point: Spring Migration Birding

Mark Peck (ret.) has been a member of the ROM team since 1983, with most of that time in Ornithology. He has been involved in collections management, public programs, gallery development (Schad Gallery of Biodiversity: Life in Crisis and the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity), and has served as a curatorial consultant for several exhibitions, including: Wildlife Photographer of the Year; Deborah Samuels Elegy; Audubon's Wilderness Palette; Birds of Canada; and The Nature of Birds: A Photo Essay. He is also a contributing author and photographer for The Birds of Nunavut and wrote the text for Deborah Samuel's book, The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds. He is the Program Director for the Toronto Ornithological Club, ROM liaison for the Ontario Bird Records Committee, a consultant for Ontario Birds/Ontario Field Ornithologists, and a member of the Ontario Biodiversity Council. Mark is an avid natural history photographer with a special interest in breeding and nesting birds. He has traveled worldwide with ROM, but he still considers Ontario and the Canadian Arctic his favourite research locations.

Emily Rondel is a naturalist, biologist and science educator. After completing her graduate work in ornithology, she worked as a biologist at Birds Canada, focusing particularly on avian species at risk and urban bird populations. She later served on the board of the Toronto Ornithological Club for 14 years as Secretary, Records Councillor, and finally, President.  She was a co-author of the “Birds of Toronto” book for the City of Toronto’s Biodiversity Series and has been involved in several programs to survey the birds of Ontario, including as an eBird reviewer, a Volunteer Committee member for the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, and Christmas Bird Count Coordinator.  Emily leads numerous walks and workshops each year to teach the public and interested naturalists about the wild birds of the province. She is on Birds Canada’s Baillie Fund Grant Committee and works as a Biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service.