Robert A. Behrstock

Although most of Bob Behrstock's collecting is now done with a camera, at heart, he is still the youngster who went around picking up bugs and snakes. Formerly museum curator, university instructor, fisheries biologist, cook, and birding tour leader, Bob now wears the hats of writer, photographer, and environmental consultant. He has authored or co-authored 25 popular and scientific papers concerning fisheries, birds, and insects in the United States and Latin America. Over 200 of his photos have been published in advertising and packaging, calendars, newspapers, travel books, field guides, CD-ROMs, and bird publications such as WildBird, BBC Wildlife, and Handbook of Birds of the World. His damselfly, dragonfly, and butterfly pictures appear in the Houston Chronicle, Dragonflies through Binoculars, Common Dragonflies of California: A Beginner's Pocket Guide, Dragonflies of North America, and on a number of web sites. His audio recordings of birds are found on more than a dozen commercially available cassettes. His recent work has included site assessments for the three new Great Texas Wildlife Trails and the State of Virginia's coastal birding trail, ecotourism-related fieldwork in Pennsylvania and West Texas, and presenting programs and field trips for dragonfly and butterfly festivals.