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Last edited: 3/3/08

 

WSO Birder Contacts

 

Area Contacts

  • Statewide
  • Northwest
  • North Central
  • West Central
  • Central
  • Northeast
  • Southwest
  • South Central
  • Southeast

    • Specific Subjects

  • Backyard Birds
  • Computer Birding
  • Environmental Issues
  • Identification
  • Photography
  • Rehabilitation
  • Research/Scientific Issues
  • Youth Education

    • Specific Species

  • Cranes (Whooping)
  • Eastern Bluebirds
  • Gulls
  • Kirtland's Warblers
  • Piping Plovers
  • Purple Martins
  • Shore Birds
  • Swallows
  • Wetland Birds

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    AREA CONTACTS - Statewide
    Noel J. Cutright West Bend Phone: Day: 262-268-3617; Evening: 262-675-2443 Fax: None noel.cutright@we-energies.com Source for general and specific bird information; reaction person to bird-related events. Past President and current Historian of WSO. Founder of the Riveredge Bird Club. Emeritus Scientist with We Energies.
    Bettie Harriman Oshkosh Phone: Day and Evening: 920-233-1973 Fax: None bettie@new.rr.com Source for general and specific bird information, and the Atlas project; reaction person to bird-related events. Editor of WSO's journal, The Passenger Pigeon, and past President and Publicity Chair of WSO. Director of the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas.
    Sumner W. Matteson Madison Phone: Day: 608-266-1571 Fax: 608-266-2925 sumner.matteson@wisconsin.gov WDNR contact for birds, particularly for species on the State's Threatened and Endangered list, state management programs for birds, and state rules and regulations. Also contact for shorebirds and wetland birds, Lake Superior colonial waterbirds, and the developing Wisconsin Waterbird Register. Avian ecologist at WDNR, BER.
    Stanley A. Temple Madison Phone: Day: 608-263-6827; Evening: 608-795-4226 Fax: 608-262-6099 satemple@facstaff.wisc.edu Contact for conservation issues, bird ranges and distribution, endangered species, grassland species, habitats, hawks, Neotropical migrants, international questions, toxins/pollution, avian research issues, and the Cats Indoors! campaign. University of Wisconsin professor. Internationally known ornithologist.
    Daryl Tessen Appleton Phone: Day and Evening: 920-735-9903 Fax: None bhaunts@sbcglobal.net Source for general information on birds and on the North American Breeding Bird Survey work in Wisconsin, rarities in the state and best state birding locations.
    Joel Trick Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-866-1737; Evening: 920-863-1533 Fax: 920-866-1710 joel_trick@fws.gov Contact for bird questions, Kirtland's Warblers, Whooping Cranes, Piping Plovers, gulls, federal endangered species, and federal rules and regulations. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Bill Volkert Horicon Phone: Day: 920-387-7877; Evening: 920-533-8939 Fax: 920-387-7888 william.volkert@wisconsin.gov Contact for general and specific bird questions. Naturalist for WDNR at Horicon Marsh. Guest speaker on Public Radio about birds. Authority on wetland ecosystems and wildlife management as well as arctic and tropical environments and their wildlife.
    AREA CONTACTS - Northwest Wisconsin
    Robbye Johnson Superior Phone: Afternoon and Evening: 715-394-9150 Fax: None robbyejj@aol.com Source for information about birds in the NW corner of the state, as well as bird questions in general. Also land use and forestry practices as they impact birds.
    AREA CONTACTS - North Central Wisconsin 
    James E. Baughman Eagle River Phone: Day: 715-479-8870; Evening: 715-479-6662 Fax: 715-479-4337 james.baughman@wisconsin.gov Contact for general information about birds in the area.
    AREA CONTACTS - Northeast Wisconsin 
    Ty and Ida Baumann Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-391-3675; Evening: 920-391-3680 Fax: 920-391-3679 tyba@ci.green-bay.wi.us Source for information about birds in the area (both). Director of the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (Ty).
    Jim Knickelbine Manitowoc Phone: Day: 920-793-4007; Evening: 920-684-6082 Fax: None woodlanddunes@lakefield.net Source for information on banding and Saw-whet Owls, and general information on birds of the area. Director of Woodland Dunes Nature Center.
    Don Van Duyse Green Bay Phone: 920-336-3815 Fax: None dvanduyse@hotmail.com Source for information about birds in the area.
    AREA CONTACTS - West Central Wisconsin 
    Charles A. Kemper Chippewa Falls Phone: Day and Evening: 715-723-3815 Fax: None cak@bluebuzz.net Source for information about birds in the area, banding, tower kills and rehabilitation.
    AREA CONTACTS - Central Wisconsin 
    Dan Belter Wausau Phone: Day and Evening: 715-370-0021 Fax: None bwhawk1@verizon.net Source for general information about birds in the area.
    AREA CONTACTS - Southwest Wisconsin 
    Fred Lesher La Crosse Phone: Day and Evening: 608-783-1149 Fax: None corax6330@yahoo.com Contact for general bird information, birds in literature. Specializes in Upper Mississippi River, including NE Iowa and SE Minnesota as well as SW Wisconsin.
    Craig D. Thompson La Crosse Phone: Day: 608-785-1277; Evening: 608-796-0447 Fax: 608-785-9990 craig.thompson@wisconsin.gov Area contact for general bird information, also for tropical forest conservation.
    AREA CONTACTS - South Central Wisconsin 
    Karen Etter Hale Madison Phone: Day: 608-255-2473 Fax: 608-255-2489 masoffice@mailbag.com Contact for general information about birds of the area, Madison Audubon and Audubon bird-related activities statewide. Chair of Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative.
    Sumner W. Matteson Madison Phone: Day: 608-266-1571 Fax: 608-266-2925 sumner.matteson@wisconsin.gov Contact for birds, particularly for species on the State's Threatened and Endangered list, shorebirds and wetland birds, and the developing Wisconsin Waterbird Register. Avian ecologist at WDNR, BER.
    AREA CONTACTS - Southeast Wisconsin 
    Jeff Baughman Campbellsport Phone: Day: 920-533-4811, ext 3073; Evening: 920-477-2442 Fax: 920-477-2387 jbaughman@csd.k12.wi.us Contact for general information about birds in the area. WSO field trip co-chair and contact for field trip information.
    Marilyn Bontly Bayside Phone: Day and Evening: 414-228-0314 Fax: None mbontly@wi.rr.com Resource for the northern Milwaukee suburbs area and general bird information.
    Jim Frank Mequon Phone: Day: 414-962-8040; Evening: 262-242-2443 Fax: 414-962-9441 jcfbirddr@yahoo.com Source for information on rare birds in Wisconsin, Big Days, Christmas Counts, identification of birds, range and distribution in the state, and general information. Chair of the WSO Records Committee.
    Nate Kraucunas Milwaukee Phone: Day: 414-272-2702 Evening: 414-765-9846 Fax: None natek@mpm.edu Contact for tropical rainforest information and information on the Tirimbina Rainforest Center, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, traveling to Peru and Galapagos Islands. Curator Emeritus of Birds and Mammals, Milwaukee Public Museum.
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Backyard Birds 
    Alice Droske Elk Mound Phone: 715-874-6127 Fax: None catbird@wwt.net Source for information on bird houses, bird feeding, bird identification, bird baths, bird habitat, bird seed type, and backyard habitat certification. Participates in numerous citizen science projects through the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Certified backyard bird habitat.
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Computer Birding 
    Jennifer Davis Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-465-2545, Evening: 920-465-0679 Fax: 920-465-2143 WSO: wso@uwgb.edu
    WBBA: wbba@uwgb.edu    		 WSO Webmaster; Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas (WBBA) Data Manager.
    Bettie Harriman Oshkosh Phone: Day and Evening: 920-233-1973 Fax: None bettie@new.rr.com Contact for Wisconsin Bird Network.
    Tom Sykes Appleton Phone: Day: 920-832-6757; Evening: 920-730-8247 Fax: None Work: j.thomas.sykes@lawrence.edu
    Home: dhandler@execpc.com    		 Contact for Wisconsin Bird Network.
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Environmental Issues 
    Fred Lesher La Crosse Phone: Day and Evening: 608-783-1149 Fax: None corax6330@yahoo.com Contact for information on conservation and habitat maintenance of the Upper Mississippi River.
    Stanley A. Temple Madison Phone: Day: 608-263-6827; Evening: 608-795-4226 Fax: 608-262-6099 satemple@facstaff.wisc.edu Contact for general environmental issues at all levels. University of Wisconsin professor. Internationally known ornithologist.
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Identification
    Thomas R. Schultz Green Lake Phone: Day and Evening: 920-294-3021 Fax: None trschultz@centurytel.net Contact for information about bird identifications and state rarities. WSO Field Trip co-chair and contact for field trip information. Artist; has painted bird identification plates in several field guides.
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Photography
    Jack Bartholmai Beaver Dam Phone: Day and Evening: 920-887-1505 Fax: None jack@bartholmai.com Source for bird slides; major contributor to WBBA Species Image Library.
    Stephen J. Lang Madison Phone: Evening: 608-249-5684 Fax: None None Source for bird slides. Compiler of the WSO Bird Slide Show.
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Rehabilitation
    Jennifer Davis Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-465-2545, Evening: 920-465-0679 Fax: 920-465-2143 davisj@uwgb.edu Songbird rehabilitation (Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary).
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Research/Scientific Issues 
    Bettie Harriman Oshkosh Phone: Day and Evening: 920-233-1973 Fax: None bettie@new.rr.com Director, Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas project.
    Vicki Piaskowski Milwaukee Phone: Day: 414-276-0339; Evening: 414-258-9156 Fax: 414-276-0886 vickip@zoosociety.org Contact for information on migration, bird banding, birds of Belize (Central America), Neotropical/Nearctic migrants, and Birds Without Borders - Aves Sin Fronteras project results (Wisconsin and Belize). Foundation for Wildlife Conservation, Inc., and Zoological Society of Milwaukee.
    Stanley A. Temple Madison Phone: Day: 608-263-6827; Evening: 608-795-4226 Fax: 608-262-6099 satemple@facstaff.wisc.edu Contact for conservation issues, bird ranges and distribution, endangered species, grassland species, habitat, hawks, Neotropical migrants, international questions, toxins/pollution, and Cats Indoors! campaign. University of Wisconsin professor. Internationally known ornithologist.
    SPECIFIC SUBJECTS - Youth Education 
    Stephen J. Kupcho  Milwaukee Phone: Day: and Evening: 414-354-0948 Fax: None skupcho@wi.rr.com Contact about youth bird education in Wisconsin.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Cranes (Whooping)
    Joel Trick Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-866-1737; Evening: 920-863-1533 Fax: 920-866-1710 joel_trick@fws.gov US Fish and Wildlife Service.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Eastern Bluebirds
    Jack Bartholmai Beaver Dam Phone: Day and Evening: 920-887-1505 Fax: None jack@bartholmai.com Contact for Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin (Dodge County Coordinator).
    Kent Hall Stevens Point Phone: Day and Evening: 715-344-8081 Fax: None kentsue@charter.net
    		 Contact for information about Eastern Bluebirds.
    Carol J. McDaniel Darlington Phone: Day: 608-776-4171; Evening: 608-776-3379 Fax: None cjmcd_98@yahoo.com Contact for information about Eastern Bluebird and organizations concerned with the species: Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin (BRAW) and North American Bluebird Society (NABS).
    Dick Nikolai Appleton Phone: Day: 920-832-1804 Fax: 920-997-3284 richard.nikolai@wisconsin.gov Contact for Eastern Bluebird and Purple Martin.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Gulls
    Joel Trick Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-866-1737; Evening: 920-863-1533 Fax: 920-866-1710 joel_trick@fws.gov US Fish and Wildlife Service.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Kirtland's Warblers 
    Joel Trick Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-866-1737; Evening: 920-863-1533 Fax: 920-866-1710 joel_trick@fws.gov US Fish and Wildlife Service.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Piping Plovers
    Sumner W. Matteson Madison Phone: Day: 608-266-1571 Fax: 608-266-2925 sumner.matteson@wisconsin.gov Avian ecologist at WDNR, BER.
    Joel Trick Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-866-1737; Evening: 920-863-1533 Fax: 920-866-1710 joel_trick@fws.gov US Fish and Wildlife Service.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Purple Martins
    Dick Nikolai Appleton Phone: Day: 920-832-1804 Fax: 920-997-3284 richard.nikolai@wisconsin.gov Contact for Eastern Bluebird and Purple Martin.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Shorebirds
    Sumner W. Matteson Madison Phone: Day: 608-266-1571 Fax: 608-266-2925 sumner.matteson@wisconsin.gov Avian ecologist at WDNR, BER.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Swallows
    Jennifer Davis Green Bay Phone: Day: 920-465-2545, Evening: 920-465-0679 Fax: 920-465-2143 davisj@uwgb.edu Contact for information about swallows.
    SPECIFIC SPECIES - Wetland Birds
    Sumner W. Matteson Madison Phone: Day: 608-266-1571 Fax: 608-266-2925 sumner.matteson@wisconsin.gov Avian ecologist at WDNR, BER.