Westport Seabirds Staff Members

 Bill Tweit
Bill has been going out of Westport since 1974, a leader since 1977, and has extensive experience with seabirds of the eastern North Pacific. He has been a North American Birds Regional Editor for the Oregon/Washington region for several decades, and is known eBird reviewer for Washington.Along with Terry Wahl and Steve Miodinow, he co-authored the Birds of Washington : Status and Distribution 2005. His interests include advancing the science of ecosystem based fisheries management, adding to our understanding of the marine ecosystems of the North Pacific, and showing birders and others the abundance of saline off Washington’s coastline.
 

 

Bruce LaBar
Bruce has been a leader with Westport Seabirds since 1991, and prior to this was a leader with Shearwater Journeys of California.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Gene Revelas
Gene Revelas has been spotting birds for Westport Seabirds since 1998. Gene started birding at age 12 in eastern Massachusetts. He is a professional oceanographer and is currently a senior scientist at a marine environmental consulting firm in Olympia, WA. His birding, academic, and career interests have provided him with at-sea birding experience on both sides of the North Atlantic, in the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Pacific coast from California to Alaska
 

 

 

 

Cara Borre

Cara joined the Westport Seabirds team in 2015. Cara is a graduate of Seattle Audubon’s Washington Master Birder class and continues to enjoy learning about birds and sharing this knowledge with new birders. her love of the sea and discovery helped foster her special interest in pelagic birding where she considers every outing a unique opportunity that can’t be found anywhere else on earth. Participating in adding to the longest running seabird survey also helps feed her desire to give back to the birds we enjoy so much via conservation of their habitat.

 

Charlie Wright

Charlie’s seabird obsession began with his first Westport Seabirds trip as an 11-year-old birder. Since then he’s spent a great deal of time studying seabirds in remote parts of the world, including months on research vessels in the Chukchi and Bering Seas. Seabird surveys also brought him to Antarctica, where he counted seabirds on many crossings of the Drake Passage. When not in the field, he is the Data Verifier for COASST, a citizen science program documenting beached seabird patterns from northern California to Alaska.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Shelmerdine
Bill has been with Westport Seabirds since 2002. Since his first offshore trip in 1970, he has been on numerous West Coast pelagic trips from Washington to Mexico.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phil Anderson
Phil  has been with Westport Seabirds since 1985. Phil has operated charter boats along the Washington coast for  50 years. His experience includes taking over 4,000 trips and providing service to over 40,000 people. Phil also has extensive experience in managing west coast fisheries, his career has included serving as the Director of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 13 years as a commissioner on the Pacific Salmon Commission where he continues to serve, and 32 years as a council member of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council.

 

 

 

 

 Jim Danzenbaker

Jim’s narrative about his distinguished birding career including his many years with Westport Seabirds will be available soon!

Ryan Merrill
Ryan’s picture and narrative of his impressive birding knowledge and experience is coming soon!

Bob Archer

Bob’s  picture and narrative of his impressive birding knowledge and experience is coming soon!

Shep Thorp

Shep’s  picture and narrative of his impressive birding knowledge and experience is coming soon!

Cindy McCormick

Cindy’s  picture and narrative of his impressive birding knowledge and experience is coming soon!

Matt Dufort

Matt’s  picture and narrative of his impressive birding knowledge and experience is coming soon!

Captain Todd Sawin

Captain Todd’s picture and impressive narrative will be coming soon