Pete Dunne is next guest on Bird Calls Radio

Pete Dunne, author and renowned birdwatcher, will be the next guest on Bird Calls Radio, coming up at 1 p.m. Sunday on 1490 WGCH and “Listen Live” above.

Pete is a fascinating guy with a ton of knowledge. We’ll have a ton to talk about, just see the information below. As always, thanks for supporting Bird Calls Radio.

Chief Communications Officer of New Jersey Audubon and Director of the Cape May Bird Observatory, Pete Dunne uses his talents and energy to make the natural world real for others.

Through books like “Pete Dunne on Birding”, “The Wind Masters”, “Hawks in Flight” , “The Feather Quest” “Prairie Spring”, “Bayshore Summer”, “Artic Autumn”, “Pete Dunne on Bird Watching”, “The Art of Pishing”, The Art of Bird Finding” and the “Essential Field Guide Companion”; regular columns that have appeared in Birding, Bird Watcher’s  Digest, WildBird, Birdwatching, American Birds, Living Bird, the “New Jersey Section” of the New York Times and frequent speaking engagements in the United States, Canada and abroad, he weaves information, insight and even fantasy into a net that captures minds and hearts.

Dunne was born on September 16, 1951, in Morristown, N.J. When he was seven years old, Dunne was presented with two instruments that would define his life.  One was a pair of binoculars; the other a book—a book about birds. One brought intimacy; the other knowledge and through them the woodlands behind his suburban home became a portal that opened onto a world of discovery and wonders.

A field birder with an international reputation, he has served on the board of the American Birding Association and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.  An authority on the optical needs of birders he has served as a marketing and product advisor to Zeiss, Leica, Swarovski Optik, Nikon, Bausch and Lomb and others.

As involved as he is the New Jersey Audubon’s educational programming, Director Dunne takes time to lead an every Monday morning bird walk in season,  and in Autumn assist with the Cape May Hawk Count—the count he established 35 years ago.  “It keeps me grounded in what is real and what is important,” he explains.

He is also the founder of and a 28-year veteran of the World Series of Birding.  Called “The Worlds Greatest Natural Treasure Hunt,” the annual event attracts over 100 teams and has raised over $9,000,000 for conservation.

In recognition of this event, and for “life time achievement” promoting the cause of birding, Dunne was awarded the American Birding Association’s Roger Tory Peterson Award in 2001.  Other awards include the EPA Environmental Protection Award, Governor’s Conference on Tourism Environmental Award and the 1991 Winchester Good News Hunting Writer’s Contest 1^st prize.

When not working, writing, traveling, or birding Dunne spends his time with wife Linda and the couple’s Labrador retriever, Raven in the riverside hamlet of Mauricetown, NJ.