Peter Burke is a birder, artist, and author who started birding more than 30 years ago. After earning a degree in biology and instruction in fine arts, Peter worked in nature interpretation and various avian research projects before devoting much of his time to illustrating. He has co-authored various articles on bird identification and biology and served as chair on the Ontario Bird Records Committee. He has also birded extensively throughout Canada and much of the US and has traveled abroad to Andean South America (with an emphasis on Chile), Papua New Guinea, much of Central America, and Cuba.

He is an accomplished artist and has co-authored or contributed to the New World Blackbirds (A. Jaramillo and P. Burke, Princeton University Press) and Birds of Chile (A. Jaramillo, P. Burke, D. Beadle), as well as the third, fourth, and fifth editions of the National Geographic Society’s Birds of North America (J. Dunn), and Birds at Your Feeder (E. H. Dunn and D. L. Tessaglia-Hymes). He is also a contributing artist to the Birds of Peru (T. Schulenberg et al.) and the upcoming three-volume series Birds of Brazil (B. Whitney et al.).

Apart from tour leading, Peter enjoys summers filled with fieldwork in his home province of Ontario, where he lives with his wife, Dawn, and their three children.

Discover more about Peter and his lovely artwork at his personal website.