David Seibel is a native Kansan and lifelong birder. He holds a Ph.D. in ornithology from the University of Kansas and is a biology professor, author, poet, and popular lecturer as well as a professional nature photographer. He has online photo galleries at www.DavidSeibel.com and www.BirdsInFocus.com (which he founded with partners Bob Gress and Judd Patterson), as well as Flickr and Facebook.An award-winning faculty member at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas, Seibel has published several scholarly and educational works and is a coauthor and contributing photo editor for the authoritative Birds of Kansas, published in May 2011 by the University Press of Kansas.