Bob Behrstock was born in Evanston, Illinois. He spent his childhood surrounded by frogs, snakes, and tropical fish. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin and then received his Master's Degree in Fisheries Biology at Humboldt State University where he continued as an instructor. After moving to Texas, he and three friends formed Peregrine Tours, a birdwatching tour company. After six years, he became a senior birding tour leader for Wings, Inc. Later he worked for Fermata, Inc. performing site assessments for six of the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trails and Great Texas Wildlife Trails, the World Birding Center, and birding trails in Virginia, Maryland, Kansas and West Texas. He has been a presenter and field trip leader for birding, dragonfly, and butterfly festivals and workshops in Texas, Arizona, and California, and butterfly tours in Mexico and Panama. Bob co-authored Birds of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast, the Upper Texas Coast volume of Finding Birds on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, and a beginner's guide to the dragonflies of the Southwest. Additionally, he has authored or co-authored nearly 60 popular and scientific papers concerning fishes, birds, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and butterflies in the U.S. and Latin America. For over nine years, he has lived in SE Arizona, where he and his partner Karen have recorded 113 species of butterflies in their yard. He continues to lead a variety of natural history tours through his own company Naturewide Images as well as through Naturalist Journeys. Please visit: www.naturewideimages.com