About Me

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Mission, Texas, United States
I'm Tiffany Kersten, a professional bird guide based in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. I spent 2021 traveling, birding, and gifting personal safety alarms to women birders I met on the trails along the way during my Lower 48 States Big Year. In 2022, I founded Nature Ninja Birding Tours, offering customized private tours in the Rio Grande Valley and beyond.

U.S. Women Bird Guides

I'm often contacted by women looking for other women guides in places throughout the United States. Below is a list of the women guides I'm aware of - this is by no means a comprehensive list, and I'll be continuing to add to it as I find more. Disclaimer: This is not a list of people I personally know, and should not be treated as a list of personal recommendations by me. 

If you know someone who should be added to this list, please email me at NatureNinjaBirding@gmail.com and I will collect their info! 

Arizona 

    Tucson/Southeast AZ:  

    Melody Kehl - https://www.melodysbirding.com

    Kristy Reske - https://www.facebook.com/redstartbirdingtours/

California 

    Mono Lake area: 

    Nora Livingston - nora@monolake.org 

    Central CA: 

    Rachel Clark - tanagergirl@gmail.com 

Colorado

    Sue Riffe -  http://birdwatchingtours.net

Connecticut

    Gina Nichols - sunrisebirding.com

Florida 

    Mariel Abreu - http://www.natureisawesometours.com

    Paddy Cunningham - http://www.birdadventure.com 

    Mariah Hryniewich - mariah.hryniewich@gmail.com 

    Eliana Kramer - https://www.facebook.com/birdingbybus

Hawaii 

    Hob Osterlund - http://www.albatrosskauai.org/wp/

    Mandy Talpas - hawaiibirdtours.com

New Mexico 

    Kim Score - BirdingPalNewMexico@gmail.com

New York 

    NYC Area: 

    Heather Wolf - hwbirds@gmail.com

    Northern NY:

    Joan Collins - https://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/about-us

Oregon/Washington

    Rebecca Lexa - www.rebeccalexa.com

Texas

    Rio Grande Valley: 

    Tiffany Kersten - NatureNinjaBirding@gmail.com 

Vermont

    Bridget Butler - birddiva@gmail.comwww.birddiva.com