Patrick O Donnell

Patrick O’Donnell ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE Casa B22, apt. 2, Residencial Villa Flores, San Joaquin, Heredia, Costa Rica Tel. in Costa Rica: country code 506 number- Skype number in USA:- Email:-PERSONAL INFORMATION Place of birth: Niagara Falls, NY, USA Date of birth: 6/23/1971 Education-  Student of Masters Degree in Conservation Biology at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA-  State College University at Buffalo, NY, EEUU  Bachelor of Arts in Biology French minor Writing experience and consulting 2008 -present Editor Tico Tweeter, monthly newsletter of the Birding Club of Costa Rica. https://www.birdingclubcr.org/ Informative and personal writing for my blog “Costa Rica Living and Birding” http://birdingcraft.com/wordpress/ This blog has been successfully used to generate sales for an ebook, birding tours, and writing jobs. Informative and personal writing for the multi-author blog, “10,000 Birds”. http://www.10000birds.com/ Correspondent for 10,000 Birds to cover the second annual “Champions of the Flyway” bird race in Eilat, Israel in 2016. http://www.10000birds.com/highs-and-lows-from-the-championsof-the-flyway-bird-race-in-eilat-israel.htm 2009-present Freelance writing projects for a number of clients. Work has included blog posts, product descriptions, white papers, and copy. Some clients: Whatbird https://www.whatbird.com/ Business Blog Writers (blogs for Design Toscano, Sears, Thompson Cigars among other clients) Birding Experiences https://www.birdingexperiences.com/birding-day-tours/ Lifer Tours https://www.lifertours.com/blog Rainforest Expeditions https://www.perunature.com/ Destination Ecuador https://destinationecuador.com/ ValleyWildlife.net http://www.valleywildlife.net/blog/ Monteverde Blog https://elbosquemonteverde.com/blog/zip-lines-monteverde/ - Consultant for the Committee for Comité Científico of the Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica. 2018-present Consultant for field guides published by Zona Tropical, Costa Rica. 2015 Author of e-book, “How to See, Find, and Identify Birds in Costa Rica”. http://birdingcraft.com/wordpress/wherehowfind-birds-in-costa-rica/ 2015 Co-founder of BirdingFieldGuides apps Research and writing for digital field guides for the birds of Costa Rica, Belize, and Panama. https://birdingfieldguides.com/index.html https://birdingfieldguides.com/blog.html Teaching experience BRIDGE Program coordinator June-July 2006 Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA Functions: Develop and coordinate visits for high school students from minority backgrounds to various science laboratories at Illinois State University to participate in science-based lab and field activities. Lab instructor- Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA Lab instructor for General Biology course. Lab instructor for Ecology courses. Lab instructor for Ornithology course. Field Course Instructor 2002 Rain Forest Expeditions, Tambopata, Peru Instructor of the ecology and ornithological aspect of the annual field course for guides at Posada Amazonas y Tambopata Research Center, Madre de Dios, Peru. Professor of English as a second language 1995 Inglés Individual English language school, San Luis Potosi y Celaya, Mexico Teaching of English as a second language to students of various ages and backgrounds. Tourism 2008-present Birding Tours in Costa Rica Organization and guiding of various birding tours in Costa Rica- Tour organization Organization, marketing, sales and guiding of birding tours in Tambopata, Peru- Rainforest Expeditions, Tambopata, Peru Guide for birding and natural history tours in Tambopata, Peru for Rainforest Expeditions. January-February 2000 Bellavista lodge, Ecuador Volunteer guide for birding and natural history tours at a cloud forest lodge in western Ecuador. Experience in field work May-October 1999 y 2000 Bedore tour company, Niagara Falls, NY, USA Licensed guide for tours in Niagara Falls in English, Spanish and French. Field assistant May- July 2003 University of Illinois, Illinois, USA Counts and monitoring of birds and their nests in a variety of habitats on public lands in southern Illinois as part of a long-term monitoring project investigating habitat use, especially non-native pines. Field assistant- Rainforest Expeditions Tambopata, Peru Field assistant for a long-term project studying behavior of macaws. This included monitoring of clay licks, studying behavior, tree climbing, and giving presentations about the project. Field assistant 1997 and 2001 Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (Bird Conservancy of the Rockies), Fort Collins, USA  1997: Counts and nest monitoring in Eastern Colorado and Wyoming to study impacts of grazing on birds in the shortgrass prairie ecosystem.  2001: Counts in southern Colorado as part of long-term monitoring of bird populations. Field assistant May and June 1999 State College University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York, USA Counts and nest monitoring of Common Terns and gull colonies in Lake Erie and the Niagara River. Field assistant 1996 University of Washington Seattle, WA , USA Counts and monitoring of bird nests on public lands of Washington state as part of a project to determine impacts of forestry cutting methodologies on avian communities. Volunteer work July 1998 Volunteer in the Jatun Sacha forest reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This involved maintaining and learning about a medicinal plant garden, reforestation projects, and wildlife monitoring. August 1991 Volunteer for “Volunteers for Peace International” in Lans en Vercors, France. Worked for three weeks with people from various other countries to refurbish a mountain shelter for hikers. Interests Ornithology (especially systematics and vocal behavior), tourism, writing, environmental education, sustainable living, Chinese martial arts. Languages English, Spanish, French.