My current camera setup is Nikon D300 body with a 300mm f4 lens (the old screw-type). I now have a 1.4x converter, but have yet to use it much.

My interest in birds and the natural world has taken me throughout the United States. I have worked in the Kern River Valley in Weldon, California with the endangered subspecies of Willow Flycatcher. In the summer of 2008 I worked in Barrow, Alaska to test shorebirds for Avian Influenza and monitor nests, among other things. In the summer of 2009 I worked in Grand Teton National Park with sagebrush birds. In the summer of 2010 I worked out of Austin, Nevada doing point counts in the four surrounding mountain ranges. More recently, I worked with RMBO in SE Arizona doing grassland bird surveys, I've worked with USGS on the Colville River Delta doing shorebird studies, and worked with USFWS conducting a 3 week survey of the Beaufort Sea seabirds. I have also conducted wintering grassland bird surveys in south-east Arizona for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. I have done grassland bird surveys in Michigan's lower peninsula and waterbird counts in Marquette, Michigan. 

If you would like to use my pictures for any purpose, or have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at dtpavlik@hotmail.com.

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