Meet the 2013 Team

With the 2013 fall season now well under way, it's time we introduced you to this year's migration counters and Interpretive Naturalists. We'll add in staff as they join the team, so check back from time to time and you'll meet them all here. Do stop in at the count sites at Cape May Point State Park, Higbee Dike and the north end of Avalon, and don't forget our mini-workshops at Avalon and the state park - they are fun and free!!

Jeremy Clothier

George Myers Field Naturalist    

Jeremy graduated from Tennessee Tech University in December 2012 with a degree in Environmental Biology. He spent the last six months working at the “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida as an Environmental Education Intern. He also worked on Fripp Island, SC in the summer of 2012 as a Naturalist Intern. Learning about the natural world has always been a passion for Jeremy, but he believes knowledge is meant to be shared. He loves teaching people about anything and everything that is happening around them, with a focus on birds. To be a part of something as spectacular as a fall season in Cape May is a dream come true for him. Jeremy ultimately wants to work in environmental education, but for now he hopes to do his best to honor the name George Myers.

  Sam Galick

  Morning Flight Counter

Tom Magarian   

Swing Counter

  Emily Martin

  Interpretive Naturalist

Emily grew up in the small town of Cortland, NY and just graduated in May of 2013 with her degree in environmental science from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), in Syracuse.  She has worked many summers as a camp coordinator/counselor for a local nature camp in Cortland and is excited to be working on the Hawkwatch and continuing to educate people about the natural world.  While she loved to birdwatch with her family growing up, her real interest in birding began when she took a field ornithology course while in college at ESF's biological field station in the Adirondacks.  In addition to birding, Emily enjoys running, tennis, and singing among many other interests.  In the future she hopes to attend graduate school in the watershed field, and eventually work with wetland and freshwater resource management.  

Tom Reed   

Hawkwatch Counter

Tom Reed returns for a second season as primary hawk counter.  Born and raised in Cape May County, he started birding at the age of ten and is a longtime CMBO naturalist. Tom is a 2011 graduate of Rutgers University and holds a B.S. in Environmental Policy, Institutions & Behavior. He currently serves on the New Jersey Bird Records Committee, is a Regional Editor for North American Birds, and acts as a statewide reviewer for the eBird project. Tom also owns the New Jersey “big year” record (362), which he set in 2011. TR has traveled to various portions of the continent and most recently visited Whitefish Point, Michigan, where he conducted a waterbird migration count during spring 2013.

  Emily Wilmoth

  Interpretive Naturalist

Emily graduated in May of 2013 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She earned her degree in Conservation Biology with a Certificate in Environmental Studies.  Before coming to Cape May, Emily was conducting bird point-count surveys in Southern Illinois.  This is her first time in New Jersey and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with CMBO.  As much as she loves working with wildlife she loves communicating with people, and as an Interpretive Naturalist she gets to do both!  She hopes to return to graduate school some day and pursue a career in educating others about conservation.  Emily’s other hobbies include playing the piano and practicing yoga.

  

Samm Wehman   

Monarch Project Field Naturalist

Samm is a Jersey girl from Marlton, but has been living in Cape May County since early spring. She has had a love for insects, especially butterflies, since a young age and is really enthusiastic to be working hands on with monarchs for the next two months. Recently graduated from Rutgers with an animal science degree with a minor in ecology & evolution, she hopes to pursue work in the field of wildlife conservation; she has just finished her first field job with NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife monitoring NJ's endangered beach nesting shorebirds. Samm says " I love nature and animals of all kinds and just hope to always contribute in some way to make our world a better place".

We are also extremely grateful to Glen Davis and Michael O'Brien for volunteering their time to cover Morning Flight so that Sam can get his well-earned days off.