Atlaser Profiles

King Shag | Leucocarbo carunculatus © Dan Burgin / Macaulay Library

To highlight some of our amazing Atlasers we plan on occasionally posting short profiles to let everyone get to know some of you a bit better.

Check out some of our profiles below!

Joe Dillon

For our first Atlas profile, we feature Joe Dillon, a young birder from Cambridge and keen Atlaser! Can you tell us a bit about your background, how long you’ve been birding and what first got you interested in birds?

David Lawrie (Past BirdsNZ President)

We recently got in touch with David Lawrie to feature his birding story as our next featured Atlaser Profile! 1.

Wendy Hare & Nigel Milius

It’s time to feature another Atlaser for the Spring season, and we thought we’d feature an awesome couple who are busy trying to turn the Northland in on the Effort Map. We are over the moon to feature the wonderful Wendy Hare and Nigel Milius!

Finn Davey

For our second Atlaser profile we touched base with another young birder and keen Atlaser, Finn Davey… Can you tell us a bit about your background, how long you’ve been birding and what first got you interested in birds? I lived in Dunedin until I was 7, then moved up to Wellington where I live […]

Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson, Regional Rep for Otago and long term Birds NZ member, kindly let us interview and feature her as our third ‘Atlaser’ Profile. Can you tell us a bit about your background, how long you’ve been birding and what first got you interested in birds?