Greg Homel

Greg R. Homel is an ornithologist, award-winning international nature photojournalist, documentary film producer, birding tour leader and lecturer. He lives and works from his home within the magnificent Los Padres National Forest, California, USA (home of the California Condor) and from his second homes at Río Lagartos, surrounded by the magnificent Ría Lagartos National Park and Biosphere Reserve at the north tip of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and El Tuito, near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. A birder-naturalist since childhood, Greg founded Natural Elements Productions in 1986 and Natural Encounters Birding Tours shortly thereafter. Now he travels the globe on a full-time basis in search of rare and little-known birds and other wildlife. He shares his unbounded (and contagious) enthusiasm through excursions for small groups worldwide, and with a wider audience through state-of-the-art digital lectures, television, and wide variety of publications and video productions. Throughout his life, but especially since the early 1990s, Greg has guided, educated, and inspired travelers in over 80 countries throughout the world. His travels on all seven continents, from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic and points between, have allowed him to see more than half of the planet's roughly 9,800+ bird species in their natural habitats. His early work appeared regularly in books and magazines, including Wildbird Magazine, The Audubon Society Field Guides to Eastern Birds and The Audubon Society Field Guides to Western Birds, Time, Birder's World, Tucson Lifestyle, and Texas Monthly magazines. Since the "digital revolution," Greg has moved into television, video production for conservation groups such as American Bird Conservancy, field guide writing and lecturing aboard expedition ships with the hope of "giving a voice to his truest love, which is the natural world and its inhabitants, especially birds!"

Birds of the Northern Rocky Mountains

Birds of the Northern Rockies is a quick and easy-to-use, lightweight, durable, all-weather field guide to the remarkable and varied birdlife inhabiting the northern Rocky Mountains region within the US states of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, in addition to the adjacent Canadian provinces of British Colombia and Alberta.

Stunning digital photographs depict 125 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every commonly occurring bird and regional specialty they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s remarkable area of coverage.

Aimed at beginning and intermediate birders, the guide will easily fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating spontaneous and easy field identification—whether in a backyard, on a family vacation, or on a serious birding trip to the best birding hot spots within Wyoming’s Yellowstone N.P., Montana’s Glacier N.P., Idaho’s myriad national forests, or Canada’s Jasper N.P and beyond, all within the beautiful northern Rocky Mountains region.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-27-5

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Birds of Illinois

The Quick Reference Guide to The Birds of Illinois, by Greg R. Homel, is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather guide to the inspiring, incredibly varied and colorful birdlife inhabiting the State of Illinois.

Stunning digital photographs depict more than 130 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s impressive area of coverage.
Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable companion for visitors and residents alike on all regional outings.

Whether you’re seeking a variety of colorful warblers; on a quest to see Bald Eagles near Cairo on the Mississippi Flyway; chasing spring migrants along the Ohio River; birding the region’s far-flung constellations of wildlife refuges, national forests, state parks and national historic sites; or combining birding with sightseeing or business at any season, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any visit to Illinois and will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Chicago garden, on a family vacation to Peoria, or embarking on a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hotspots in The Prairie State.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-64-3

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Birds of Ohio

The Quick Reference Guide to The Birds of Ohio, by Greg R. Homel, is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather guide to the inspiring, incredibly varied and colorful birdlife inhabiting the State of Ohio.

Stunning digital photographs depict more than 130 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s impressive area of coverage.
Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable companion for visitors and residents alike on all regional outings.

Whether you’re seeking fall and winter marsh and waterfowl concentrations along the Lake Erie shoreline at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge; chasing colorful neotropical migrants during spring migration within Shawnee State Forest; birding the region’s far-flung constellations of wildlife refuges, national forests, state and national historic sites; or combining birding with sightseeing or business at any season, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any visit to Ohio and will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Columbus garden, on a family vacation to Cincinnati, or embarking on a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hotspots in The Buckeye State.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-63-6

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Birds of Wisconsin

The Quick Reference Guide to The Birds of Wisconsin, by Greg R. Homel, is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather guide to the inspiring, incredibly varied and colorful birdlife inhabiting the State of Wisconsin.

Stunning digital photographs depict more than 130 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s impressive area of coverage.
Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable companion for visitors and residents alike on all regional outings.

Whether you’re seeking colorful spring warblers at Wyalusing State Park; on a quest to see wintering concentrations of Bald Eagles at Cassville along Mississippi or Sauk Prairie along the Wisconsin River; chasing migrating Tundra Swans at Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge near La Crosse; birding the region’s far-flung constellations of wildlife refuges, national forests, state and national sites; or combining birding with sightseeing or business at any season, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any visit to Wisconsin and will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Madison garden, on a family vacation to Green Bay, or embarking on a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hotspots within America’s Dairyland.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-67-4

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Birds of Michigan

The Quick Reference Guide to The Birds of Michigan, by Greg R. Homel, is a quick and easy to use, light-weight, durable, all-weather guide to the inspiring, incredibly varied and colorful birdlife inhabiting the State of Michigan.

Stunning digital photographs depict more than 130 species of common and notable birds, enabling users to identify nearly every bird they encounter—day or night—within the guide’s impressive area of coverage.
Designed to satisfy the needs of birders of all interest levels—especially beginning and intermediate users trying to “make sense of it all”—this beautiful and amazingly informative six-fold guide will be an indispensable companion for visitors and residents alike on all regional outings.

Whether you’re seeking Spruce Grouse in the UP; on a quest to see the famed and beautiful Kirtland’s Warblers near Mio and Grayling; chasing spring and fall migrants along the shores of the five Great Lakes that bound the state; birding the region’s far-flung constellations of wildlife refuges, national forests, state and national historic parks; or combining birding with sightseeing or business at any season, you’ll be glad to have this booklet.

This affordable guide will serve as a lasting memento of any visit to Michigan and will conveniently fit into any daypack, pocket or glove compartment, facilitating easy field identification—whether in a Lansing garden, on a family vacation to Mackinac Island, or embarking on a serious birding trip visiting all the best birding hotspots in the Great Lakes State.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-66-7

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