John Rawinski is a retired U.S. Forest Service scientist with a lifelong passion for birds. Based in the Rocky Mountains, he has worked in Wyoming and Colorado and served on the Colorado Field Ornithologists Board and Bird Records Committee. He has written extensively about San Luis Valley birds, published Birding Hotspots of South-central Colorado, and maintains a local bird blog. An award-winning wildlife photographer, John specializes in owls and documented first Boreal Owl records in CO + NM