Victor W. Fazio III's photostream  

I am a wildlife biologist with a camera ... not a photographer. My principal purpose behind any of the images seen here is documentation. If anything is aesthetically pleasing, it was likely an accident.

Formerly an Assistant Professor of biology at Heidelberg College (Tiffin, OH), I returned to full-time consulting in ornithological studies in 2001.

Since 1988, I have been associated with the Black-capped Vireo survey and monitoring program in the Wichita Mtns of southwest Oklahoma. This has been my principal focus since 2001, and have been its Principal Investigator since 2007.

Other major projects in recent years include the Ohio Winter Atlas Project (field work complete, manuscript in prep 2009), as well as consulting for utility companies where their infrastructure plans may impact bird life.

Otherwise I busy myself as a state reviewer for the Cornell Laboratory for Ornithology's Project eBird ... ebird.org

... and co-author the seasonal review for the American Birding Association's publication of ornithological record ... North American Birds ... of the Eastern Highland and Upper Ohio Valley (OH-PA-WV). I serve on the Oklahoma Bird Records Committee, and the Audubon Ohio Important Bird Areas technical committee.

... which requires I split my time between Cleveland, OH and Lawton, OK.