About the Leader

About Leader

Ontario’s best-known birder, Jean is a past president of the Ontario Field Ornithologists and a retired school principal. She is active writing for nature publications and participating in wildlife surveys for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and is a tremendously effective roving ambassador for Ontario’s critical natural areas. Jean has led many Quest Nature Tours trips to Trinidad & Tobago, Peru, Belize & Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, the High Arctic, Antarctica, Cuba, Honduras, Japan, the Galapagos, French Polynesia, Svalbard and Iceland. Ask Jean about how much she likes gulls and shorebirds!