Mark Peck
Presenter, Hike Leader
About Leader
Mark Peck (ret.) has been a member of the ROM team since 1983, with most of that time in Ornithology. He has been involved in collections management, public programs, gallery development (Schad Gallery of Biodiversity and the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity), and has served as a curatorial consultant for several exhibitions, including: “Wildlife Photographer of the Year”; Deborah Samuels “Elegy”; “Audubon’s Wilderness Palette”; “Birds of Canada”; and “The Nature of Birds: A Photo Essay.” He is also a contributing author and photographer for The Birds of Nunavut and wrote the text for Deborah Samuel’s book, The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds. He is the Program Director for the Toronto Ornithological Club, ROM liaison for the Ontario Bird Records Committee, a consultant for Ontario Birds/Ontario Field Ornithologists, and a member of the Ontario Biodiversity Council. Mark Peck is an avid natural history photographer with a special interest in breeding and nesting birds. He has traveled worldwide with the ROM, but he still considers Ontario and the Canadian Arctic his favourite research locations.
