BRIAN WILLIAM FINCH

Brian is a Kenyan Citizen with a passion for Birds, but also has many interests in other branches of natural history. Currently leading bird tours in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Madagascar for American Birding Association, Birdquest, Limosa, Sunbird and Wings, he is a Freelance Operator and able to organise private tours. Co-Author of the current Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Poyser), and the Field Guide to the Birds of New Guinea (Princeton), other publications within Kenya have included the Bird Checklists to Nairobi National Park, Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Buffalo Springs, Samburu and Shaba Game Reserves, and Tsavo National Parks (in press). He is also in the last stages of producing a mammoth 15 CD set covering the calls and songs of nearly every one of the 1400 odd species found in the East African region. As well as English, speaks French fluently, and has given radio broadcasts in that language, also speaking both Swahili and Melanesian Pidgin, is also trying to learn Malgasche. President of the Papua New Guinea Bird Society for nine years, and editor of their publications for a similar period. Widely travelled in all continents. An active Director of the KPSGA, and Chairman of the Examination Committee, Brian is dedicated to maintaining a professionalism in the tourism industry. He can be contacted on email at birdfinch@hotmail.com