Meet the Editor of Birding

Ted Floyd

Ted Floyd (wearing glasses) and Hannah taking a break from editorializing.

Ted Floyd started birding when he was thirteen years old. The exact date of his conversion was 21 September 1981. After college (B.A. in Biology, Princeton University) and grad school (Ph.D. in Ecology, Penn State University), he taught biology at several colleges and universities. Then he migrated into the nonprofit realm, first heading up the Nevada Breeding Bird Atlas for the Great Basin Bird Observatory and now serving as editor of Birding, the flagship publication of the American Birding Association.

Ted's major interests are avian status and distribution, bird conservation, and birder education. He also has strong secondary interests in entomology, statistics, and general ecology. Ted has published more than 100 articles, for popular and professional audiences alike. He is a frequent speaker at birding festivals and ornithological meetings, and he has led birding trips throughout North America. Ted lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife Kei and daughter Hannah.