Sharon Stiteler - The "Birdchick"

 

Author/Illustrator Bio:

Birdmilwaukee.comI'm a writer and blogger who appears regularly on television and radio answering questions about birds. I am a conduit for bird information, with a knack for getting mutually beneficial organizations to work together. When not writing, I can be found at the Mississippi River Visitor's Center where I' am a part time Park Ranger for the National Parks Service or at my beehives tending my bees.

My birding blog and rabbit book has had mention in USA Today, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal Online, New York Times and NBC Nightly News. I've written for several publications including WildBird Magazine, Birding Business, Organic Gardener, Metro Magazine, Outdoor News, Birder's World, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Nerve.com.

Specialties

Merchandising, co-op advertising, marketing, customer service, humor, writing, consulting, branding and identity, media connections,

Sharon Stiteler's Overview

Current
Past
  • Writer at Birding Business
  • Birding & Wildlife Observaiton Specialist at Sheltered Wings
  • Manager/Newsletter Editor at All Seasons Wild Bird Store
Education
  • Indiana State University
Websites

Park Ranger

National Park Service

April 2008 – Present (5 years 3 months)

I'm a Park Ranger based out of the Mississippi River Visitor's Center at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul. I give programs, lead trips, write content and curriculum and have a great time helping people learn more about the Mississippi River and the birds and wildlife that can be enjoyed throughout the park.

Birdchick

Birdchick.com (Self-employed)

September 2004 – Present (8 years 10 months)

I run the most popular birding blog on the Internet, write for various publications including WildBird Magazine, Nature Scape News, Organic Gardener, Outdoor News, and Birding Business. I do radio and tv segments answering questions on attracting and living with wild birds.

I'm currently helping Minnesota Audubon convert some of their birding maps they give away free into a book. The sales of the book will ensure its future reprinting. 

This fall I have a book coming out through Harper Collins called Disapproving Rabbits.

Writer

Birding Business

2003 – 2007 (4 years)

Birding & Wildlife Observaiton Specialist

Sheltered Wings

October 2005 – September 2006 (1 year)

Traveled to nature festivals and hunting shows selling optics, developed content for the company's website--including videos, press releases, radio and tv appearances, blogging, writing articles for trade publications.

Manager/Newsletter Editor

All Seasons Wild Bird Store

September 1997 – October 2005 (8 years 2 months)

After working as an assistant manager for a year, I was promoted to manager when the company opened a new location in the Minnetonka area. After that, I went on to manager and existing company the owner purchased in the Wayzata area. I also organized and led field trips, edited and wrote for the company's newsletter, did radio and tv appearances for the company, helped develop content for the company's website,merchandising, customer service, hiring, and budgeting.

 

nterests:

birding, bird watching, photography, writing, outdoors, falconry, cooking, rabbits, networking, reading, blogging, video blogging, beekeeping,

Groups and Associations:

The Raptor Center, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, American Birding Association, Minnesota's Ornithologists' Union, Rio Grande Valley Bird Fest

I was given a Peterson Field Guide to Birds when I was seven years old and snapped, I loves birds, it's just the way I'm wired. Since 1997, I have made it my goal to get paid to go birding. I run the popular birding blog, Birdchick.com and have been in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and on NBC Nightly News as well as making regular appearances on Twin Cities' TV and radio stations. I'm an international speaker and my writing can has been found in several publications and online including WildBird Magazine, Outdoor News, Birds & Blooms, 10,000 Birds and Birding Business. I wrote the books "Disapproving Rabbits," "City Birds/Country Birds" and "1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know," I'm #32 in the Geek A Week Trading Card set and I work part-time as a National Park Ranger. When I'm not digiscoping or banding birds, I'm a blue ribbon beekeeper with Neil Gaiman.

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