From flying over the Mississippi River in tiny planes to counting birds on a Florida nude beach, Sharon Stiteler has turned some unusual “offices” into a career. In this lively presentation, she shares hilarious and heartfelt stories about nemesis birds, chauffeuring drunk waxwings, and life in the Alaskan wilderness. Equal parts comedy and natural history, Today’s Office is a reminder that the wild world of birding is anything but ordinary.

Sharon Stiteler widely known as the “Birdchick” is a writer and speaker who has made it her career to get paid to go birding. She wrote the books Disapproving Rabbits, 1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know, and North American Bird Watching for Beginners and regularly appears on television, podcasts, radio answering bird questions as well as performs in storytelling shows. She’s worked a variety of jobs like conducting birds surveys, field trip leader, park ranger, and was even the voice of Denali National Park and Preserve. She currently resides in Minnesota with a retired Denali sled dog named Party Pants.