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Jon Dunn Jon Dunn has had a near life-long interest in birds. He leads tours for Wings (since 1977) and has authored or co-authored numerous articles on the identification and distribution of birds. He co-authored Birds of Southern California, Status and Distribution (1981), and Warblers (1997) with Kimball L. Garrett, and Birding Essentials and the National Geographic's Field Guide to the Birds of North America with Jonathan Alderfer, now in its seventh edition. He serves on the board and is the immediate past president for Western Field Ornithologists, serves on the board of the AOS Committee on Taxonomy and Nomenclature, and has been a member of the NACC (North American Checklist Committee) since 2000. Jon lives in Rovana, near Bishop, CA. In addition to birds he considers history his hobby and the music and poetry of Leonard Cohen his favorite sedative.