Homer Hansen 2009

Tucson, AZ

Homer is the chairman of the annual “Wings Over Willcox” birdwatching festival and also leads the Sparrow Seeks for the event. He is a native of Willcox and while growing up had the pleasure of seeing and hearing the sandhill cranes in winter and the Cassin's sparrow in summer. Homer earned his B.S. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from the University of Arizona and now works as an environmental scientist with Aplomado Environmental assessing contaminants in soil and groundwater. Homer has presented many workshops on sparrows, raptors, and bird ecology over the past 10 years and has lead many birding tours in southeastern Arizona. He especially enjoys the challenges of "LBJ’s" and continues to learn secrets to bird identification.