Charlie Vogt Born in California and raised in Boston, Charlie is an expert on the birds of Ecuador. He has been on expeditions in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia and has conducted bird surveys and prepared bird lists for many foundations and protected areas in Ecuador, including Yachana Lodge, Maquipucuna, and La Perla Reserves and Madidi National Park in Bolivia. His sense of discovery has led him to find one new bird species for Ecuador as well as to establish many new provincial records, three of which are cited in Ridgely and Greenfield (2001). Most recently Charlie undertook one of the first ornithological expeditions to the slopes of Gran Sumaco (a new UNESCO Biosphere Reserve). With a B.S. from Colorado College, an M.S. in Evolutionary Biology from NAU, and eight years at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, Charlie has obtained a comprehensive knowledge of tropical botany and entomology. He has led tours for Wilderness Travel as well as for Harvard's Museum of Natural History. Rounding out his business sense and teaching abilities, Charlie has also worked in environmental consulting for many years. He most recently served as Academic Director for the Ecology Program with the School for International Training in Ecuador. Charlie's easygoing style and humor serves him well with everyone. Return to trip description