Alan McBride
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Alan McBride lives in Sydney, Australia. Alan grew up in Lancashire, but moved to New Zealand and then Australia in the 1970s. His interest in birds and indeed anything that swims, flies, crawls or otherwise moves, started early and has never waned. Alan has travelled all over the world to look for birds (he even has over 600 species on his US list), but it is Australia and the surrounding region, as far afield as New Caledonia and New Zealand, where he has a special expertise. Here, he is a very experienced guide (having already led over 70 birding tours) and knows Australia intimately, having visited just about every important birding locale on the continent, often on many occasions. With 764 species on his Australian list, he is now down to hoping for Night Parrot or some other extreme rarity! Alan was instrumental in getting the famous Sydney / Wollongong deep water pelagic trips off the ground in 1978; trips that subsequently recorded many bird and cetacean firsts for Australian waters. After over 800 pelagic trips, including the first commercial trip to the sub-Antarctic Islands, his seabird identification is well-honed! Alan is a past President of the New South Wales Field Ornithologists Club (now Birding NSW) and has been heavily involved with a number of other ornithological organizations in Australia such as Birds Australia, Seabird Group and Wader Study Group amongst others.
Alan's other interests include Scuba Diving, Hiking, Photography, Music and anything to do with natural history.
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