Peter Mundale, Banding Apprentice

Peter grew up in Blaine, Minnesota and has been fascinated by the outdoors his whole life. His obsession for birds began at 8 years old reading Peterson Field guides and only grew after traveling to Hawk Ridge for the first time in 2010! Over sixteen years later and still obsessed with birds, Peter is returning for his 5th season at Hawk Ridge! Other field work Peter has done includes doing National Forest Point Counts, Tracking Boreal Chickadees with Telemetry, working in the Saltmarshes with Seaside & Saltmarsh Sparrows, Spring Owl Banding, MAPS Banding, working on a Common Redpoll study, and leading his own research project with Horned Larks. Peter loves hawk watching! Whether it’s at Hawk Ridge, West Skyline, or Bagley Hill behind campus the magic of migration is a spectacle that he loves to watch and share with others! When he’s not birding (which is rare), Peter enjoys hiking, camping, snowshoeing, photography, mothing, and looking for dragonflies!