Peter Mundale, Naturalist

Peter is from 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 to observe the migration! Over fifteen years later and still obsessed with birds, Peter is returning for his fourth season at Hawk Ridge! He is currently studying Ecology at UMD, and is the President of the UMD Bird Club. Other field work Peter has done includes doing National Forest Bird Point Counts, Tracking Boreal Chickadees with Telemetry, 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!