Second Saturday: Painted Buntings with Dr. Meyer

Photo by Win Goddard

Painted Buntings with Dr. Wayne Meyer

Dr. Wayne Meyer is an accomplished birder and the Associate Professor of the Biology department at Austin College. The proximity of Austin College to Hagerman NWR has made research on prairie birds easy and convenient and he has been studying song learning and singing in Painted Buntings for over a decade! 

Dr. Wayne Meyer has been teaching at Austin College for 29 years. He started birding at 13 in Connecticut. In 1993 he finally achieved his life’s dream of being paid to look at birds when he joined the faculty of Austin College. He has birded both coasts of the U.S. extensively and now has spent a quarter century birding in Texas and Oklahoma. The proximity of Austin College to Hagerman NWR has made research on prairie birds easy and convenient and he has been studying song learning and singing in Painted Buntings for over a decade. Meyer is also a sought after speaker for Master Naturalist groups and a frequent speaker at the Friends of Hagerman NWR second Saturday programs.