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Kirk Hardie (he/him) Kirk Hardie founded Red Tail Adventures, LLC (redtailadventures.com), where he leads birding outings for individuals and organizations, primarily in the Lake Tahoe Basin, the northern Sierra Nevada, and the Great Basin, but also the United States and internationally. He was an adjunct faculty at Sierra Nevada University from 2010 until 2023, when it was folded into the University of Nevada, Reno. His academic interests focus on ornithology and teaching students field-based skills that can be used for research projects, to further academic careers, or future jobs. His research has focused on Gunnison Sage-Grouse, Lewis’s Woodpeckers, and breeding bird surveys in Oregon, Nevada, and California.