I would highly recommend David to anyone who wants to sharpen their birding skills. His expertise, knowledge and very approachable personality help facilitate a very enjoyable experience for everyone involved.

We had David as our guide for my 28th birthday gift. What a gift! David was fun and polite and his knowledge really made our hike special. He answered our questions, helped us identify several types of wildflowers, trees, ferns, birds, and tips on what to look for and when. We can’t wait to try a kayak tour this summer. I would absolutely recommend him as your guide!

This was a wonderful, rather magical experience. We've lived within an hour of Goose Pond and had never been. David led us on a four-hour guided tour (3-7) pm that began with a closeup sighting of a huge bald eagle in her nest, and ended with an entrancing experience of four or five short-eared owls fluttering and diving (hunting) in a field in front of us. We saw 33 bird species in all: majestic flights of sandhill cranes flying over us; many species of ducks; a number of different hawks; and most spectacular, a pair of 5' tall Whooping Cranes. (Also one sweet muskrat.)

We followed David in two cars with walkie talkies to a series of stops where we'd all look with binoculars and David would also set up powerful sighting telescopes that would yield very sharp closeup images (and you can actually take decent phone images from the telescopes). It was a gorgeous, crisp early Spring day and it was fantastic to be out there experiencing all of this. David is both a genial and friendly guide & super-knowledgable; with his explanations, what would at first just look like "another hawk/ duck" would turn out to be fascinating to learn about.

We ended up with 7 in our group b/c a couple friends joined; probably it's best to keep it to two cars following David's (but once the pandemic lifts, I think some could travel in his vehicle).