Brian Gibbons

Nikon Birding ProStaff

Brian Gibbons was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He took an interest in all things wild at a young age, but has specialized in birds since age ten.

Brian graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in east Texas with a B.S. in biology. Since then he has worked on a variety of field ornithology research projects, from the Bering Sea and the midnight sun of the North Slope of Alaska to the Dominican Republic. More recently he has worked with the Smithsonian Institution in Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Cuba as part of a team researching West Nile virus and assessing the role of migratory birds in the dispersal of the virus.

He also leads trips with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours, specializing in Mexico and North America. Recreational birding and travel has taken him to many places including The Great Wall in China, Machu Picchu in Peru and the Himalayas in Nepal.