Anna is an avian ecologist and field technician who spends her summers as the lead banding technician on Mt. Mansfield.
After studying in the UK and receiving a BA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and a MRes in Tropical Forest Ecology from Imperial College London, she returned to America, drawn to the Northeast by the kindness of its people and the beauty of its natural communities.
A now-full-time resident of Central Vermont, Anna has worked with the Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program studying the breeding ecology of Seaside and Saltmarsh Sparrows in New York City; with New Hampshire Audubon banding and tracking radiotagged Rusty Blackbirds in northern New Hampshire; and with the Berkshire Bird Observatory and Mass Audubon as a fall migration banding assistant in Western Massachusetts and on the Cape.
When not banding into the wee hours, Anna loves to sing polyphonic folk music, play fiddle tunes, contradance, build barns, and get her fingers into the dirt.
