Mark is coordinator of the Texas Hummingbird Roundup and Texas Wildscapes program at Texas Parks and Wildlife. He grew up in Canada, received his BS degree in Biological Science and Fisheries and Wildlife Management from Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste Marie, MI, then followed the humming birds to Texas when in 1999 he began work with Texas Parks and Wildlife. He is a coauthor of “Hummingbirds of Texas”, Texas A&M Press, editor of the Eye on Nature and Texas Hummer Newsletters and author or editor of several booklets and publications from TPWD.