
As Senior Coordinator, Chad Witko communicates about the Migratory Bird Initiative and other science programs within Audubon, working with data and knowledge holders across the Western Hemisphere to build relationships and acquire migratory bird datasets. Through this work, he is a principal contributor to the development of the Bird Migration Explorer.
As an expert birder and ornithologist, Chad provides a lifetime of birding knowledge and nearly twenty years of field experience to the National Science Division at Audubon.
Before joining Audubon in 2019, Chad worked on various bird research, conservation, and education projects across the United States. These include developing avian conservation strategies linked to forestry efforts in New Hampshire, serving as an eBird state reviewer, mist-netting and banding migratory passerines in California, and educating visitors to Eastern Egg Rock about seabird restoration efforts for Project Puffin.
Chad holds a BS in Environmental and Forest Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and an MS in Conservation Biology and a Certificate in Applied Spatial Analysis for GIS from Antioch University New England. He currently resides in Vermont with his partner and daughter.
Articles by Chad Witko


Meet the Stragglers of Spring Migration

How Many Birds Can A Bunch of Audubon Staff See In a Year?

The Weird and Wild Migration of the Wood Stork Raises Many Questions

To Protect Broad-winged Hawks, We First Need to Know Where They Migrate

The Flammulated Owl Is a Small Raptor Facing Big Threats

Our Plan to Count Shorebirds in the Colorado River Delta

Wandering Spoonbills Tell Us What We Need to Protect the Everglades

As American Kestrels Mysteriously Decline, Researchers Look to Their Migration for Clues

It's Summer, and That Means Fall Migration is Already Underway
Chad Witko's Favorite Birds
Pomarine Jaeger
