Mark Obmascik

Mark Obmascik is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and obsessed birder who lives in Colorado with his wife and three sons.

Articles by Mark Obmascik

Fowl Obsession

October 19, 2011 — Tallying species started in the 1900s with the Christmas Bird Count, but it was Roger Tory Peterson who turned birding North America into a sport. 

The Big Screen

September 22, 2011 — The author writes about what it’s like to have his book made into a major motion picture featuring some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Will birding ever be the same?