Abby Burke

Abby earned her bachelor's degree from Salve Regina University with a double major in Environmental Studies and Cultural and Historic Preservation. She has worked as a shorebird/sea turtle biologist with the National Park Service mostly on her home turf of Cape Cod, MA but also at Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores in NC. Her experience includes patrolling beaches for threatened and endangered shorebirds, identifying shorebird behavior, utilizing remote cameras, erecting enclosures to protect nests and colonies, banding shorebirds, training interns and volunteers, and conducting non-breeding bird surveys.  In her free time, Abby enjoys traveling, hiking, and mountain biking.