About

Linda Burek is an award-winning photographer and author of 8 books including Birding Hot Spots Near St. Augustine, Basic Guide to Backyard Birds in St. Augustine, Basic Guide to Birds Found Near Water in St. Augustine and Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve. She teaches birding identification and photography and leads photography/birding workshop excursions. She is a board member of the Saint Augustine Camera Club and a member of the Beaches Photography Club and the North American Nature Photography Association. She was the lead on a camera club Through the Lens Challenge in partnership with the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve to document, through photography, as many life forms as possible found in the reserve during a specific period. Linda is a certifiedFlorida Master Naturalist and was the lead compiler for the St. Augustine Christmas Bird Count 2018-2021 and has taken over again in 2025. She participates in counts of nesting birds at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park. She served on the Board of Directors for the St. Johns Audubon Society and leads bird walks. She taught about local bird identification in the Flagler College Lifelong Learning Program and continues to teach birding identification and photography courses at the GTM Reserve. Her website is http://www.lindaburekphotography.com.

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