Jeff Hawkins

Jeff Hawkins brings twelve years of field experience in wildlife research and conducting surveys of natural resources. He has worked with a variety of taxa, including birds, bats, aquatic insects, and plants. His years of field experience have allowed him to work with several endangered bat species including federally endangered Virginia big-eared, Indiana, and gray bats. He has extensive experience in mist netting, harp trapping, identifying, processing, light tagging, tracking, and obtaining hair/tissue/guano samples from these species and other chiropterans of the eastern U.S. He also has experience in aerial telemetry techniques and the use of bat detector equipment (AnaBat II) for recording and identifying ultrasonic bat calls.

Jeff routinely participates in scientific writing and has authored numerous technical reports and papers written in support of NEPA, ESA, and other permitting applications. He has spent numerous hours in the field and lab working with aquatic invertebrates and is comfortable in the use of taxonomic keys and the methodologies involved in the collection, sorting, preparation, and identification of the benthic macroinvertebrates of eastern North America.

Jeff has also been an avid birdwatcher for many years having participated in many avian research projects while obtaining his B.S. in Wildlife Management and in the course of pursuing a Master’s Degree at Eastern Kentucky University. Jeff has also completed bird surveys professionally in a variety of habitats.

Born a Libra during the Summer of Love, Jeff is an avid bicyclist and foosballer with many other interests including photography, camping, canoeing, Vizsla subservience, and other people's business.