Mike Resch

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Location Hendersonville, North Carolina
Introduction Birding has been my principal hobby since my early teens. During that time I've developed a passion (some might say obsession) for "statebirding" and “provincebirding” - trying to find and study as many bird species as possible in each state in the US and Canadian province. This passion resulted in several life-long goals which I've recently achieved - to be ABA reportable in all Lower 48 states and DC (achieved in 2023), tally 2,000 state birds in the 6 New England states (reached in 2015), and amass 15,000 "Total Ticks" throughout the US and Canada (reached in MT in 2022). And now in retirement, I’ve started a bird guiding company - 50 States Birding. I provide two guiding options - traditional guiding services where I accompany birders in the field; and a second lower-cost research-based service where I provide birders with customized planning information to help them bird an area on their own. Let me use my knowledge to help you meet your birding objectives anywhere in the 50 states!
Interests Birding, and more specifically statebirding and province birding, is my passion.