Name: Katie Bertsche
Education:
BSc Zoology (honours) University of New South Wales
Science Illustration Certificate, Rhode Island School of Design
Science Illustration Graduate Certificate, California State University, Monterey Bay

Origin: Mystic, Connecticut
Currently: Monterey Bay, California

Favorite Birds:  Honeyeaters, Bowerbirds, Falcons, Wrens, Quail, Warblers, Sandpipers, Dippers

Travel: Australia; NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland. New Zealand. Belize. Switzerland. France. Netherlands. Spain. Japan. All over US. Lots of national parks!

Notable Skills: Rabble rousing, Scuba diving, flower identification, bellydancing, juggling, birding, quail calling, advice giving, color theorist

Interests: Ornithology, Extinct Megafauna, Jellyfish, Cephalopods, Rockfish, Monotremes, Orchids, Carnivorous plants, pollination, Frogs, vernal pools, Sclerophylous plants, Proteacea, alpine plants, butterflies, Odonata

Love: painting, tea, breakfast, strawberries, the ocean, the mountains, rain storms at night.

Katie drawing the Diprotodon