Elizabeth “Libby” Lyons
Libby Lyons is a life-long nature lover and was fortunate because for many years her job and love of nature were well-aligned. She is retiring in spring 2021 after almost 25 years with the National Science Foundation. She was a Biology professor for 10 years before that. Although her training was in plant science, she considers herself a “lapsed botanist,” with birds as her major passion now. She birdwatched here and there and mostly internationally for many years, including a summer ecology course in Costa Rica in graduate school, a year in Kenya with the family, a year in Japan without the family, and trips tagged onto her international work travel.
It was only after the kids “fledged” and left home a few years ago that she focused on US birds again, especially in Virginia, her home for more than 25 years. She tries to birdwatch whenever she can, has participated in several Christmas Bird Counts, and has made presentations about her nature adventures to local schools, community groups, and bird clubs. She is a big fan of citizen science and of using birdwatching to help a broader range of Americans understand more about nature conservation and its importance to our planet.
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