Pete DeSimone

We are deeply saddened at the passing of Sandy DeSimone. Our first encounter with Sandy and her husband, Pete, was at a fundraising event at the Starr Ranch Sanctuary in Coto de Caza, a private preserve owned and managed by the National Audubon Society. There, we saw Pete and a colleague, Scott Thomas, scurry up trees as if it were nothing and bring down baby birds to band them. The photographs in this post are of two of those birds: … Read More