Holly Merker

Holly Merker is a professional birding guide and educator with a background in art therapy, guiding for the American Birding Association, National Audubon Society, Hillstar Nature, and many other organizations. She’s a certified nature and forest therapy guide, certified in wellness counseling, and founder of The Mindful Birding Network. The recipient of the 2022 American Birding Association’s Conservation and Education Award, she’s the coauthor of Ornitherapy: For Your Mind, Body, and Soul and Die Kraft Der Vogel Beobachtung (The Power of Birdwatching), as well as the cohost and producer of The Mindful Birding Podcast.