Carlos/Giancarla Ross (AnimeBirder)

Joined: Mar 21, 2015 Last Active: Mar 28, 2024 iNaturalist

Birder - anime reviewer - volunteer coordinator at ATX-based nonprofit. 3x Jeopardy champ. The Chase contestant. Non-binary.

Some of my earliest memories are of sunbirds in our yard in the Philippines in the early 80s, so I was primed to become a birder from a young age; my grandpa got me my first binoculars and bird book (the old Golden Guide) and my spark bird was a Steller's Jay at Yosemite National Park in 1986.

While life has led me down many different paths professionally, including seven different academic majors, finally settling on a degree in Japanese, several years at Walt Disney World, and even a short run as a game show contestant, I keep coming back to nature.

Previously resident in Manila, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Hiroshima, Kailua-Kona, and Orlando, now in Greater Austin but traveling as money and time permit.

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