Kevin T. Karlson has been a wildlife photographer for about 26 years and active as a birder for 30 years. He has traveled from the wilds of the Alaskan Arctic to the rainforests of South America to photograph birds.  As a noted wildlife photographer in North America, his work is widely published in numerous birding magazines and journals, as well as books, field guides, calendars and CD-ROM’s.

In 1999, Tidemark Press published Kevin’s own calendar entitled, “Birds of the Arctic Tundra,” which was endorsed by the American Birding Association. He also worked closely with Peter Thayer in creating the CD-Rom “The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Guide to Birds of North America,” as head ornithologist, photo researcher and submitter of almost 800 photos.

Kevin is on the advisory board of "Wild Bird Magazine," as well as a staff contributor of the column "Birder’s ID."  He is a former photo editor of "North American Birds," an ornithological journal of the American Birding Association.  Kevin also authors various articles on birds, from advice on good locations to see and photograph them to insights on natural history and field identification.