Wyatt is the Sanctuary Manager for Houston Audubon who works primarily in the High Island and Bolivar Peninsula Sanctuaries. This gives him the opportunity to experience and study birds in one of the most species-rich areas of the United States.Raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Wyatt grew up birding throughout the Land of Enchantment, and adjacent Texas and Arizona. Prior to Houston Audubon, Wyatt found work studying Arctic-breeding shorebirds in Alaska and Chukotka, as well as grassland birds in the Southern Great Plains. He holds an undergraduate degree in Wildlife Ecology from New Mexico State University.