Dianne Taggart, a native Long Islander and has been an avid member of the Long Island birding community for over twenty years She developed an interest when cleaning oiled birds while on a marine mammal stranding team. She has a wealth of knowledge about LI birds and ran the former LIBirds website for over ten years (and now runs the LI Birds Facebook Group). She is also an amateur bird photographer and gives talks on birds at Audubon chapters and libraries. When not adding a life bird to her list, she curls up with a good book or takes a stroll through the woods.