Lauri Gravina is an award-winning writer who worked as an editor at Yankee magazine, as the research director of The Denver Business Journal and as a farm hand in Vermont before returning to Pittsburgh to write about her hometown. She’s been an editor at NEXTPittsburgh, is a contributor to SHADY Ave magazine, and recently completed the Pennsylvania Master Naturalist training.
When you start out in birding, you get yourself a good pair of binoculars, a guide to birds, and some sturdy footwear. But something else you want to have is a mentor.
