Mark Peck is an ornithologist with the Royal Ontario Museum. He is involved in collections management, public programs, gallery development (Schad Gallery of Biodiversity and the Patrick and Barbara Keenan Family Gallery of Hands-on Biodiversity), and he has served as a curatorial consultant for several exhibitions. He is also a contributing author and photographer for The Birds of Nunavut and wrote the text for Deborah Samuel's book The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds. Mark is also the Program Director for the Toronto Ornithological Club, the ROM liaison for the Ontario Bird Records Committee, and a consultant for Ontario Birds/Ontario Field Ornithologists. Mark is an avid natural history photographer with a special interest in breeding and nesting birds.