Noah Strycker by BENMA PHOTO

NEW! BIRDER’S ATLAS OF THE WORLD
Sep 2026 | 448 Pages | Order Here

“Without a doubt, one of the most ambitious (and beautiful, and informative) birding books ever.”

-SCOTT WEIDENSAUL

Noah Strycker is a bird man based in Oregon. Full Bio

He welcomes correspondence at noah.strycker@gmail.com

Noah’s books include:

Birding BasicsBackyard Guide to the Birds of North America

Birds of the Photo Ark

BIRDS OF THE PHOTO ARK

With images by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore and text by Noah Strycker, this elegant book features hundreds of studio portraits of birds around the world, paired with essays about evolution, behavior, and conservation.

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Upcoming Adventures

Macaroni Penguin
Quark Expeditions

Antarctica

In his 15th Antarctic season, Noah will be sailing on Quark Expeditions’ ship the World Voyager for several trips to the Antarctic Peninsula — the penguin capital of Antarctica!

January is the peak season for wildlife in Antarctica, when penguins have small, fluffy chicks and whales have arrived in good numbers for the southern summer.

Multiple departures in Jan 2027 | Itinerary and Details

Speaking

Speaking Engagements

Noah is especially known for the humor, lively stories, and thoughtful reflections in his presentations, which celebrate the ways that birds unite and inspire us.

Past Appearances:

“Noah’s presentation was a big hit for our capacity audience!”

-Andrew Rubenfeld, Linnaean Society of New York

Videos

Disappearing Penguins, 2021 (15 minutes)

This documentary, produced by Greenpeace International, features Noah conducting field work on Elephant Island, Antarctica, during his graduate studies of Chinstrap Penguins. The video was awarded Best Children’s Film at the 2021 Wild & Scenic Film Festival.

TEDxSalem, 2018 (15 minutes)

Noah recounts his Big Year for TEDx in Salem, Oregon, with a few laughs along the way. In this talk, Noah runs into trouble in Peru, faces his worst fear in Asia, considers a piece of below-the-belt body art, makes unexpected friends, and discovers how birds can—no joke—unite the world.

Birding Without Borders, 2015 (5 minutes)

At the end of his round-the-world trip in 2015, during a long flight home from India, Noah cut together this whirlwind tour of all 41 countries he’d visited in the previous 12 months. This video shows birds, people, and some of the most spectacular (and obscure) places on Earth.