Joe has been a field biologists for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management for twenty-nine years. He has taken every opportunity to study eagles and ospreys. All his observations have been along river systems using a variety of field methods, including hiking along ridges overlooking a river to flying in helicopters in the spring to count eagle and osprey fledgings. At the NCTC, having a spotting scope and camera observing the nesting pair is both delightful and entertaining for Joe. Observing nature has put both food on his table and spirit in his heart.