Michael Andrew QuinnInvertebrate Biologist for Texas
Parks & Wildlife, Austin
Mike & Gloria Quinn Education
Photography
In the early 1980's I was pursuing a career in photojournalism, but quickly realized that many people don't particularly like having their picture taken. Later I discovered that most insects are quite approachable with a camera. This brought me back to my naturalist roots as I had grown up in a New Orleans suburb chasing abundant snakes, turtles, frogs, lizards and the like at what was then a burned down race track just to the north of our home.
I decided to leave my job at Texas Instruments and go back to school to get a wildlife degree at Texas A&M as I was actively involved in birding/ornithology. I worked for a couple summers on the Kirtland's Warbler in Mio, Michigan and on the Black-capped Vireo in TX and OK. In between attending classes in wildlife, I wandered over to the Entomology Department and volunteered to re-spread and identify butterflies in A&M's Insect Collection. While working there, an opening became available for a Master's student to study the insects in the Golden-cheeked Warbler's breeding habitat. The rest, as they say, is history! Here's a few links to some of my insect photos:
My connection to the Rio Grande ValleyMy maternal grandparents arrived independently in the RGV from the mid-west circa 1920 and were married shortly thereafter. My mother was literally born on our dairy farm in 1932 just south of Rio Hondo in Cameron County. I've been visiting South Texas since the 1960's and have lived there occasionally since the late 1970's. In addition to working on the Spear Dairy 365 days a year, I held employment at the Texas Agricultural Research Station in Weslaco, at Santa Ana NWR in Alamo, and as a butterfly landscaper Valley-wide. I served on the board of the Valley Nature Center and am currently a consultant for the 100 acre NABA International Butterfly Park being built near Bentsen-RGV State Park south of Mission, TX. PublicationsRa. B., K. Oberhauser & M.A. Quinn. 2003. Monarchs, milkweed and more. Bas Relief Publishing Group. 98 pp. Quinn, M. & M. Klym. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. An introduction to butterfly watching. Texas Parks & Wildlife Press, Austin. 44 pp. Quinn, M.A. 2002. Suggestions for the SLS as we enter a new century. Southern Lepidopterists' News. 24(1)Quinn. M. 2001. Meeting Report: 6th annual Texas butterfly festival. News of the Lepidopterists' Society 43(4):116-117. Quinn, M.A. 2000. Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp. Knudson, E.C., & M. Quinn. 1999. Butterflies of Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 12 pp. Quinn, M.A. & J. Glassberg. 1999. Definitive destinations: Santa Ana NWR, Hidalgo Co. Texas. American Butterflies 7(1):28-38. Quinn. M.A. 1999. Book review: butterflies through binoculars - The East. News of the Lepidopterists' Society. 41(4):110-111. Quinn. M.A. 1997. Book reviews: snailology; cricketology; wormology; rolypolyology. American Entomologist 43 (4):255. Wharton, R. A., E.G. Riley, M.A. Quinn, J. B. Woolley, J.S. Schaffner & H.R. Burke. 1996. Invertebrate species available as food for the Golden-Cheeked Warbler in its nesting habitat. Office of Research and Technology Transfer. Texas Transportation Institute, College Station; Texas Department of Transportation, Austin. 98 pp. Web sites I contributed to either through design, compilation and/or content(I got my start in making web pages under the tutelage of John Jackman while at Texas A&M) Texas Entomology (over 300 web pages, including:) Texas Parks & Wildlife University of Houston
Texas A&M University - Department of Entomology NABA-South Texas Butterfly Club (created the site's foundation including these links:)
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