6 Key Differences Between Bees and Wasps
Use this handy guide to know whether it's a bee or wasp buzzing through your backyard.
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Kirsten Schrader
Milwaukee, WI
School: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, BA, Journalism and Mass Co
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Kirsten Schrader
- 17 years of experience writing and editing nature content.
- Presented at Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival and Biggest Week in American Birding Festival.
- Wrote the foreword for John Shewey's book The Hummingbird Handbook.
Experience
Kirsten has more than 15 years of experience writing and editing birding and gardening content. As content director of Birds & Blooms, she leads the team of editors and freelance writers sharing tried-and-true advice for nature enthusiasts who love to garden and feed birds in their backyards. Since joining Birds & Blooms 17 years ago, Kirsten has held roles in digital and print, editing direct-to-consumer books, running as many as five magazines at a time, and managing special interest publications.
Kirsten has traveled to see amazing North American birds and attended various festivals, including the Sedona Hummingbird Festival, Rio Grande Bird Festival, The Biggest Week in American Birding Festival, and the Cape May Spring Festival. She has also witnessed the epic sandhill crane migration while on a photography workshop trip to Colorado. Kirsten has participated in several GardenComm and Outdoor Writers Association of America annual conferences and is a member of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology.
When she's not researching, writing, and editing all things birding and gardening, Kirsten is enjoying the outdoors with her nature-loving family. She and her husband are slowly chipping away at making their small acreage the backyard of their dreams.
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