Sophie Osborn, MS
Affiliated Scholar
Sophie A. H. Osborn, MS, is an award-winning writer and wildlife biologist whose work has included the study and conservation of more than a dozen bird species in the Americas. She contributed to reintroduction efforts for several endangered birds, including as a field manager for the California Condor Recovery Program in Arizona. Her first book, Condors in Canyon Country, won the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award for Nature and the Environment. Reviewers for the American Birding Association chose her second book, Feather Trails—A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds, as their favorite bird book of 2024. Sophie has written articles for Bird Conservation, BirdWatching, and Wyoming Wildlife magazines, and co-edited an anthology of short stories, Wild Work—Adventures of Women Field Biologists (2026). An expert in threats to birds, Sophie also shares her love of birds and how we can help them in her “Words for Birds” Substack newsletter.