Greg Lasley

Dripping Springs | Birder and Nature Guide

Mr. Lasley served in the U.S. Air Force and as a lieutenant with the Austin police force, but in more recent years became widely known for his role as a birdwatcher, wildlife photographer, nature guide, and member of the iNaturalist community. A very skilled birder, he worked as the co-editor of North American Birds, a publication of the American Birding Association, and as the secretary of the Texas Bird Records Committee of the Texas Ornithological Society. His wildlife photos won recognition from the Valley Land Fund wildlife photo contest. More than 2000 of his images found their way into over 100 publications, including a variety of magazines, such as  Texas Highways, Texas Parks and Wildlife, American Birds, and Wildlife Conservation, as well as in Greg Lasley’s Texas Wildlife Portraits, a book from Texas A&M University Press. From 1985 to 2005, he shared his knowledge of the outdoors by leading bird-watching trips through much of the Western Hemisphere for the ecotourism firm, Victor Emanuel Nature Tours. His expertise has also found its way to the Internet. And, with over 262,000 identifications of birds, dragonflies, damselflies and other creatures provided for more than 13,000 users, Mr. Lasley was a valuable ally in explaining the natural world to the iNaturalist network.