Dr. Guy Beauchamp is an independent researcher who has been working on bird behavior for the last 30 years. He obtained a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has done fieldwork on flamingos in Venezuela, sandpipers in the Bay of Fundy, and, more recently, on scrub-jays in Florida. He studies animal behavior using a variety of approaches, including theoretical modeling, the comparative method, and fieldwork. He investigates the adaptive value of group living in animals, focusing primarily on birds, and specializes in animal vigilance.