Waldyke ("Wally") Prince currently works as a professional nature guide at Iwokrama International Centre Rainforest Reserve where he guides nature tours and birding groups on a daily basis. He is one of the top birding guides in Guyana, with over 15 years experience birding and guiding in Guyana. Wally is very adept at finding and identifying the many secretive birds living in diverse rainforest habitats throughout the million acre reserve. He has extensive knowledge about the Guianan avifauna and has seen over 650 of the 800+ bird species recorded in Guyana. Wally's interest in nature began during his childhood days while wandering the forests and savannahs mastering his skills with a slingshot. He became highly adept at finding, closely approaching, and observing the many birds and animals present in these habitats. In the early 1990's he was formally introduced to bird-watching and bird census-taking while working as a research assistant with Robert Ridgely, Angelo Caparrella and David Agro. In the mid-1990's he worked with Michael Braun, Mark Robbins and Brian Schmidt as a field assistant during their scientific expeditions throughout Guyana. We have traveled across much of Guyana with Wally as our guide and have been impressed with his out-going personality and great sense of humor as well as his excellent birding and guiding skills.
