Mandy earned two degrees from Temple and has been a full-time employee since 2008. She loves all wildlife, but is especially fond of birds. Mandy has been a Bird Safe Philly volunteer since the 2022 season and extends the rescue and documentation efforts to Temple whenever she can.
Christy Davids is a poet, a teacher, and a birder. At Temple University she teaches in the English and Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies departments. Some of her favorite birds include warblers, Red-winged Blackbirds, kinglets, and Black Skimmers. She loves Road Runners, but they evade her. One of Christy’s most prized possessions is a copy of Familiar Birds of the Pacific Southwest that is filled with hand-written notes about sightings from her great grandmother.
Christy became aware of the collision problem at Temple by simply walking to her early-morning classes and finding injured and deceased birds along the sidewalks. Collecting specimens for science and helping rescue stunned birds on campus has become very important to Christy. She officially joined Bird Safe Philly as a volunteer in the fall, 2024 season.
Marc is a graduate of Temple University and the Assistant Dean for Facilities in the College of Liberal Arts. Marc’s favorite birds are ravens and other large raptor-type-species. He has been critical in monitoring the peregrine falcon nest habits at the university and in spreading the word to other campus entities about window collisions, even though he is not an official Bird Safe Philly volunteer.