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Solvejg Wastvedt grew up in western Pennsylvania and graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Over the summer, she served in Los Angeles as an intern on NPR's National Desk. Plus, before coming to Upstate New York, Solvejg worked at the Minneapolis community radio station KFAI. When she isn't reporting the news, Solvejg enjoys running and exploring hiking trails.

CliffordShackelfordis a7thgeneration Texan who began bird watching at the age of nine. He holds both a B.S. and an M.S. degree in biology from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdochesand has over two decades of experience as a professional biologist. Since 1997 Cliff is has been the statewideNon-gameOrnithologist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He is the author of over 70 publications on birds and birding and he authored the book Hummingbirds of Texas, published in 2005 by Texas A&M University Press. He has traveled extensively in the Western Hemisphere, collectively he has visited 9 different Latin American countries, and he and his wife Julie and their 2 young children live in East Texas.

Kaomi is a former reporter at WSHU.

Edith Chapin is the Vice President and Executive Editor of NPR News. In that role she resumes responsibility for the NPR newsroom, setting daily news priorities, and directing all of NPR's news-gathering teams. She has full authority to work across the newsroom to ensure that desks, shows and digital teams are rowing in the same direction on major stories and coverage, so that NPR can be consistent and collaborative in our approach to news on all of our platforms.

Jim McLean is managing director of the Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KMUW and other public media stations across Kansas.