A portrait of Tice Supplee.

Tice Supplee

Director of Bird Conservation

Vashti “Tice” Supplee has been with the National Audubon Society since 2005, after a career with the Arizona Game and Fish Department that included experiences in research, habitat management, game management, and urban wildlife. She coordinates Audubon Southwest science related activities with National Audubon Society programs, and manages the New Mexico and Arizona Important Bird Areas programs—sites that are critical to a complete life cycle for resident and migratory birds.

Tice earned her B.S at Cornell University and M.S. at the University of Arizona, both in Wildlife Ecology. She is a member of the Sonoran Joint Venture science committee, Arizona Bird Conservation Initiative, New Mexico Avian Conservation Partners, Partners in Flight Pinyon Jay Working GroupDesert Thrashers Working Group, Lower Gila River Collaborative coordinating committee, and Upper San Pedro Partnership public advisory and technical committees.

Contact

tice.supplee@audubon.org
602.457.4573

Articles by Tice Supplee

Bird of the Month: Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
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Bird of the Month: Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

— Swainson’s Hawk is one of those birds that can catch your attention when hundreds fill the sky overhead, mixed with migrating Redtail Hawks and an occasional Golden Eagle
Audubon Southwest's Bird of the Month
Birds

Audubon Southwest's Bird of the Month

— The Goth Cardinal, Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens)
Audubon Southwest's Bird of the Month for February
Important Bird Areas

Audubon Southwest's Bird of the Month for February

— Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
Staff Highlight: Cathy Wise
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Staff Highlight: Cathy Wise

— You don't have to be a Burrowing Owl to appreciate her work (but it helps!)
In Phoenix, October 9th is Now Urban Wildlife Conservation Day
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In Phoenix, October 9th is Now Urban Wildlife Conservation Day

— Celebration at the Rio Salado
Proposed Interstate 11 Update
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Proposed Interstate 11 Update

— Advocacy Does Pay Off
Birds

Audubon Southwest's Bird of the Month: May 2021

— The Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis); Avetoro menor (Spanish)
Bird of the Month: Verdin
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Bird of the Month: Verdin

— Dedicating March to our unique southwest desert bird.