Hal Cohen

Hal moved to Borrego Springs in 2001 and spends his time studying bird migration, specializing in the migration of Swainson's Hawks. He loves to play tennis and to hike in Borrego Springs. Hal has acted in several community plays. He travels worldwide and has taught classes on every continent including Antarctica.

Prior to moving to Borrego Springs, he taught Field Natural History and Ornithology at College of DuPage near Chicago for 38 years. In 1998 Hal was selected Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation, Washington DC.

Hal Cohen graduated from the University of Illinois with a BA degree in Political Science and from Chicago State University with an MS degree in Biology. As a post graduate, Hal spent half a year at the University of Miami studying marine biology. He received National Science Foundation Grants to study ecology at California State/Long Beach and marine ecology at Stanford University.

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