Deidra Bryant
Deidra’s fascination with how animals interact with their natural environment started with observations as a youngster growing up on Long Island, an interest she pursued in her education.
Deidra studied environmental science at Temple University and interned at the Philadelphia Zoo studying animal behavior and environmental education. Under a fellowship from the Wildlife Conservation Society, she developed lessons for Brooklyn Aquarium on habitat degradation by humans and the effects of Hurricane Sandy on aquatic and coastal habitats. She researched the diet of Mantled Howler Monkeys with OSA Conservation in Costa Rica and worked with raptors in “flight school” as a wildlife rehabilitator at the Wildlife Center of Virginia. In graduate school at Shippensburg University, where she earned an M.S. in Biology in December 2019, she studied nesting Purple Martins, while managing the campus greenhouse and herbarium, assisting Northern Saw-whet Owl migration research, and teaching stream ecology field classes with Audubon Pennsylvania. She served as Conservation Chair of Conococheague Audubon Society, and since moving to Aldie, VA, has been a regular contributor to the Potomac Flier.
Deidra’s other passion, floral and garden design, led her to Japan where she studied Japanese garden design and landscape ecology at Kyoto University School of Art and Design and worked with Ueyakato Landscape in residential gardens.
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