As a birder, Melissa Mayntz has seen hundreds of species, witnessed astonishing seasonal migrations, and attracted dozens of bird species to her yard. Her work has previously appeared in National Wildlife magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest Online, Watching Backyard Birds, TheSpruce.com, and WildBird, among other publications. In addition to writing about birds, she works as the managing editor of Cruise Hive (cruisehive.com) and writes on a variety of other topics.