Kenneth D. Seyffert is an avocational birder living in Amarillo, Texas, who is known throughout the state and nationally as an authority on the birds of the Panhandle. He is a past vice president of the Texas Ornithological Society, a past president of the Texas Panhandle Audubon Society, and a founding member of the Texas Bird Records Committee. He is a regional director for the Texas Breeding Bird Atlas Project.