After retiring from a 27-year career with the U.S. Information Agency and the Department of State, Wisconsin native Scott Rauland was able to focus on his hobbies of bird watching and nature photography. He spent his first two years of retirement living in Brasilia, where he managed to track down about 40% of Brazil’s more than 1,800 species of birds, and has added tens of thousands of images to his collection of photos. He and his wife, Frances, recently relocated to Switzerland, and are thoroughly enjoying exploring this part of the world.