Susan Puder, a lifelong Jersey Girl, is a graduate of Trenton State College and a retired Technology Specialist from a major financial services company in New York City. Susan has been a serious nature and wildlife photographer for over 30 years, using Nikon equipment.

Her work has been exhibited in New York City and throughout New Jersey, winning many photo competitions, including the New Jersey Federation of Camera Club’s TOPS in New Jersey. Her work has been published in Digital Imaging and AAA World magazines, local newspapers, and other local publications. Susan published her first book in 2012, New Jersey Birds and Beyond, from Schiffer Publishing. She is a Field Contributor to Nature Photographer Magazine, which issues with articles can be viewed on the Articles Published page. She is both a judge and presenter for the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs.

Susan is a board member of the Friends of Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, and as such has organized their Photographic Exhibition Competition starting in 2019, and the Gone Missing – 3 Billion Birds Panel Discussion held on March 7, 2020.

Susan is a dedicated environmentalist who supports the preservation of open lands and wildlife. As an avid birder, she started the Southern Ocean Birding Group in 2009, located at the Tuckerton Seaport in Tuckerton, New Jersey, and is a member of the New Jersey Audubon Society. She is also a member of the Sierra Club, the Wildness Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and other environmental organizations, both local and national. Susan is a Volunteer Master Naturalist at the Edwin Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.

Susan is an instructor for Stockton University/Continuing Studies and a presenter at the Annual Pinelands Short Course, held at Stockton University in March.

As a resident of Barnegat, Susan now has easy access to the coastal areas and can be found many a day out along the estuaries and wetlands along the Jersey shore with her binoculars and camera ready to capture that elusive avian visitor.

Star Ledger, New Jersey: “You’re probably most  taken by the vividness of the primary colors in her images. The subtleties in her work are impressive.

The accomplished birder, photographer and author Kevin Karlson calls Susan “a friend and superb photographer”.