About Us

Pocket Birds was first dreamed up while Andy and his wife were watching birds in the San Juan Islands in April 2026. While Andy was making up silly stories for a belted kingfisher in Bowman Bay, he realized how much they enjoyed the hobby and wanted to make something to bring more creativity, imagination, and storytelling to birding.

Made in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pocket Birds has an amazing team behind the scenes, working to bring you high quality zines each month.

Core Team

Andy Boyd

Founder and Lead Designer of Pandion Games and Pocket Birds, he is the primary writer, handles the layout, graphic design and core research alongside the business things like printing the zines and buying pretty stamps.

Galen Pejeau

The primary artist behind Pocket Birds and owner of Nightjar Games. Galen has worked with Pandion Games since 2023 and created the first bird artwork for the project, designed the logo, and some of the technical illustrations. A huge fan of ecology and exploration, he explores those themes in his art and writing such as in his game Solarcrawl.

Samantha Leigh

Editor of Pocket Birds and owner of Blinking Birch Games, Samantha is best known for their acclaimed games Anamnesis, Death of the Author, and The World We Left Behind. Samantha makes sure we don't make any silly grammar or spelling mistakes in our writing.

Ryan Lynch

Artist consultant, Ryan is a graphic designer, artist, and game designer of Outrider Creative, the creator behind the wildly popular Perils & Princesses. Ryan is an artist on the project and helped us with make sure we are paying good rates with artist-friendly licensing and contracts.

Artists

(more details and bios coming soon)

Ryan Lynch

Galen Pejeau

Shia

Tony Tran