Virtual Keynote: The Bird Way: Friday, January 28 @ 7pm via Zoom (Free, but registration required)
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The Bird Way explores a kaleidoscope of fascinating behaviors in the bird world through the lens of five arenas of daily activity—communication, work, play, love, and parenting. It tells stories about some of the extraordinary ways that birds do these things and the secret, sophisticated intelligence underlying their behavior.
The talk also explores the new discoveries that are overturning many of our old, conventional ideas about how birds live their lives, describes how science is making some of these astonishing discoveries, and shows the most stunning examples from each section of the book.
The talk ranges from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska's Kachemak Bay, and includes audio, video, and spectacular photos by professional photographers.
Website: www.JenniferAckermanAuthor.com
Instagram: @JenniferAckemanAuthor
Twitter: @JenGAckerman
About the Speaker
A bird lover since childhood, Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about nature and science for three decades. Her most recent book, The Bird Way, was selected as a Best Science Book of 2020 by NPR’s Science Friday and is a finalist for the PEN America Literary Award in Science. Her bestselling The Genius of Birds is published in 25 languages and received numerous awards. Jennifer is the author of five other books and her essays and articles have appeared in National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, Scientific American, and other publications. She is the recipient of an NEA Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.