Join author and extreme birder Kenn Kaufman as he discusses his newest book, A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration, with Pete Myers, in a conversation timed to fit with the early stirrings of spring migration. A Season on the Wind offers a close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment. Kaufman and Myers have researched and watched migration for years; hear what you can watch for now and through the Spring.

“Kenn Kaufman knows his birds and their miraculous journeys—and he feels them deeply, too. An enlightening, thought-provoking, and poignant read.” —Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Genius of Birds

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Kenn Kaufman, author of A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration, has observed bird migration on all seven continents. He is editor and coauthor of seven titles in the Kaufman Field Guide series, and his memoir, Kingbird Highway, was designated an Outdoor Classic by the National Outdoor Book Awards. Learn more at KaufmanFieldGuides.com.

Pete Myers received a PhD from U.C. Berkeley for work on the migratory ecology and behavior of sandpipers. This work took him from Arctic Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. In 1985 Myers co-founded the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, which today coordinates conservation plans at more than100 sites in the western hemisphere, and from 1987 to 1990 he served as senior vice president for science at the National Audubon Society. Learn more at Calidris.Photography.

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This program is part of SHELF LIFE, a series of virtual events presented by the Virginia Festival of the Book, a program of Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VaBook.org. #HumanitiesAtHome #ShelfLife

Thanks to our community partners for this event: Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Environmental Sciences Department at UVA, Highlands Bird Club, Ivy Creek Foundation, Loudon Wildlife Conservancy, Northern Virginia Bird Club, Piedmont Virginia Bird Club, Roanoke Valley Bird Club, Rockbridge Bird Club, Virginia Society of Ornithology

SHELF LIFE—Bird Watching: Spring Migrations with Kenn Kaufman & Pete Myers

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