Cost: 0
Location: Online/Zoom
LOCATION DESCRIPTION / In-person: Join Alabama Audubon as we approach springtime with special guest speaker and acclaimed author, Randi Minetor!
Many of the tales told in Randi’s latest book, The Complete Language of Birds, bring us back to a time when birds seemed like magical beings with the answers for so many of the world’s questions. Ancient Egyptians believed that the Earth began as an egg laid by a giant goose. Ojibwa people of America’s northern plains tell of a Great Flood that swept away the world’s evils, and the bird that braved the deep waters to bring a bit of soil up from the bottom to restart the continent. European scientists once believed that geese survived the winters by turning themselves into barnacles and adhering to the bottoms of ships, transforming back into birds in spring.
Bestselling author Randi Minetor writes the Birdfinding and Best Easy Bird Guides series for Falcon Guides/Globe Pequot Press and is the author of Backyard Birding and Butterfly Gardening and Best Easy Day Hikes: Buffalo. Her most recent book, The Complete Language of Birds, is an encyclopedia that unites classic illustrations, science, folklore, and mythology about more than 400 bird species around the world. She writes for Birding Magazine, is a regional report editor for North American Birds, and served for three years as president of the Rochester Birding Association.
LOCATION DETAILS / In-person: Participants will receive a Zoom link prior to the event, so please be sure to check the email you registered with before the day of the course.
TRIP LEADERS: If you have questions or require specific accessibility accommodations, please do not hestitate to contact Program Coordinator Andrew Lydeard / andrew@alaudubon.org
ACCESSIBILITY: Online
REQUIRED Participants must complete the mandatory online waiver when registering. Please do not request registration for others when submitting your request.
CANCELLATION The event will only be canceled in the event of hazardous conditions. If you need to cancel at the last minute, please email or text your trip leaders.
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