Topic: How Birds Created the World … and Other Stories from “The Complete Language of Birds.”

Speaker: Randi Minetor, author and journalist
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 12 at 6:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm for socializing) NOTE the NEW DAY and TIME – date was switched to accommodate the 2024 election day.
Location-Hybrid: In person at the Church of Transfiguration & virtual attendance via Zoom

Presentation Details

As days shorten and the glimmer of aspen gold deparrs from our Evergreen world, many of us are reading more, taking the longer evenings to learn more about the animals and plants that we encounter.  Our next chapter meeting provides an outstanding opportunity to learn how deeply birds are ingrained in human culture worldwide when Randi Minetor, journalist and author, presents from her newest work, “How Birds Created the World … and Other Stories from “The Complete Language of Birds”, at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Evergreen Church of the Transfiguration and virtually via Zoom. Please note that  our Chapter Meeting is rescheduled to November 12 to avoid conflicting with Election Day.

Doors open at 6:00 pm, and you will want to arrive early to get yourself a great seat for this presentation, to catch up with your fellow Audubon Chapter members, and to learn about all the great events and opportunities you can participate in with Evergreen Audubon.

As Randi notes, 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. These and many other tales told in Randi Minetor’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.

About the Speaker

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.

Zoom Meeting Details

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Passcode: 030633

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