Join NYC Bird Alliance as Randi Minetor brings us back to a time when birds seemed like magical beings with the answers for so many of the world’s questions. From the Ancient Egyptians, who believed that the Earth began as an egg laid by a giant goose, to European scientists who believed that geese survived the winters by turning themselves into barnacles and adhering to the bottoms of ships, Randi Minetor shares these tales and many more from her latest book, The Complete Language of Birds. Purchase your copy today.

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.  

Click here to view the full lineup for the 2024-2025 Winter Lecture Series.

The NYC Bird Alliance Lecture Series is made possible by the support of Claude and Lucienne Bloch.

Photos:
Left: Cover of The Complete Language of Birds © Wellfleet Press 
Right: A headshot of author Randi Minetor