Join me for a slide presentation to welcome my new book, The Bird With the Flaming Red Feet, into the book world! I’ll be sharing stories about the lively Pigeon Guillemot, the success of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network community science program, and answering all your pressing guillemot questions, and signing copies of my book, Just in time to welcome the Pigeon Guillemots back to the shores of the Salish Sea for their breeding season.

The Joys of One-Bird Birding Whidbey Audubon members are no strangers to Pigeon Guillemots. Since 2003, these lively, charming seabirds have gained a wide and devoted following on the island as the focal species of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. There are now 250 volunteer community scientists in this ever-expanding network of “guillemoteers” and Maria is one of them. Though her first encounters with the guillemots on Puget Sound were centered on data collection, Maria’s hour-long surveys led to a curiosity-fueled, multi-year exploration of the guillemots and the lives they live beyond the data sheets. Maria’s new book The Bird with the Flaming Red Feet is informed by her thirteen years among the guillemots on an inlet near her home in Olympia. Her slide presentation is a celebration of the Pigeon Guillemot, the Salish Sea Network, community science, and the joys of “one-bird birding.” Q&A, followed by book sales and signing.