Join me at Browsers to celebrate Lyanda Lynn Haupt's latest book Among the Birds: Field Notes from Cascadia. We’ll be having a conversation no birder (or bird-curious reader) should miss!

Here are the details from Browsers Books: Join national bestselling author Lyanda Lynn Haupt on an enchanting journey through the avian world. In Among the Birds, Haupt moves intuitively from species to species, celebrating experience, memory, and the serendipity of daily life. Haupt’s signature voice--curious and gently humorous--infuses each vignette with delight and insight. Blending personal observations with natural history, she offers a closer look at the captivating quirks and habits of birds such as Steller’s Jay, Anna’s Hummingbird, Merlin, Black Oystercatcher, American Dipper, Caspian Tern, and many more. Acclaimed artist Justin Gibbens’s realistic yet whimsical illustrations complement each bird’s distinct story and personality.

Among the Birds sparks wonder and cultivates mindfulness compelling us all to care for the wild lives that thrive alongside us.

Lyanda Lynn Haupt is a naturalist, eco-philosopher, and author of several books, including Mozart’s Starling, Crow Planet, and Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit. Her work has earned the Nautilus Book Award Grand Prize, the Washington State Book Award, and other honors. She lives in the woodlands of northwestern Washington.

The Salish Sea School will be hosting me for a Science in Action talk on the fascinating and very different nesting behavior of my two favorite alcids—the Marbled Murrelet and the Pigeon Guillemot. While these two seabirds have family traits and life histories in common, they present very different challenges for the birder, scientist, community scientist, and writer. This slide presentation includes a Q&A. This event is free! Register here. Join Maria and the Salish Sea School staff after at Greenpoint, Washington Park to participate in a community science survey of these amazing seabirds and to learn more about what the Salish Sea School is doing to protect Marbled Murrelets Sign up for that here.