Willistown Conservation Trust

At any moment of every day, migratory birds fill the skies of the western hemisphere, journeying from the High Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, across the Atlantic and Pacific, moving by day and night. Join naturalist and author Scott Weidensaul on an exploration of how and why birds migrate, and the conservation challenges that face them, based on his book, Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds.The program ranges from the doorstep of the Aleutians in Alaska through the rainforests of Central and South America to the grassy pampas of Argentina, and is filled with the drama and sweep of this remarkable
phenomenon.

You will be amazed to learn how the open spaces of the Willistown countryside are attracting growing numbers of these colorful visitors to our area. Whether they are resting or nesting, our large undeveloped meadows and woodlands provide increasingly rare habitat. Learn what landowners can do to support and encourage migratory birds.

Scott Weidensaul has lived almost all of his life among the long ridges and endless valleys of eastern Pennsylvania, in the heart of the central Appalachians, a landscape that has defined much of his work.

He is the author of more than two dozen books on natural history, including the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Living on the Wind, Return to Wild America: A Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul, and his newest book, Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding. Weidensaul writes for such publications as Smithsonian, Audubon, Nature Conservancy and National Wildlife. He lives in the mountains of eastern Pennsylvania, where he studies the migration of hawks, owls and hummingbirds.

In addition to writing about wildlife, Weidensaul is an active field researcher whose work focuses on bird migration.

Please register by Monday, February 16, 2009

Living on the Wind: The World of Migratory Birds

Living on the Wind:
The World of Migratory Birds