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A Day of Birds at Thoreau Farm
Saturday, May 11

3pm-7pm

Join us for the whole day and get a discount! 
$30/person. Registration required. 

3pm: Artist Talk at Thoreau Farm.
Barry Van Dusen talks about his exhibit “Birds & Beyond: A Journey through Thoreau’s Landscape with Barry van Dusen.”  At Thoreau Farm, the exhibition features birds mentioned in Thoreau’s Journals and featured in the new book A Year of Birds (Mercer University Press, 2024).

4-6pm: Birding Saunter with Peter Alden
Peter Alden is a Concord author and naturalist. He has spent 55 years leading birders and travelers to over 100 countries on the seven continents and the seven seas. He is the author of more than 15 books on North American and African wildlife, including the National Audubon Society’s Regional Field Guide Series and has sold over 3 million copies. He serves on the Thoreau Farm Trust board of directors and is part-time at the Thoreau Society’s Shop at Walden Pond.

6pm: Thoreau and the Birds of Concord: A Book Launch with editor Geoff Wisner.
Just released by Mercer University Press, A Year of Birds is the first collection of Thoreau’s writings on birds to be arranged by the day of the year, emphasizing the relationship of birds with their environment and the spiritual significance of the seasons. With a focus on the town of Concord, A Year of Birds includes unparalleled descriptions of birds ranging from the red-tailed hawk to the whippoorwill. Special sections are devoted to the now-vanished passenger pigeon and to Thoreau’s mysterious “night warbler.”