Saturday, May 11, 2024
6 pm
At Thoreau Farm
$15/person to attend in-person event. Registration required.
We are delighted to also offer online viewing of this program. $10/person to attend online. Registration required.
Register on ZOOM to join us virtually
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.”
Geoff Wisner, editor of A Year of Birds, is a board member of the Thoreau Society and the editor of Thoreau’s Wildflowers and Thoreau’s Animals, published by Yale University Press.
Thoreau Farm is also pleased to display original illustrations from A Year of Birds by artist Barry Van Dusen from May 4 to July 24, 2024. More details about the exhibition can be found here.