The in-person portion of the meeting will be held at the Academy of Natural Sciences, BEES classroom (3rd floor).

Meeting agenda:
7:15 PM:  Zoom opens
7:30-8 PM: Club business
8 PM:  Presentation followed by questions (might start earlier if club business finishes earlier).

Please register for the meeting whether you will be attending in person or via Zoom. Then watch for the meeting link in your email. Disregard the meeting link if you will be attending in person.

Register here via Zoom

Fierce and Fast

Speaker: Jim Wright (in-person)

FIERCE AND FAST

Jim Wright, author of the acclaimed new book The Peregrine Falcon, tells all about these incredible raptors in this lavishly illustrated talk: how they can travel at 200 mph, why they nearly went extinct, how they were saved (in the unlikeliest way), how they became an internet superstar, and where the nestlings go after they fledge. Even if you think you know a lot about peregrines, prepare to be surprised. Jim will sell and sign books after the presentation. (Cash or check for book sales)

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

In addition to this go-to book on peregrine falcons, Jim wrote The Real James Bond, about the legendary DVOC member whose name was stolen by Ian Fleming) and many other books. He monitors nesting peregrines for the state of New Jersey in the spring, plans to coordinate the State Line Hawk Watch this fall, and writes a birding column for The Record in Northern New Jersey every two weeks.

More about the book here:

Booklist magazine just gave The Peregrine Falcon a great review: “Full of personal anecdotes from Wright’s many years as a nest monitor and hawk watcher and quotes from scientists and early naturalists and richly illustrated with beautiful color photos, this will be the peregrine primer for years to come.”

Link to purchase book: https://schifferbooks.com/products/the-peregrine-falcon  (copies will be for sale at meeting and Jim will bring copies of The Real James Bond to sell as well)