Natural History Wanderings

from Golden Gate Bird Alliance

Thursday, April 18 (7pm) Online via Zoom  (Zoom Link, Password: 939980)

We’ve all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel, the ways that they navigate, etc. But did you ever wonder how we figured all of this out? While working for the American Ornithological Society, Rebecca Heisman became fascinated with the varied and creative techniques that scientists have used to study bird migration, and this eventually became the basis for her book Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration.

About Our Speakers — Rebecca Heisman

Rebecca Heisman is an award-winning science writer who lives in Walla Walla, Washington, and has worked with organizations including the Audubon Society, the American Bird Conservancy,

the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the American Ornithological Society. Flight Paths is her first book.