Learn about 'The Improbable Journey of America's Bird' with DuPage Birding Club April 14
Pulitzer Prize award-winning author Jack E. Davis will join the DuPage Birding Club for their next monthly meeting on Thursday, April 14. The Zoom presentation will begin at 7 p.m.
Davis will provide an informative talk on the cultural history of the bald eagle from its adoption as the national symbol by the Founding Fathers to the fight to rescue the eagle from extinction and its amazing recovery.
The presentation is based on Davis' latest book titled, "The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird."
The book discusses the threats to our national symbol by hunters and the DDT pesticide, and the efforts of some unsung heroes to prevent the extinction of the bald eagle not once, but twice.
Davis was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book, "The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea." He holds the Rothman Family Endowed Chair in the Humanities and teaches environmental history and sustainability studies at the University of Florida.
To reserve your spot, go to dupagebirding.org/meetings.
The club also hosts field trips: 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at Lincoln Marsh in Wheaton (limit 15); 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 21, at St. James Forest Preserve in Warrenville (limit 10); 7 a.m. Friday, April 22, at Springbrook Prairie in Naperville (limit 15); "Spring Migrants and Birding By Ear" at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 24, at McDowell Grove Forest Preserve in Naperville (limit 15); Bird Sit at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, at Whalon Lake Preserve in Naperville (limit 10); 7:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at Lyman Woods Forest Preserve in Downers Grove (limit 15); and 8 a.m. Friday, April 29, at Maple Grove Forest Preserve in Downers Grove (limit 15).
Preregistration is required; you are not registered until you receive a confirmation from the trip leader. It is open to nonmembers. Visit dupagebirding.org/events/category/trips.
The "Bird the Park" event will be 7:30 to 10 a.m. Sunday, April 24, at St. James Farm in Warrenville. It is a leaderless event; no preregistration required.