Better Birding Book Club

When thinking about the birds that surround us, we quickly acknowledge their grace, beauty, and versatility. Less frequently, however, do we consider their effect on our physical and mental health and the way we think about and practice social, economic, and environmental justice. In this book club, we investigate the joys and benefits of birdwatching, as well as more serious topics like how birds get their names, the heightening impact of environmental changes on birds, and the inherent inequity and assumptions built into the birding practice. Join book club host and bird-enthusiast Brenda the fourth Tuesday of each month to talk books, birds, and bettering the world together.

This month we are reading All About Backyard Birds: Eastern & Central North America by Pedro Fernandes, Hugh Powel, and Brian Scott Sockin. The Better Birding book club will meet at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, May 27th.

A series of beginner-to-novice birding books, All About Backyard Birds is based on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s number one birding website allaboutbirds.org, which has had more than 21 million unique users to date.

All About Backyard Birds delivers best-in-class content and proven user-friendly formats. Each regional version—eastern/central North America and western North America—provides 120 of the most popular species and is filled with beautiful illustrations by Pedro Fernandes. With charts, maps, and other bird identification tools, All About Backyard Birds offers beginner birders the ideal way to start birding.

All About Backyard Birds also includes a tutorial for MERLIN®, an interactive GPS-based bird identification multimedia app (available in iTunes and Android stores and already used by more than 1 million birders), plus a FREE Bird QR book companion app. The app empowers users with a tap-to-listen birdsong function and gives more information about special topics throughout the book.

As with all Cornell Lab Publishing Group books, a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of All About Backyard Birds goes directly to the Cornell Lab to support projects, including children’s educational and community programs.

Purchase a copy to read, or grab it from the library, and join us at Dog·Eared Books at 5:30 PM on May 27th, to discuss the book with book club host Brenda! This book club is free to anyone who wishes to participate, no registration necessary.

Also, for 20 minutes after each club meeting, you will receive 20% off all books and merchandise!

For further readings, resources, and to continue the conversation after club ends join the Better Birding Book Club Discord!