Welcome Tern the Page Members!

We can't wait to discuss these four bird and nature-themed books with you. This website will be your guide during the book club.  Here, we will post bonus videos and articles for you to read.  There will be direct links to each Zoom book club meeting posted here so you won't need to search for those.  Explore and remember to come back each month for added content!

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EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT: As a special bonus we are providing $200 off any new registration to a residential camp sesssion.  Please use the members-only promo code: TERN2021 at  check-out.

Book Club Bonus Materials

January: Birds of Maine by Peter D. Vickery

Portland Press Herald Book Review

Illustrators: Barry Van Dusen and Lars Jonsson

Maine Audubon Book Launch Recording

 

February: The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham

Episode 22: Prairie Warbler by This is Love Podcast with Drew Lanham

Clemson Professor’s Memoir Lauds Land and Nature

Listen to Drew Lanham's Keynote Speech at the 2017 Audubon Convention in Utah

“How Am I Going to Be Perceived as a Black Man With Binoculars?”: J. Drew Lanham on Christian Cooper and Rules for the Black Birdwatcher - Vanity Fair

"Rules for the Black Birdwatcher" by Drew Lanham

Interview with On Being - January 28, 2021

“Still Birding While Black” from Dear America by Drew Lanham – Trinity University Press

March: The Nature Explorer's Sketchbook by Jean Mackay

JeanMackayArt.Com

Tumblehome Books: Look -- See -- Sketch - Recording

April: A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul

ScottWeidensaul.Com

Project Owlnet is a banding project to determine the timing, intensity, and pace of migration of the Northern Saw-whet Owl. 

Project SNOWstorm uses innovative science to understand snowy owls, and to engage people in their conservation through outreach and education.

National Audubon Society's Owls versus Ospreys Q&A with Scott Weidensaul and Rob Bierregaard - Facebook Live Recording

NPR's Fresh Air Interview with Scott Wiedensaul

Book Review by Christian Cooper in The New York Times

ABA Podcast Interview with Scott Wiedensaul

Making Bird Connections: Fall Migration with Scott Weidensaul and Jill Deppe:

All book club meetings and author visits will take place over Zoom at 7pm Eastern Time.  Links will be provided closer to the program dates, so check back for those!

January 12: Office Hours - How to Zoom (Click the link to join at 7pm ET). Feel free to join us on January 12 if you want to learn more about Zoom and how to use it.  We won't be discussing books but we will be there to answer all your questions about special Zoom features and make sure you're comfortable with the technology before our first meeting.

January 19: Birds of Maine book club meeting

January 26: Meet the Authors with Jeff Wells and Charles Duncan 

February 16: The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature book club meeting

February 23: Meet the Author with Drew Lanham **moved to Wednesday night, February 24th**

March 23: The Nature Explorer's Sketchbook book club meeting - part 1 with Jean Mackay

March 30: he Nature Explorer's Sketchbook book club meeting - part 2 with Jean Mackay

April 20: A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds book club meeting 

April 27: Meet the Author with Scott Weidensaul (click link to join)

Meet the Author Recordings

We will not be recording our normal Tern the Page book club meetings but we will record the "Meet the Author" talks in case you miss them.  These recordings will be posted the following day here on our members-only website.

 

 

Book Club Facilitators

Eva Matthews Lark - Hog Island Program Manager and Tern the Page Moderator
Eva Matthews Lark has an MS degree in Recreation & Parks Management from Frostburg State University and a BS degree in Environmental Science from Lander University. She works year-around for Hog Island and manages the various social media channels, marketing, and camp registration, in addition to scholarships, contracts, and rentals. She is now the director of our international Costa Rica Teen Camp and the Mountains to Sea Birding for Teens session at Hog Island.  She is a guest speaker for local Audubon chapters and enjoys moderating birding talks online. She has been a birder for over a decade and credits the winter warblers of Florida as being her spark birds.  In her free time she enjoys traveling with her wife and two rescue dogs. She particularly enjoys birding competitions with friends and is an avid eBirder and Fantasy Birder.  Her favorite bird guide is the Sibley Birds East and her favorite bird book is Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile, about Phoebe Snetsinger's quest to see all the birds in the world.  She loves books about birds and nature and has over 250 titles in her home collection.

 

Lindsay McNamara - Tern the Page Moderator and Hog Island Alumna

Lindsay McNamara, a born and raised Jersey Girl, has been birding since she was nine years old when she saw her first Great Blue Heron along the Raritan River. Currently, she serves as a Development Officer at American Bird Conservancy, with nearly a decade of experience working in conservation. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Delaware and an M.A. in Public and Organizational Relations from Montclair State University. Lindsay is also a Field Trip Leader for Bergen County Audubon Society and enjoys digiscoping the birds she sees and sharing her photos online. Lindsay attended Hog Island Audubon Camp in 2017, 2018, 2019 and looks forward to returning in 2021. She plans to return every summer for the rest of her life. 

Special Guests:
Barbara Vickery, Editor of Birds of Maine and wife of the late Peter Vickery
Sue Schubel, Education Outreach Manager and Research Coordinator, Seabird Institute

Contact Us!

Hog Island Office Number: (207) 360-7733
Eva Matthews Lark: Email