Photo: American Redstart, Kamala Raghavan/NVBA Photo Contest
When: Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: Online
Members: $65; $45 early bird special pricing through December 31!
Non-member: $75; $55 early bird special pricing through December 31!
Students (for adults 25 and under): $10
Climate breakdown is already having significant effects on the natural environment, including serious impacts on bird populations. Join this 90-minute class in which Bill Young will present an overview about how birds are likely to be affected in the future and which ones are likely to be best or least able to deal with the impending changes. The course is intended for a general audience, with no special knowledge of birds needed.
About the presenter:
Bill Young is a writer and naturalist who lives in Kensington, Maryland. His book The Fascination of Birds: From the Albatross to the Yellowthroat, was published by Dover Publications in 2014. It explores the connections between birds and a broad range of subjects, such as biology, ecology, literature, music, history, politics, economics, religion, geography, physics, chemistry, linguistics, the visual arts, the performing arts, sports, and comedy. Bill also makes videos about natural history, and his YouTube channel has had more than a 1.25 million views.y. Bill also makes videos about natural history, and his YouTube channel has had more than a 1.25 million views.
In 2018, Bill and Ashley Bradford created the MPNature.com website, which contains a wealth of information about both the natural history of Monticello Park in Alexandria, Virginia, and many other natural history subjects. He has taught many classes and courses about birds and other natural history subjects for NVBA, including about bird behavior, birds and culture, birds and language, birds as symbols, and bird identification. In 2023, he taught a 6-class course about climate breakdown for NVBA. Also in 2023, he was given the NVBA Volunteer of the Year award.
RSVPs through Eventbrite are required to receive the Zoom link and attend this program. A recording will be made available to participants. Questions may be directed to NVBA’s Community Engagement Coordinator, McKenzie, at mckenzie@nvbirdalliance.org.