The Language of Birds

Presented by Nathan Pieplow
September 21, 2023

This meeting will be a hybrid session; our first time for this dual mode of presentation. This means participants can join the meeting on-site or in the comfort of their home.

About the Presentation

All around us, the birds are constantly telling us who they are and what they are doing. In this talk for any audience, Nathan Pieplow unlocks the secrets of their language. You’ll listen in on the pillow talk of a pair of Red-winged Blackbirds, and learn the secret signals that Cliff Swallows use when they have found food. You’ll learn how one bird sound can have many meanings, and how one meaning can have many sounds—and how, sometimes, the meaning isn’t in the sounds at all. This talk from the author of the Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds is an accessible, entertaining introduction to a fascinating topic.

Nathan Pieplow is the author of the Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds, published in two volumes, one for Eastern and one for Western North America. An avid bird sound recordist and videographer, he is the author of the bird sound blog Earbirding.com, a board member of the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, an author of the Colorado Birding Trail, and former editor of the journal Colorado Birds. He teaches writing and rhetoric at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Attend the Presentation

This meeting will be a hybrid session; our first time for this dual mode of presentation. That means participants can join the meeting on-site at Effie Yeaw Nature Center or in the comfort of their home via Zoom. Registration is only required for participants attending the presentation on Zoom.

Attend the Meeting in Person
We will host a watch party at Effie Yeaw. The speaker will be joining us via Zoom. Registration is not necessary to attend the meeting at Effie Yeaw.

Effie Yeaw Nature Center
2850 San Lorenzo Way
Carmichael, CA

Attend the Meeting online via Zoom
If you would like to attend the meeting via Zoom you will need to register for the meeting. Registration is required because Zoom has set space limitations.

You must register to attend the online ZOOM meeting, but you do not need a ZOOM account to join the meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the meeting. (You do not need to register to attend the meeting at Effie Yeaw.)

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