Hi OBOL -- This Monday evening, June 2nd, at 7:00 pm, Oregon birder and author Noah Strycker will be at Portland Audubon's Heron Hall to speak on his new book, "The Thing With Feathers: The Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal About Being Human." The book is receiving critical acclaim from international media outlets, which should come as no surprise to anyone who knows Noah and his talents. Event info here: http://audubonportland.org/support/nature-store/bird-world Book info here: http://noahstrycker.com/books/the-thing-with-feathers/ And if that doesn't convince you, recall that our own Alan Contreras set aside his Curmudgeondom and offered some wonderful praise from one writer to another in this very forum the other week: //www.freelists.org/post/obol/Noah-Stryckers-new-bird-book Come join Noah at Heron Hall in Portland on Monday! (And he is also speaking Sunday afternoon at Tualatin River NWR.) Jay Withgott Secretary, Portland Audubon OBOL archives: www.freelists.org/archive/obol Manage your account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/obol Contact moderators: obol-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx