Virtual - How Birds Created the World and other stories with Author Randi Minetor

**Please register here for this event and you'll receive the link in the confirmation and reminder emails - make sure to check your spam folder for them. The email will be coming from the Ashland Public Library**

You all know we love our birding programs! So, of course, we're very excited to chat with author and journalist Randi Minetor who, with her photographer husband Nic, have visited 354 (out of 429) National Parks! All of their travels have inspired one of Randi's books, The Complete Language Of Birds. Today, Randi will be discussion her book, birds and their evolution, and (hopefully) some of her travels! We hope you can join us for this fun and informative event.

Note: This program will be recorded and a link will be sent to all registrants soon after the program. It will be available on YouTube for one month. 

About the Book:

Expand your bird knowledge with this gorgeous encyclopedia of over 400 bird species around the world, unique for its inclusion of both their physical and mythological characteristics.

If you're a nature lover who thrives on bird videos and photography, go beyond the scope of standard field guides with this comprehensive reference. Each entry of The Complete Language of Birds provides not only the bird's name and physical qualities, but also its history, symbolic meanings, and hidden properties from mythology, legends, and folklore. 

About Randi:

Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Randi Minetor discovered the backcountry wonders of America's national parks in 1992 with her husband, photographer/lighting designer Nic Minetor. That first trip changed her life, and by 2000, the Minetors had pledged to see all 391 (now 429) national parks in their lifetimes. They found a way to subsidize this passion in 2006, when they began writing and photographing books on the parks for The Globe Pequot Press (now Rowman & Littlefield). Today Randi has written more than 90 books, including seven books in the nonfiction Death in the National Parks series, ten hiking guides in New York State, several bird-finding guides, and even reference books on health topics. To date, they have visited 354 national parks. In addition, Nic's photography appears in eight Quick Reference Guides to the Birds, Trees, and Wildflowers of New York City and New York State, and the Trees and Wildflowers of the Mid-Atlantic States. The Minetors live in Rochester, NY.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library and is in collaboration with the Chelmsford, Groton, and Tewksbury Libraries and is in partnership with a multitude of MA & NH libraries.