Saturday, May 10, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Free
Advance Registration Required

We've all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel, the ways that they navigate, and flying while asleep. And there are falsehoods like hummingbirds hitching rides on the backs of migrating geese. So, who delved deeply and figured out the story of bird migration, and how did they figure it all out?  

Rebecca Heisman, while working for the American Ornithological Society, became fascinated with the varied and creative techniques that scientists have used to study bird migration. This became the basis for her book Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. 

Join us amongst the tall trees at the Seward Park Amphitheater for World Migratory Bird Day as Rebecca Heisman shares some surprising stories from the history of bird migration research and discusses why understanding migration is so crucial for bird conservation.