LEWISTON — Jeff and Allison Wells, authors of “Maine’s Favorite Birds,” will give a talk and book signing Monday, Nov. 5, at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College.
The presentation, put on by the Stanton Bird Club, will be at 6:30 p.m. in Room 285 at the college, 51 Westminster St. Admission is free.
“Maine’s Favorite Birds” focus on Maine’s most-loved and best-known birds. Written by well-known birders and native Mainers, the book is based on their years of experience answering questions, leading bird walks and teaching people about birds.
Birds are illustrated in large format, accompanied by clear and concise identification tips, habitat references and easy-to-remember song descriptions. The book also includes “birding hot spots” and ways birders can put their observations to use for science and conservation.
Jeffrey and Allison Wells are native Mainers. They began birding together when they met in college. After graduating from the University of Maine at Farmington, they went on to graduate programs at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Both stayed on at Cornell, Allison as communications director for the world-renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Jeff, also at the lab as director of Bird Conservation for National Audubon. They have published hundreds of bird-related articles and have collaborated on many projects.
Jeff is currently senior scientist for the International Boreal Conservation Campaign and is a visiting fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Allison is senior director of public affairs for the Natural Resources Council of Maine. They live in Gardiner with their son and two bird-watching indoor cats.
For more information about the talk, call the Stanton Bird Club at 782-5238.
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