Learning to Bird For Beginners and Veterans Alike with Rick Wright, PhD

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 7:00 PM

Learning to Bird For Beginners and Veterans Alike with Rick Wright, PhD

Even the best birders make mistakes identifying birds – but not every birder collects
those mistakes. Join Rick Wright for this entertaining journey through 35 years of
blunders and bobbles. From the Great Horned Mop to the Russet-crowned Motmot,
Rick’s “sightings” over the years have led him to develop a set of birding rules that,
for the most part, help him avoid repeating the same mistakes – and may help you
keep from committing them yourself.

A native of southeast Nebraska, Rick
Wright studied French, German, Philosophy, and Life
Sciences at the University of Nebraska before making a detour to Harvard Law
School. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1990, he spent a dozen years as an academic,
holding successive appointments as Assistant Professor of German at the University
of Illinois, Reader in Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, and Associate
Professor of Medieval Studies at Fordham University.

Rick is the book review editor at Birding magazine and the former editor of Winging It.
The Managing Director of WINGS from 2008 to 2010, he is now a Senior Leader with
that company. Rick is a widely published writer, a sought-after lecturer at birding
events, and a popular tour leader in Europe and North America. Among his many
publications are two books on the Latin school literature of the Middle Ages. His ABA
Field Guide to New Jersey Birds was published in spring 2013; his Peterson
Reference Guide to the Sparrows is scheduled for 2015.