Welcome Tern the Page Members!
Our 2024 book club selection will take us from Hog Island history, to pigeons, to birding memoirs, to seabirds, and all spaces in between. We can't wait to share with you this amazing line-up of authors and embark on lively book discussions at our meetings. This website will be your guide during the book club, and you have access to view it until August of 2024. Here, we will post bonus videos and articles for you to enjoy. You will also find direct links to each Zoom book club meeting so you won't need to search for those. Don't forget to check in each month to explore new content!
Book Club Bonus Materials
Join our Tern the Page "Members-only" Facebook Group! Please note, you must request to join. We will share links about the club books, discuss birding and conservation, show off our favorite bird book recommendations and most importantly, get to know each other better.
Zoom Backgrounds for Download
Click on the links below, then right click and choose Save As
- Baby Arctic Terns
- Adult Tern
- Hog Island background
- Puffin Background
- Tern Decoy background
- Arctic Tern Chick and Parent background
How to download and use Zoom backgrounds: Once you're in Zoom, you can change your background by going to Settings and selecting Virtual Background. Select the file that you saved and then you will automatically be shown in your Maine setting.
January: "Nature's People: The Hog Island Story from Mabel Loomis Todd to Audubon" by Tom Schaefer
Graphic Recording: History of Hog Island and Project Puffin by Carrie Frickman
History of The Todd Family of Amherst
February: "Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World" by Christian Cooper
Audubon discusses Christian Cooper's new comic "It's a Bird!"
Why You Should Try Birding w/ Christian Cooper
Browse through Christian's Instagram!
NY Times: Christian Cooper and Amy Tan Discuss How Birding Brings Them Joy
Extraordinary Birder Trailer
Good Morning America with Christian Cooper
March: "A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird" by Rosemary Mosco
Pigeons: The Greatest Love You Lost and Never Knew - This Animal Life Podcast
Why I Use Comics to Share My Love of Birds and Science - Audubon Article
Pigeon Watching Book Review - Audubon
The Seriously Silly Science Cartoons of Rosemary Mosco - Sci Friday
In Conversation with Rosemary Mosco by David Lindo
April: "Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds"by Michael Brooke
British Trust for Ornithology Book Review
Audubon Decoys: Saving Seabirds
Book Club Schedule
All book club meetings and author visits will take place over Zoom at 7:30pm Eastern Time. Links will be provided closer to the program dates, so check back for those!
How to Zoom - All meetings will be hosted over Zoom, please make sure you know how to operate the software before joining. Click the link to watch a short tutorial video.
January 16, 2024: "Nature's People" book club meeting recording
January 23, 2024: Meet the Author with Tom Schaefer
February 20, 2024 : "Better Living Through Birding book club meeting
February 27, 2024: Meet the Author with Christian Cooper
March 19, 2024: "A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching" book club meeting
March 26, 2024: Meet the Author with Rosemary Mosco
April 16, 2024: "The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds" book club meeting
April 23, 2024: Meet the Author with Michael Brooke
Book Club Facilitators
Eva Matthews Lark - Tern the Page Moderator and Costa Rica Teen Camp Director
Eva Matthews Lark has an MS degree in Recreation & Parks Management and a BS degree in Environmental Science. She has over 20 years experience in environmental education and parks management. She created and directs the international Costa Rica Teen Camp for Hog Island Audubon Camp. She is a guest speaker for local Audubon chapters and enjoys moderating birding talks online. She has been a birder for over a decade and credits the winter warblers of Florida as being her spark birds. In her free time she enjoys traveling with her wife, two sons, and their pups. She particularly enjoys birding competitions with friends and is an avid eBirder and Fantasy Birder. Her favorite bird guide is the Sibley Birds East and her favorite bird book is Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds by Olivia Gentile, about Phoebe Snetsinger's quest to see all the birds in the world. She loves books about birds and nature and has over 250 titles in her personal collection. When not reading bird-themed books, Eva loves reading poetry. Currently her favorite poets are Ada Limon, J.Drew Lanham, Samantha DeFlitch, and Mary Oliver. The highlight of Eva's winter is talking about books and birds with the Tern the Page members.
Kimberly Faux - Development and Communication Associate for Seabird Institute
Kimberly Keller graduated from Elizabethtown College after studying Music and Business Administration and spent nearly 10 years in the performing arts sector prior to joining Audubon in 2020. As part of the Audubon flock, she works to streamline development processes, increase community engagement through new, local partnerships and create exciting content online and at our facilities. Kim spent her childhood watching migrations with her parents in Central PA, but would not have identified as a “birder” before arriving at Audubon. These days, she relishes soaking in loon calls on the Damariscotta Lake. She rediscovered her love of reading during quarantine and looks forward to diving into birdy books with the Tern the Page Book Club.
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