Call DPNC at (860) 536-1216 to RSVP.īirds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. The event price is a $10 donation, and books will be available for purchase. The walk is optional and begins at 5 p.m., led by DPNC Executive Director and ornithologist Maggie Jones, followed by an author presentation and signing at 6 p.m. Ackerman gathers and displays treasures to amaze and delight-then lets the scientists’ stories take center stage.Bank Square Books and the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center present a birding walk, presentation and book signing with Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Genius of Birds, at DPNC. Jennifer is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including an NEA Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Bunting Institute Fellowship, and a grant from the Alfred P. Published this year, The Bird Way has been called “An enthralling study of the avian world” by the Guardian and has been picked as one of 'The Best Summer Science Books of 2020' by NPR's Science Friday.

Her most recent book, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think examines the unique cognitive abilities of bird brains, which, while radically different from mammal brains, seem to be just as capable at generating intelligence.

The Genius of Birds sees Jennifer drawing on her extensive research and expertise to tell the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds, and investigating new research that is changing the way we view intelligence. Jennifer has authored eight books, including Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body, Birds by the Shore and The Genius of Birds: The Intelligent Life of Birds, which was a New York Times Bestseller, as well as winning Best Book of the Year from the Spectator and the National Post. Jennifer Ackerman is an author, who has been writing about science and nature for 30 years. 'What kind of intelligence allows a bird to anticipate the arrival of a distant storm? Or find its way to a place it has never been before, though it may be thousands of miles away? Or precisely imitate the complex songs of hundreds of other species? Or hide tens of thousands of seeds over hundreds of square miles and remember where it put them six months later?'

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