<![CDATA[Western Cuyahoga Audubon - Book Discussions]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:32:35 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Wild America by Roger Tory Peterson]]>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/wild-america-by-roger-tory-peterson
]]><![CDATA[WCAS Book Discussion: Close to Home by Thor Hanson]]>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/wcas-book-discussion-close-to-home-by-thor-hanson
]]><![CDATA[2025-2026 Book Discussions]]>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/2025-2026-book-discussions
Welcome to our 6th season!  In the 5th series, each selection we read paid homage to Roger Tory Peterson, 1908-1996, an extraordinary artist and ornithologist, honored as the creator of the modern field guide. 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of Wild America, probably the first in the genre of “big year”/extensive birding excursions/memoirs.  Our selections this season will pay tribute to Peterson, as we delve into Wild America and Scott Weidensaul’s Return to Wild America. First on the schedule is Thor Hanson’s Close to Home, a guide to exploration and discovery, just outside our doorsteps. Ready to practice attentiveness?
Join us on Zoom, on selected Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Links will be provided in upcoming WCAS notices.
Here is the 2025-26 schedule:  
October 21, 2025 – Close to Home (2025) by Thor Hanson
January 20, 2026 – Wild America (1955) by Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher*
April 28, 2026 – Return to Wild America (2006) by Scott Weidensaul
*Note: Wild America is out of print. It can be purchased from online booksellers such as thriftbooks.com, betterworldbooks.com, ebay.com or amazon.com. 
]]><![CDATA[The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik]]>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/the-big-year-a-tale-of-man-nature-and-fowl-obsession-by-mark-obmascik
]]><![CDATA[The Birds that Audubon Missed by Kenn Kaufman]]>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/the-birds-that-audubon-missed-by-kenn-kaufman
]]><![CDATA[Ten Birds That Changed the World]]>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/ten-birds-that-changed-the-world
]]><![CDATA[2024-2025 Season]]>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/2024-2025-season
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By Drina Nemes, Book Discussion Host

Season 5’s books delve into the connections we have with birds, with American ornithology and its history, and with the extreme birding of big year competitions. We have added the movie The Big Year (2011) as a companion to the discussion of the book of the same name. 

Ten Birds That Changed the World, our first selection, is written by Stephen Moss, a British natural historian, birder, author, and television producer. Thor Hanson, the author of Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid, which we read in season 3, said this of Ten Birds… “Moss writes with the scope of a scholar and the confidence of a careful observer, finding fresh and fascinating insights into the lives and legacies of ten iconic birds. A thoughtful, thought-provoking, and thoroughly enjoyable book.”

We continue to meet on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. These are the 2024-2025 dates:

October 15, 2024              Ten Birds That Changed the World, by Stephen Moss
January 21, 2025              The Birds That Audubon Missed, by Kenn Kaufman
April 29, 2025                    The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik; AND The Big Year movie. The Big Year is the story of intense rivalry in the 1998 Big Year competition between Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller. Let’s read the book AND watch the movie before our meeting and discuss both! Here is a trailer for the film:   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/ The Big Year movie (2012) can be accessed from The Cleveland Public Library: https://search.clevnet.org/client/en_US/cpl-main/search/results?qu=the+big+year
]]><![CDATA[Finding the Mother Tree]]>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/finding-the-mother-treeDid you miss the discussion? Watch it here! 
]]><![CDATA[Vesper Flights]]>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/vesper-flightsDid you miss the discussion? Watch it here! 
]]><![CDATA[The Glitter in the Green]]>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMThttps://www.wcaudubon.org/book-discussions/the-glitter-in-the-greenDid you miss the discussion? Watch it here!
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