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Please join us as Columbus Audubon welcomes Bill Thompson III as he walks us
through still more Perils and Pitfalls of Birding!

Bill Thompson III has been birding for four decades and in that time he has
had some-ummm-unusual experiences, met some unusual people, and learned a
great many lessons (the hard way) about birding and human nature. In this
completely new take on his wildly popular "Perils & Pitfalls" talk Bill
tells tales of birds, birders, and the amazing things that happen when
you're out there watching. As has been his standing policy, if you don't
laugh at least once during this talk, Bill will clean the binoculars of
everyone present.

Bill Thompson III (or BT3 as he is better known) is a lifelong birder, the
co-publisher of Bird Watcher's Digest (BWD), and the author of many books on
birds and nature. He's been on the editorial team of BWD since May of 1988,
and during that time has watched birds in 49 U.S. states (still missing
Hawaii) and more than 30 countries. Bill writes the Bill of the Birds blog
and creates and hosts a podcast called This Birding Life which gets more
than 750,000 episode downloads annually. He is the president and a founding
board member of The Ohio Ornithological Society, and also serves on the
board of directors for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute. He is devoted to
introducing kids to nature and birding and considers his Young Birder's
Guide to Birds of North America to be his proudest professional achievement.
Bill lives on a farm in southeastern Ohio with his wife, Julie Zickefoose,
and their two children, Phoebe and Liam. In his spare time, Bill writes
music and performs with his country-rock band The Rain Crows. His favorite
North American bird is the red-headed woodpecker.

Conservation Spotlight - Audubon at Home
Hear from Amy Boyd, Director of Outreach and Engagement at the Grange
Insurance Audubon Center about this new and exciting program. Program topics
included important backyard conservation practices, and garden design,
citizen science, lawn care, rain gardens, native plants, floral design with
natives, nest boxes, bird feeding, composting, pollinators, permaculture,
backyard birds, edible natives and more! Learn how you can be involved in
creating and maintaining habitat in your backyard.

6:45 - 7:00 pm: Social time, light refreshments and back by special request
for the third year, the Bird Quiz table so try your skills for a special
prize!

7:00 - 7:15 pm: Announcements

7:15 - 7:30 pm: Conservation Spotlight

7:30 - 9:00 pm: Main program, door prizes

Columbus Audubon programs are free and open to the public. Programs are held
at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center at 505 West Whittier Street, 43215,
in the Scioto-Audubon Metro Park on the Whittier Peninsula.

Special announcement:

Columbus Audubon's fifth Art for Audubon, will be held on Sunday, September
27, at the Columbus Zoo from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. This special fundraising event
is one of the premier fine art auctions supporting conservation and nature
education in central Ohio. It features outstanding nature art by nationally,
regionally, and locally known artists working in a variety of media. You can
<http://columbusaudubon.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout
=edit&id=1479> register or take advantage of a sponsorship opportunity
online now! Art for Audubon is open to both Columbus Audubon members and the
general public. Admission is $65 for individuals or $100 per couple, and
both individual and business sponsorship opportunities are available. Click
<http://columbusaudubon.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout
=edit&id=1479> here to
<http://columbusaudubon.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout
=edit&id=1479> register or become a sponsor now.


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