conservation – The Jersey Birder

Maya Lin installation draws attention to threats to birds, other wildlife

Visitors look at and up toward two large panels showing images of wildlife and a blue sky. A stairway to the second floor is at left.

The Nor’easter storm churning along the Atlantic Coast is keeping this birder indoors this weekend. I’ve turned my attention to a new exhibit at Princeton University that elegantly draws attention to threats to nature and how to respond to them. The exhibition “What Is Missing? What If?” opened this week in the newly opened environmentalContinue reading “Maya Lin installation draws attention to threats to birds, other wildlife”

The father of eBird says keep your cats indoors

John Fitzpatrick on stage at Richardson Auditorium

At today’s annual Alumni Day at Princeton, John Fitzpatrick received the university’s highest honor given to a graduate school alumnus or alumna, the James Madison Medal. Fitzpatrick, who received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1978, led the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology from 1995 to 2021. Under his leadership, the lab developed eBird, the voluminousContinue reading “The father of eBird says keep your cats indoors”