Hi all --

This from the National Zoo -- of great interest to all of us. The lecture (and parking) are free but they like you to RSVP.

Gail Mackiernan

April 24: Migratory Songbirds: Canaries in the Mine? 
Book Signing at 7 p.m.; Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Zoo Visitor Center Auditorium

As part of the Zoo's celebration of International Migratory Bird Day, Bridget Stutchbury, leading expert on migratory birds, will sign copies of her book, Silence of the Songbirds, and talk about how she follows songbirds to their wintering grounds in Latin America and back to their breeding grounds in North America to understand what challenges they face along the way. RSVP for this free lecture at:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Lectures/

Read the author's recent New York Times op-ed about pesticides, produce, and migratory birds.

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