BIRDING IN A CEMETERY?

10:00 am - 10:45 am
| Location of Session: Festival Room
Adult Sessions

Start of Signing: 11:00 am
| Signing Location: Festival Marketplace

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About the Event

It might seem unlikely that a place designed for the departed could be teeming with life. But cemeteries have long served multiple purposes. In Cemetery Birding: An Unexpected Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas, Jennifer Bristol talks about the unique and approachable experience of birding and enjoying nature in cemeteries, as well as insights into the art and local history of a region.

About the Author

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Bristol

Jennifer L. Bristol

Jennifer L. Bristol is the former director of the Texas Children in Nature program at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. She was the recipient of the Most Valuable Birder Award in the Great Texas Birding Classic in 2018 and 2019, and guides cemetery bird walks for Travis Audubon. She is the author of Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas and a contributor to Texas State Parks: The First One Hundred Years, 1923–2023. Her latest project is Cemetery Birding: An Unexpected Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas.

Moderator

Jeanette Honermann

Moderator Jeanette Honermann is a naturally curious community connector, outdoor recreation and eco-enthusiast. Growing up as a proud Air Force military brat, her home base was always the library and she was “that kid” who checked out the maximum number of books every single visit. Not so secretly, she aspires to live near the ocean surrounded by books and rescue dogs, because who couldn’t use a little more beach, books and unconditional puppy love.