Hosts Jackie Canterbury, Nan Evans, and Debaran Kelso get together to share their best reads and top "wish list" books to read in the coming year. As naturalists, the choices include some great natural history picks. But their eclectic tastes range across poetry, philosophy, history, personal reflections of authors, and art. Tune in to hear their conversation and to share in the fun they all had doing this program. (Airdate: March 5, 2025)

Books discussed (in alphabetical order):
The Outermost House by Henry Beston
The Good Rain by Timothy Egan
A Naturalist's Year in the Pacific Northwest by Geoffrey Hammerson
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson
Apprentice to the Wild by Kurt Hoelting
Wild Forest Home by Betsy L. Howell
The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws
The Parrot and the Igloo by David Lipsky
What It's Like to Be a Bird by David Allen Sibley
Birdwatching with American Women, edited by Deborah Strom
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

Find more to read in the Jefferson Land Trust Natural History Society Book Club reading list.

Bird sound recording: Matthew D. Medler, ML43973911, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library

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