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News:
Review of VULTURE in the journal Conservation Biology: “This enthusiastic volume nicely proves that Turkey Vultures are spokesbirds for vultures and indicates new avenues for raptor studies in a rapidly changing world. This book should be on the shelves of ecologists, ornithologists, and conservationists.”
Two of Katie’s books are featured on The Half-Earth Project’s list of “Great Readings in Biodiversity,” alongside writers such as E.O. Wilson, Edward Abbey, Janisse Ray, J. Drew Lanham, Aldo Leopold, and Rachel Carson. Read the list here.
Katie’s book VULTURE has been reissued by Brandeis University Press (September 2020). The new version features a beautifully redesigned cover and an expanded, all-color photo section in the middle. More…
Upcoming Events:
2024:
February 9, 2024, 6pm: Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia Paint & Sip Fundraiser, The WOW Factory, WV.
March 19, 2024, 7pm: Hartford Audubon, vulture presentation (virtual)
April 11, 2024: Southside Bird Club, cerulean warbler presentation (virtual)
April 29-May 4, 2024: New River Birding & Nature Festival, WV
May 11, 2024: ACCA’s Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, WV
May 14, 2024, 7pm: Menunkatuck Audubon, vulture presentation (virtual)
May 17-18, 2024: Morgantown Birding Cup.
June 1, 2024: Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology, vulture keynote
August 12, 2024: Highlands Bird Club, VA
Past Events:
November 4, 2023: Frontiers in Ornithology Youth Symposium, DE
August 12, 2023: Keynote Address, West Virginia Master Naturalists
May 11, 2023: T Gilbert Person Audubon, NC (virtual, vulture)
May 1-6, 2023: New River Birding & Nature Festival, WV (guiding)
April 17, 2023: West Chester Bird Club, PA (virtual, vulture)
January 7, 2023, 5:30pm: Owls of the Garden (with ACCA & Mountaineer Audubon), WV Botanic Garden, Morgantown, WV
September 21, 2022, 7pm: Friends of Dragon Run (virtual, vulture)
June 1, 2022: 3 Rivers Birding Club, Pittsburg, PA (cerulean warblers)
May 13-15, 2022: Festival of the Birds, Erie, PA (in person, registration on hold)
May 2-7, 2022: New River Birding & Nature Festival, Fayetteville, WV (in person, guide)
April 21-24, 2022: Verde Valley Birding & Nature Festival, Cottonwood, AZ (in person, vulture, guide)
April 11, 2022: El Paso Audubon (virtual, vulture)
March 22, 2022: North Shore Audubon (virtual, vulture)
February 17, 2022: Western Connecticut Bird Club (virtual, cerulean warblers)
February 14, 2022, 7pm: Roanoke Valley Bird Club (virtual, cerulean warblers and coffee)
January 13, 2022, 7pm: DuPage Birding Club (virtual)
December 6, 2021, 7:30pm: West Chester Bird Club (virtual)
November 4, 2021, 6:30pm: Appalachian Lab Watershed Moments, MD (virtual)
October 14, 2021, 7pm: Southside Bird Club, Danville, VA (virtual)
September 30, 2021, 7:15pm: Edgewood Summit, Charleston, WV (virtual)
September 9, 2021, 7pm: Howard County Bird Club (virtual)
June 22, 2021, 7pm: Bucks County Birders, PA. Virtual cerulean warbler presentation.
June 10, 2021, 7pm: Wild Birds Unlimited, Syosset, NY. Virtual vulture presentation.
May 17, 2021, 7pm: Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon, PA. Virtual vulture presentation.
May 14-15, 2021: Morgantown Birding Cup. For more info, click here.
April 29-May 1, 2021: New River Birding & Nature Festival, WV
April 21-25, 2021: Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival, CA. Virtual vulture presentation.
April 19, 2021, 8pm: Washington Crossing Audubon, NJ. Virtual cerulean warbler presentation.
March 27, 7pm: Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, TX. Virtual cerulean warbler presentation.
March 3, 2021, 7pm: Southern Maryland Audubon. Virtual vulture presentation.
February 18, 2021, 8pm: Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. Virtual vulture presentation.
February 11, 2021, 7pm: Marvelwood School CT. Virtual cerulean warbler presentation.
February 5, 2021, 10:30am: Rural Action Ohio. Virtual vulture presentation.
January 26, 2021, 7:30pm: Four Harbors Audubon. Virtual cerulean warbler presentation.
January 14, 2021, 7pm: Hampton Roads Bird Club, VA. Virtual vulture presentation.
December 5, 2020, 10:30am: Reading of Look, See the Farm! Virtual presentation.
November 12, 2020, 7pm: Oblong Books & Music. Reading and discussion of When Birds Are Near anthology. To listen, click here.
November 8, 2020, 2pm: Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, VA. Virtual vulture presentation.
November 7, 2020: Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators Conference
November 2, 2020, 6pm: Hoffman Bird Club, Massachusetts. Virtual vulture presentation.
October 25, 2020, 7pm: Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society book club. Virtual book discussion.
October 24, 2020, 7pm: Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Ohio. Virtual vulture presentation and discussion.
October 21, 2020, 7pm: Williamsburg Bird Club. Virtual cerulean warbler presentation.
October 18, 2020, 7pm: Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society book club. Virtual vulture presentation.
October 16, 2020. 10am: Texas Master Naturalists. Virtual vulture presentation.
October 8, 2020, 7pm: Essex Public Library, Virginia. Virtual vulture presentation.
September 24, 2020, 8pm: Environment for the Americas Book Club. Virtual vulture presentation and discussion). Register here.
September 16, 2020, 7pm: Anne Arundel Bird Club (virtual vulture presentation)
September 5, 2020: African Bird Fair, Birdlife International South Africa. Vulture webinar with four women in vulture conservation, in honor of International Vulture Awareness Day.
September 4, 2020: American Eagle Foundation livestream in honor of International Vulture Awareness Day. Interview and conversation with Katie.
March 9, 2020, 7pm: Augusta Bird Club, Staunton, VA.
February 11, 2020, 6pm: Allegany & Garrett County Bird Club. Frostburg State University, MD.
December 10, 2019, 6pm: Linnean Society, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. Vulture presentation.
November 27, 2019, 3pm: Northern Arizona Audubon, Sedona, AZ.
November 26, 2019, 7pm: Northern Arizona Audubon, Flagstaff, AZ.
November 21, 2019, 5:30pm: Birds & Beer, Audubon Arizona, Rio Salado Nature Center, Phoenix, AZ. Vulture presentation.
October 26, 2019: Maryland Wildlife Rehabilitators Conference. Laurel, MD.
October 5, 2019, 10am: Fort Worth Audubon Society, Fort Worth, TX. Cerulean warbler presentation.
October 3, 2019: San Antonio Audubon, San Antonio, TX. Vulture presentation.
September 22, 2019, 1pm. Wildbird Recovery Festival, PA. Vulture presentation.
September 20, 2019, 11am-1pm. Voices from the Mountains Literary Event. Bluefield State College, WV.
September 11, 2019. Potomac Valley Audubon Society. Harper’s Ferry, WV. “Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird.”
July 23, 2019, 6pm. WVU Core Arboretum Nature Connection Series. “The Cerulean Warbler: West Virginia’s Unofficial State Bird.”
June 8, 2019, 7:30am: Mountaineer Audubon field trip, Cheat Lake Park. Guide.
May 25-27, 2019: ABA Adult Birding Camp, Fayetteville, WV.
May 18, 2019, 7:30am-2pm: Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Cooper’s Rock State Forest.
May 10, 2019, 4pm: Biggest Week in American Birding, OH. Keynote about vultures.
May 2-4, 2019: New River Birding & Nature Festival. Fayetteville, WV. Presentation with live birds on Thursday evening, bird guide Friday and Saturday.
April 13, 2019, 10am: WV Young Birders Club walk at the WV Botanic Garden, Morgantown, WV. Guide.
April 4, 2019: Penn State University, University Park, PA. Reading.
March 23, 2019, 12pm: National Aviary, Pittsburgh, PA. Reading of Look, See the Bird!
February 2, 2019, 10am: Coffee with a Writer, Frostburg, MD. Reading and discussion.
November 8, 2018, 7:30pm: Beer & Bards, 3/4 Cafe, Buckhannon, WV. Reading.
November 3, 2018, 5pm: Allegany and Garrett Bird Clubs Banquet (MD). Keynote Address, cerulean warbler presentation.
October 14, 2018, 10am: WV Young Birders’ Club Walk, WV Botanic Garden, Morgantown, WV. Guide.
August 23, 2018, 6pm: Friends of Deckers Creek Outdoor Learning Park, Morgantown. Kids’ book reading.
August 12, 2018, 10am: WV Young Birders Club Walk, WV Botanic Garden.
August 7, 2018, 6pm: “From the Arctic to Appalachia: The Rescue and Rehabilitation of an Injured Snowy Owl,” WVU Core Arboretum Nature Connection Series Lecture. Free and appropriate for all ages.
July 19-29, 2018: Summer Community of Writers, Chatham University.
July 8, 2018, 2pm: Program about kids’ book, WV Botanic Garden. Info forthcoming.
June 20, 2018: Queens County Bird Club, Alley Pond Environmental Center, Little Neck, NY. Vulture presentation.
June 19, 2018: Brooklyn Bird Club, Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch, Brooklyn, NY. Vulture presentation.
June 18, 2018: Wild Birds Unlimited, Syosset, NY. Vulture presentation.
June 16, 2018: Mountaineer Audubon Birds & Beer. Guide.
May 28, 2018, 10am-12pm: WV Young Birders’ Club walk, WV Botanic Garden. Guide.
May 19, 2018, 7pm: Blackwater Falls State Park. Vulture presentation.
May 10, 2018: Kenna Elementary School, Jackson County, WV. Kids’ book presentation.
April 29-May 1, 2018: New River Birding & Nature Festival, Fayetteville, WV
(Katie will be attending the Fundraising Dinner on Sunday evening, guiding on Monday and Tuesday, and giving a presentation on Tuesday evening.)
April 17, 2018: Juniata Valley Audubon Society banquet, PA. Vulture presentation.
April 4, 2018: Monticello Bird Club, Charlottesville, VA. Vulture presentation.
February 15, 2018: Bedford Bird & Nature Club, PA
February 12, 2018, 6:30pm: Handlan Chapter of the Brooks Bird Club, South Charleston Public Library, WV
February 4, 2018, 2:30pm: Aullwood Audubon Nature Center, Dayton, OH
December 31, 2017, 7pm: Reading at WV Wesleyan College with Karen Salyer McElmurray in Loar Auditorium. Say goodbye to 2017 with us!
December 1, 2017: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. Vulture presentation.
November 25, 2017: City Books, Pittsburgh, PA. Book signing.
November 20, 2017: Bath Highland Bird Club, VA. Vulture presentation.
November 8, 2017: Meadowside Nature Center, Rockville, MD. Vulture presentation.
October 22, 2017, 3pm: Audubon Society of Northern Virginia. Vulture presentation.
October 19, 2017, 6:30pm: Athens Area Birders, ODNR Building, Athens, OH. Vulture presentation.
October 12, 2017: Penn State Altoona.
September 23, 2017, 9:30-11am: Bye Bye Buzzards Celebration, Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, Superior, AZ. Meet-the-author event & book signing. Everyone welcome!
September 22, 2017: Coffee with Katie, for Arizona Audubon invitees, Scottsdale, AZ.
September 20, 2017, 6:30pm: Tucson Audubon. REI store, Tucson, AZ. Vulture presentation. Register here.
September 20, 2017, 3-4pm: Book signing & meet-the-author at the Tucson Audubon Society Nature Shop, 300 E University Boulevard, #120, Tucson, AZ.
September 20, 2017, 12pm: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (for staff and volunteers), Tucson, AZ
September 2, 2017: International Vulture Awareness Day
September 1, 2017: Gilmer Public Library, Glenville, WV
August 8, 6pm: WVU’s Core Arboretum. Everyone welcome. Vulture presentation, books available.
August 5: North River Mills, WV. The evening begins with a hike on The Nature Conservancy’s Ice Mountain with Katie at 4pm, followed by dinner provided by North River Mills UMC at 6pm. Around 6:30pm there will be a brief reading from Vulture followed by a book signing.
July 12, 2017, 7pm: West Virginia Wesleyan College. Reading, books available.
June 29, 5:30pm: Mountaineer Audubon’s Birds & Beer event. Guide. Contact Katie for information.
June 25, 2017, 10am: Young Birders’ Walk at the WV Botanic Garden, Morgantown, WV. Guide. Contact Katie for more information.
June 18, 2017, 3-5pm: FestivAll Nonfiction Roundtable, Taylor Books, Charleston, WV. Books available.
June 16, 2017, 4pm: Washington Market Park, Tribeca, NYC. Children’s book reading.
June 15, 2017, 5:30pm: Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT. Vulture presentation, books available.
June 14, 2017: Bedford Audubon, NY. Vulture presentation, books available.
June 10, 2017, 7pm: City Books Pittsburgh, PA. Books available.
June 10, 2017, 12pm: Local author panel, Barnes & Noble, Morgantown, WV. Books available.
June 2, 2017: Canaan Valley Birding Festival, WV. Vulture presentation.
May 13, 2017: Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Cooper’s Rock State Forest, Morgantown, WV
May 5, 2017: Birds in the Hills, Rutland, OH
May 1-3, 2017: New River Birding & Nature Fest, Fayetteville, WV. Vulture presentation, guiding, books available.
April 29, 2017, 2pm: Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, WV. Vulture presentation, books available.
April 29, 2017, 11am: Kanawha County Public Library, Dunbar, WV. Vulture presentation, books available.
April 28 2017, 6:30pm: Mountaineer Audubon spring banquet, Morgantown, WV. Vulture presentation, books available.
April 9, 2017, 9am: Coffee with Katie at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA
April 8, 2017, 2pm: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA. Vulture presentation, book signing.
April 7, 2017, 6-8pm: Winchester Book Gallery, Winchester, VA
April 6, 2017: Rockingham Bird Club, Harrisonburg, VA. Vulture presentation, books available.
April 5, 2017: Rockbridge Bird Club, Lexington, VA. Vulture presentation, books available.
March 23, 2017, 6:30pm: Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA. Reading, book signing.
March 18, 2017, 6-8pm: VULTURE Book Release Party, Monongalia Arts Center, Morgantown, WV. Everyone is welcome! Contact Katie for more information.
March 11, 2017, 7-8:30pm: VULTURE Book Release Party! Everyone is welcome to come have a snack and conversation with us at The Cafe at Champs, Blacksburg, VA.
March 4, 2017, 6:30pm: Brooks Bird Club Early Spring Meeting, North Bend State Park, Cairo, WV
January 1, 2017: West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
November 17, 2016: Deleware Valley Ornithological Club, Philadelphia, PA (cerulean warblers)
November 4, 2016, 7pm: Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Bolivar Community Center, Harper’s Ferry, WV. Everyone is welcome! Listen to a presentation about vultures, and then meet “Boris” the turkey vulture.
November 3, 2016, 7pm: Listen to a presentation about vultures, and then meet “Boris” the turkey vulture at the Lovettsville Game Protective Association. Sponsored by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. This is a free, family-friendly program. The LWC asks that folks pre-register here.
September 17, 2016, 10am-3pm: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Migration Celebration, Ithaca, NY. Lots of activities for the whole family at this free event! Katie will be at the event as a representative of Birds & Beans Coffee.
June 18, 2016, 4pm: Gunpowder Falls State Park, Kingsville, MD (vultures)
June 11, 2016, 10am: Food, Farms, & Feathers, Gibbon, MN
June 1, 2016: Three Rivers Birding Club, Pittsburgh, PA (vultures)
May 14, 2016, 7:30am-2pm: Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Cooper’s Rock State Forest, Morgantown, WV
May 11, 2016, 1pm: Biggest Week in American Birding, Ohio (cerulean warblers)
May 2-7, 2016: New River Birding & Nature Festival, Fayetteville, WV
April 29-30, 2016: Ohio Ornithological Society, Shawnee State Forest, OH (cerulean warblers)
April 16, 2016, 12:30pm: Marvelwood School, Kent, CT (cerulean warblers)
November 17, 2015: Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, Leesburg, VA (vultures)
September 25, 2015, 7:30pm: Hawk Migration Week at Shavers Creek Environmental Center, Penn State University (vulture presentation, pre-registration required)
September 25, 2015, 12:40pm: Mountain Laurel Garden Club’s Environmental Studies School, Garrett College, MD. (cerulean warbler presentation, pre-registration required)
September 5, 2015, 1pm: International Vulture Awareness Day, overlook at Cooper’s Rock State Forest
August 8, 2015, 7pm: Deep Creek Lake State Park, MD, campfire presentation (vultures)
May 18, 2015: Bath-Highland County Bird Club (cerulean warbler presentation)
May 9, 2015: Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Cooper’s Rock State Forest, WV
May 2, 2015: Birdfest at Deep Creek Lake State Park (vulture presentation)
April 27-April 29, 2015: New River Birding & Nature Festival (guide, live raptor presentation)
April 22, 2015: State College Bird Club (PA), (cerulean warbler presentation)
March 30, 2015, 6pm: The Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County (MD) (cerulean warbler presentation)
March 21, 2015, 1:30pm: Pennsylvania Private Forest Landowners Conference, Altoona (cerulean warbler presentation)
March 17, 2015, 10:30am: Mountain Laurel Garden Club (cerulean warbler presentation)
March 7, 2015: Amish Birding Symposium, OH (cerulean warbler presentation)
February 11, 2015, 7pm: Rockbridge (Va) Bird Club (cerulean warbler presentation)
September 6, 1-3pm: International Vulture Awareness Day celebration, hosted by the Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia on the overlook at Cooper’s Rock State Forest. Join us for the release of a rehabilitated turkey vulture!
June 6-7 2014: Cerulean Warbler Weekend, Michigan (keynote speaker)
May 14, 2014: Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Shepardstown, WV (vulture presentation)
May 3, 2014: Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Cooper’s Rock State Forest, WV (various activities throughout the day, 7am-2pm)
May 3, 2014, 6pm: Deep Creek Lake State Park Birdfest, MD (cerulean warbler presentation)
April 3, 2014: Rockingham Bird Club, VA (Cerulean warbler presentation)
March 27, 2014: Bedford County Bird and Nature Club, Bedford, PA (Cerulean warbler presentation)
November 19, 7:30pm: Lyric Theatre, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (Reading)
November 2, 10am-12pm: Frostburg State University’s Center for Creative Writing, “Coffee with the Writer” (Hanging out)
October 29: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (Reading)
October 27, 2pm: Loudon Wildlife Conservancy, Leesburg, VA (Vulture presentation)
October 14:, 7pm Augusta Bird Club, Staunton, VA (Cerulean warbler presentation)
June 1: Keynote Address, Canaan Valley Birding Festival, WV
May 22: Quittapahilla Audubon Society, Palmyra, PA
May 17-19: Cape May Spring Migration Festival, Cape May, NJ
May 10, 7:30pm: Baird Bird Blub, Reading, PA
May 8, 7pm: Potomac Valley Audubon, Shepardstown, WV
May 4: Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Cooper’s Rock State Forest, Morgantown, WV
April 30-May 2: New River Birding & Nature Festival, Fayetteville, WV
April 10, 2013: Lynchburg Bird Club, Lynchburg, VA
March 29, 2013, 7pm: Women’s Month Reading, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
March 19, 2013, 7pm: Juniata Valley Audubon, Bellwood, PA
March 8, 2013, 10:30-11:30am: Book Signing at WVU’s table, AWP Conference Bookfair, Boston, MA
February 12, 7pm: Appalachian Prison Book Project reading, Rhododendron Room, WVU MountainLair, Morgantown, WV
February 6, 2013, 7:30pm: New River Valley Bird Club, Karr Activity Center at Warm Hearth, Blacksburg, VA
January 31, 2013: Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
November 8, 7pm: Monticello Bird Club, Charlottesville, VA
October 16: Guest Lecture, science writing course, WVU, Morgantown, WV
July 21, 7pm: Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Davis, WV
June 19, 12-1pm: US Botanic Garden, Washington, DC
June 9: Cooper’s Rock Celebration of the Outdoors, Bruceton Mills, WV
May 20, 6-8pm: Book Signing, USDA Conference, Waterfront Hotel, Morgantown, WV
May 15: Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society, Asheville, NC
May 5, 8am-3pm: Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia’s Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Cooper’s Rock State Forest
April 30-May 3: New River Birding and Nature Festival, Fayetteville, WV
April 25, 7pm: Ida Lee Rec Center, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, Leesburg, VA
April 21, 10-11am: Book Signing, Old Oak Art Festival, Greenville, TN
April 19, 7pm: Tusculum College, Greenville, TN
April 18, 6pm: WVU Student Sierra Coalition Symposium on Mountaintop Removal Mining
April 14, 2pm: Kanawha County Public Library, Charleston, WV
April 11, 6:30pm: Friends of the National Zoo Lecture Series, Samuels Public Library, Front Royal, VA
April 7, 1pm: Barnes & Noble, Morgantown, WV
March 20, 12:30pm: Keystone College Eco-Club, La Plume, PA
March 19, 7pm: Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society, Dallas, PA
March 13, 7pm: Mountaineer Audubon at Heritage Point Village, Morgantown, WV
March 2, 7:30pm: Toad Suck Review Reading, Chicago Hilton, AWP Conference, Chicago, IL
February 25, 4pm: Taylor Books, Charleston, WV
February 7: Wildwood Winter Lecture Series, Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, PA
January 30, 4-5:30pm: Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
January 21, 1-4pm: Barnes & Noble, Morgantown, WV
January 18, 2012, 7:30pm: West Virginia University, 130 Colson Hall, Morgantown, WV
January 6, 2012, 7pm: West Virginia Wesleyan College, English Annex 21, Buckhannon, WV
December 18, 1-4pm: Barnes & Noble, Morgantown, WV (book signing)
December 17, 12-2pm: Main Line Books, Elkins, WV (book signing)
December 15, 7pm: Audubon Naturalist Society, Chevy Chase, MD
December 11: Audubon Society of Northern Virginia, Potomac Overlook Regional Park, Arlington, VA
December 2, 7pm: Virginia Tech, 3100 Torgerson Hall, Blacksburg, VA
November 14, 1pm: The Golden Mermaids, Mom’s house, Dallas, PA.
November 12, 4pm: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA.
November 8, 7pm: Salisbury University, Holloway Hall’s Great Hall, Salisbury, MD.
October 22: Brooks Bird Club Banquet, Bethany, WV
October 21: Cerulean Blues release party, Monongalia Arts Center, Morgantown, WV