Meet the birds of the Pacific Northwest: from Pacific Wrens to Pileated Woodpeckers to imperiled Marbled Murrelets and Northern Spotted Owls
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Birds lead to a vertical and threatened world of ancient forests that are key to the future of the Earth’s climate and biodiversity. Join Marina Richie’s explorations, starting with her climb of a 200-foot-tall tree in Oregon with a bird biologist. The setting is the Pacific Northwest, home to the heaviest and tallest trees on the planet.
Birds at every vertical level are perception-changing. They eschew what’s tidy and neat and thrive in a “messy” forest. They take us off our heavy feet and lead us upward into a three-dimensional realm bursting with nooks, crannies, and micro-refugia. Step into a wild tall forest and feel the coolness of climate refugia, critical to retain on a warming planet.
Drawing from her new book, Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees, Marina will highlight birds of the understory, midstory, and overstory—from Pacific Wrens to Pileated Woodpeckers to imperiled Marbled Murrelets and Northern Spotted Owls. Every bird leads to a web of ecological relationships only possible in a “feathered forest,” as interlocking and miraculous as the feathers of birds.
Marina Richie is an award-winning nature writer. Her 2026 book, Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees, features a foreword by David George Haskell. Halcyon Journey: In Search of the Belted Kingfisher won the 2024 John Burroughs Medal, a National Outdoor Book Award (gold), and a Foreword Indies award. Educated at the University of Montana (MA, Journalism) and the University of Oregon (BA, Biology), she has led conservation initiatives as a communications director, authored two children’s nature books (Bird Feats and Bug Feats) under a prior name, penned award-winning wayside exhibits, and now dedicates her time to writing books, poetry, and advocating for wildlands and wildlife.
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Meet the birds of the Pacific Northwest: from Pacific Wrens to Pileated Woodpeckers to imperiled Marbled Murrelets and Northern Spotted Owls
Please do consider a donation - all kindnesses, small or large, go a long way in helping us deliver our nature outreach programme.
This is an online event only. The Zoom link will be sent out a couple of hours before the start of the lecture.
Birds lead to a vertical and threatened world of ancient forests that are key to the future of the Earth’s climate and biodiversity. Join Marina Richie’s explorations, starting with her climb of a 200-foot-tall tree in Oregon with a bird biologist. The setting is the Pacific Northwest, home to the heaviest and tallest trees on the planet.
Birds at every vertical level are perception-changing. They eschew what’s tidy and neat and thrive in a “messy” forest. They take us off our heavy feet and lead us upward into a three-dimensional realm bursting with nooks, crannies, and micro-refugia. Step into a wild tall forest and feel the coolness of climate refugia, critical to retain on a warming planet.
Drawing from her new book, Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees, Marina will highlight birds of the understory, midstory, and overstory—from Pacific Wrens to Pileated Woodpeckers to imperiled Marbled Murrelets and Northern Spotted Owls. Every bird leads to a web of ecological relationships only possible in a “feathered forest,” as interlocking and miraculous as the feathers of birds.
Marina Richie is an award-winning nature writer. Her 2026 book, Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees, features a foreword by David George Haskell. Halcyon Journey: In Search of the Belted Kingfisher won the 2024 John Burroughs Medal, a National Outdoor Book Award (gold), and a Foreword Indies award. Educated at the University of Montana (MA, Journalism) and the University of Oregon (BA, Biology), she has led conservation initiatives as a communications director, authored two children’s nature books (Bird Feats and Bug Feats) under a prior name, penned award-winning wayside exhibits, and now dedicates her time to writing books, poetry, and advocating for wildlands and wildlife.
If you'd like to stay updated about our events programme, and other news, please subscribe to our monthly newsletter here.
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