Hybrid Book Presentation

New Perspectives in Ornithology

Thursday, February 19, 6:00–7:00 pm ET, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

Speakers: 

Scott Edwards, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Ornithology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Michael Reed, Professor of Biology, Tufts University

Jingmai O'Connor, Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History

Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Ornithology—the science of birds—is experiencing a renaissance. Today, a new generation of tools is transforming how we study birds—from global citizen-science platforms such as eBird to satellite remote sensing and drone-based fieldwork. New Perspectives in Ornithology: 21st Century Dispatches across the World of Birds (Oxford University Press, 2026) reveals how these technologies are reshaping our understanding of bird life and the challenges birds face in a rapidly changing world. Volume editors Scott Edwards and Michael Reed will introduce the book’s key themes including bird ecology, evolution, behavior, citizen science, and conservation. Book contributors Jingmai O’Connor and Elizabeth Derryberry will then address how fossils are enhancing our understanding of bird evolution and how novel studies of bird songs are providing insights into how birds communicate and respond to environmental change.

Copies of New Perspectives in Ornithology will be available for purchase and signing following the program.

Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Supported through the Herman and Joan Suit Lecture Fund.