15th
Annual Audubon Day

James McCommons discusses George Shiras III, a Pittsburgh lawyer, congressman and wildlife photographer who invented the trail camera and originated what became the Migratory Bird Act. McCommons is author of The Feather Wars and the Great Crusade to Save America's Birds, and he covers the coalition that protected American wildlife. The 15th Annual Audubon Day programme also includes a display of two dozen original Birds of America plates (8 a.m.–3:30 p.m.) in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room, Third Floor; Audubon-inspired memento making (11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.) on the Third Floor; and a demonstration of birdsong in recordings and music (noon–3:30 p.m.) in the Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room, Third Floor. The author talk runs 10–11:30 a.m. in the Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room (340), Third Floor, Hillman Library. Registration is required for the author talk.