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Monthly Meeting – 1/9/2024 – That Rowdy Bird of Birds—the Poets’ Bobolink
January 9, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
7 pm – Social Hour / 7:30 – Program begins.
Title: That Rowdy Bird of Birds—the Poets’ Bobolink
Speaker: David Spector
A look at Bobolinks as interpreted in poetry, mostly by 19th century New England poets, including, from a little further north in the Connecticut Valley, Emily Dickinson and William Cullen Bryant. The talk is decorated with classic, mostly 19th and early 20th century, illustrations, and includes a critical commentary by Mabel Osgood Wright..
David, an ornithologist, taught biology at Central Connecticut State University for many years before his retirement in 2020. He lives in
Western Massachusetts, and this will be his fifth presentation to HAS.
Please reach out to Frances D’Amico with any questions at frandamico525@yahoo.com or 203-237-2734.