Bar Harbor author chronicles birding adventure
BAR HARBOR Join field biologist, ornithologist and writer Rich MacDonald as he talks about his book “Little Big Year: Chasing Acadia’s Birds” on Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. on Zoom with the Jesup Memorial Library.
During 2018, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the migratory Bird Treaty Act, MacDonald undertook a year-long adventure to see and hear all the birds of Hancock County, which became his “Little Big Year.”
As a field biologist, MacDonald has studied the natural world, focusing on issues relating to climate change, forest ecology and birds. His work has taken him to the higher latitudes, both Arctic and Antarctic, across the boreal forests of North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, and around much of Europe and South America. He spent part of two winters studying birds in the Dominican Republic. In the course of his research, he has been involved in banding in excess of 30,000 bi
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Gitlin hosts fun-filled program about funny programs
NORTHEAST HARBOR Join in on the fun on Wednesday, March 17 at 5 p.m., when the Northeast Harbor Library will host award-winning author and pop culture historian Martin Gitlin for a Zoom presentation to discuss his book, “The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time.”
In his book, Gitlin ranks the best of the best funny programs that ever aired. He will show snippets from those shows and others, challenge patrons with sitcom trivia, discuss the criteria he used to rank the shows and talk about how sitcoms have evolved over the decades in humor, presentation and content.