A Conversation with Naturalist Joan Lentz: Webinar recording

January 7, 2021 | SYVNHSociety

Interview with Joan Lentz, author of Story of a Santa Barbara Birder

Naturalist Joan Lentz, featured on the cover of her new book. Photo courtesy of the author

This Zoom webinar recording includes a 30-minute recorded interview with Joan, followed by a Q & A. The live event occurred on February 18, 2021.

Click the title below for the lecture recording.
A Conversation with Naturalist Joan Lentz

We are excited to announce our first program of 2021, which was a conversation with Joan Easton Lentz about her new book, Story of a Santa Barbara Birder. As many of you know, Joan Lentz has long been a leader — and an inspiration — for a generation of birders and naturalists in Santa Barbara County.  Whether it was through her years of teaching birding classes, organizing our annual Christmas Bird Count, or authoring invaluable reference books such as A Naturalist’s Guide to the Santa Barbara Region, she has always been generous in sharing her deep knowledge of the bird life and biodiversity in this area of California.

Story of a Santa Barbara Birder is a fascinating personal history that chronicles Joan’s life, including her childhood exploring Santa Barbara and its wild backcountry and her later work as a natural history educator, researcher, and writer. Joan’s passion for nature and her appreciation of its many gifts are at the heart of this book.

Joan Lentz (center, in blue) leading an SYVNHS birding trip on Figueroa Mountain in 2009. Photo by John Evarts

If you would like to read Story of a Santa Barbara Birder in advance of this program, it is available from local independent bookstores, such as the Book Loft, Chaucer’s, Wildling Museum, and Tecolote Books; it is also sold on Amazon. There was a Q and A following our interview with Joan, and we hope you were able to join us for this special evening.

 

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