2024 Annual Lecture Guest Announced
Each year, The Raptor Trust’s Len & Diane Soucy Memorial Fund presents an Annual Lecture. We are thrilled to announce this year’s speaker, an award winning, record setting ornithologist who has published six books, including three for National Geographic:
Noah Strycker
Join us on Sunday, November 10th at 2:00 PM in the auditorium of the Somerset County Parks Environmental Education Center, located just down the road from The Raptor Trust at 190 Lord Stirling Road Basking Ridge, NJ 07920.
This event has sold out for two years in a row, so advanced registration is recommended. General Admission tickets cost $10 ($5 for seniors), with a limited amount of VIP packages available for $75. The VIP experience includes the opportunity to meet Noah Stryker before the lecture, preferred seating, a copy of Birding Without Borders which you may have signed, and more!
About the Lecture
Birding Without Borders: The Biggest Year in the World
Bird nerd Noah Strycker set out to become the first human to see more than half of the planet’s bird species in a single, year-long, round-the-world journey. Anything could have happened, and a lot did! Noah endured blood-sucking leeches, fevers and sleep deprivation, airline snafus and car breakdowns and mudslides and torrential floods, and even skirted the edges of war zones—and he had the time of his life. Crossing 40 countries on seven continents while carrying only a pack on his back, Noah enlisted the enthusiastic support of local birders to spot more than 6,000 species, including Adelie Penguins in Antarctica, a Harpy Eagle in Brazil, and a Golden Masked Owl in Papua New Guinea. He shared the adventure in real time on his blog (Audubon.org/noah), and now he reveals the inside story. This humorous and inspiring presentation about Noah’s epic World Big Year will leave you with a new appreciation for the birds and birders of the world.
About Noah Strycker
Called a “Travel Pioneer” by the BBC and “Birdman of Razzmatazz” by Newsweek, Noah Strycker is a writer, photographer, and bird man based near Eugene, Oregon. He has written several bestselling books, including Birding Without Borders, and is Associate Editor of Birding magazine. Noah also guides in the polar regions for Quark Expeditions and Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, literally spreading the joy of birds from pole to pole.
View highlights of Noah Strycker’s Biggest Year below:
