Author, birder Lima discusses joys of birding

Marybeth Lima, author of “Adventures of a Louisiana Birder” (LSU Press), will discuss the book and explain the joys of birding at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon. Metairie.

This event is co-sponsored by the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, an annual five-day literary festival that occurs in the city of New Orleans each spring.

The book showcases how one woman goes from casual observer to obsessive bird nerd as she traverses Louisiana’s avian paradise. In “Adventures of a Louisiana Birder,” readers follow Lima across her adopted state in search of 300 species of birds. Bisected by the Mississippi flyway and home to 400 miles of coast, Louisiana has a variety of habitats, which serve as a backdrop to her journeys. 

  

Professor of biological and agricultural engineering at LSU, Lima is author of “Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities: Creating Safe and Happy Places for Children” and coauthor of “Play On! Evidence-based Playground Activities and Service-Learning: Engineering in Your Community.”

For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 orwcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.

Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes Louisiana romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "Emilie," book one of The Cajun Series, "Ticket to Paradise," book one of The Cajun Embassy series and "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.