This virtual event is brought to you through a partnership between the Kirtland Bird Club of Northeast Ohio and Western Reserve Land Conservancy. We have partnered with local bookshop Loganberry Books to offer Owls of the Eastern Ice complete with a signed bookplate from the author. Here, he will describe the owls and his project, including vivid details of the adventures and struggles described in the book, and on-going conservation efforts with this endangered species. It was named a New York Times Notable Book for 2020, longlisted for a 2020 National Book Award, one of the ten best books of 2020 by the Wall Street Journal, and won the 2021 PEN/E.O. Slaght’s memoir of his experiences, called Owls of the Eastern Ice, was published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in summer 2020 to acclaim. From 2006-2010, Jonathan Slaght studied Blakiston’s fish owls in Russia for his Ph.D. Slaght about his book, Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl. The Land Conservancy is pleased to partner with the Kirtland Bird Club of Northeast Ohio to host a virtual presentation and chat with author Jonathan C. A chance encounter with this huge, strange bird was to change wildlife researcher Jonathan C.
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