Monday 9/21/26 3 pm: The Bird Singers: How Two Boys Discovered the Magic of Birdsong

BCAS Book Club

The Black Canyon Audubon Book Club meets the third Monday of each month at 3:00 p.m.  Meetings are virtual (usually Fall and Winter) or in-person with a virtual option in Montrose (usually Spring and Summer). Please check back here, as times, locations and book choices may change to accommodate the participants. Please join us, even if you haven’t read the book yet! Let Bruce Ackerman know if you would like to be on the separate email list specifically for the Book Club and email Bruce to get the in-person location or the Zoom link.

Also, it is time to set up the books to read for 2027. Please email Sallie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. your 2027 book suggestions (including two to three sentences about the book) by October 10. Anyone on the Book Club email list will then be able to vote on the proposed suggestions. These can be fiction or non-fiction; about birds or other wildlife or plants; and can include biographies, memoirs, bird trips, natural history, ecology, climate change or other great science topics, or classic conservation literature. It's generally a good idea to have read the book yourself before recommending it to the group. The newest books are exciting but expensive, so a variety of publication dates are appreciated. 

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Bruce to get the in-person location or the Zoom link.

September 21, 2026. The Bird Singers: How Two Boys Discovered the Magic of Birdsong  by Jean Boucault (2025). This book opened up a whole world of "bird singing" and bird singer competitions that I knew nothing about. It follows two adolescent boys in France as they enter the world of bird singing competitions.

October 19, 2026.  A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon (2024). by Kevin Fedarko. The author, with his best friend, a National Geographic photographer, embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon—a journey that the friend promised, would be “a walk in the park” - NOT! 

November 16, 2026.  The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney (2025). The fascinating and remarkable true story of the world’s first forensic ornithologist—Roxie Laybourne—who broke down barriers, solved murders, and investigated death with a microscope and a few fragments of feathers.

December 21, 2026.  Monkey Wrench Gang  by Edward Abbey (1975). “A motley crew of saboteurs wreaks havoc on the corporations destroying America's Western wilderness in this 'wildly funny, infinitely wise' classic.” (The Houston Chronicle).

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