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Wednesday, January 26-Saturday, January 29 2011: Julie Zickefoose at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, Titusville, Florida. Presentations, field trips, workshops.
Saturday, August 7, 2010: "Letters from Eden," Midwest Native Plant Society 2d Annual Conference, Bergamo Retreat Center, Dayton, Ohio.
Monday, July 19-Thursday, July 22, 2010: Julie Zickefoose and Bill Thompson, Lakeside, Ohio. Presentations, field trips, workshops.
Friday, July 9,2010: Drawing and Writing in Nature with Julie Zickefoose, Tecumseh Land Trust, Yellow Springs, Ohio. A day of presentations, field trips, and creativity workshops with JZ.
Thursday, July 8, 2010: "Letters from Eden," an evening with Julie Zickefoose. 7 pm. Antioch University Midwest Auditorium, 900 Dayton Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Come for the evening talk and book signing, then join me for a day's creativity workshop on the 9th.
Wednesday, June 9-Sunday June 13, 2010: Potholes and Prairies Birding Festival, Jamestown, North Dakota. Keynote, birdwatching trips, music with Bill Thompson and Julie Zickefoose.
Thursday, April 29-Sunday, May 2, 2010: Julie Zickefoose and Bill Thompson at the New River Birding Festival, Fayetteville, WV. Dinner presentation by JZ on Friday, April 30; music by JZ and BT3 on Saturday, May 1
Friday, April 16-Monday, April 19, 2010: Lesser Prairie-Chicken Festival, Woodward, Oklahoma. Presentations, field trips, workshops by Julie Zickefoose
Friday, March 12, 2010: Explorer Series lecture, "Letters from Eden," Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio.
Friday, February 26, 2010: Ohio Ornithological Association Waterfowl Conference, Grange Audubon Center, Columbus, Ohio, 7-10 pm. The Swinging Orangutangs (Bill Thompson III, Julie Zickefoose and band) provide rockin' entertainment.
Saturday, November 14, 2009: Toledo Naturalists' Association Annual Banquet, Toledo, Ohio.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009: 5:30-7 pm. Julie Zickefoose art exhibit opening and public lecture, West Liberty State College, West Liberty, WV.
Thursday, September 17-Sunday September 19, 2009: Midwest Birding Symposium. Julie will be speaking at 3:30 pm in Hoover Auditorium, signing books and showing art. Lakeside, Ohio.
Saturday, September 12, 2009: Julie Zickefoose special art opening in conjunction with the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum's annual Birds in Art exhibition. 700 North Twelfth St, Wausau, WI 54403 (715) 845-7010.
Friday, June 12-Sunday June 14, 2009: Julie Zickefoose and Bill Thompson III at the North American Bluebird Society/Mountain Bluebird Trails joint convention, Great Falls, MT. Contact Bob Niebuhr, (406) 453-5143
Wednesday, June 3-Sunday June 7, 2009: Potholes and Prairies Birding Festival, Jamestown, North Dakota. Keynote, birdwatching trips, music with Bill Thompson and Julie Zickefoose.
Thursday, April 30-Sunday, May 3, 2009: Julie Zickefoose and Bill Thompson at the New River Birding Festival, Fayetteville, WV. Dinner presentation by JZ on Friday, May 1; music by JZ and BT3 on Saturday, May 2
Thursday, March 26, 2009: 6:30-8 pm. Julie Zickefoose presents "Letters from Eden" at Miami Middletown Downtown, 4 North Main St. Middletown, OH, as part of Miami University Middletown's public lecture series. Contact email: mumccc@muohio.edu; phone (513) 727-3248 (Dr. Eric Melbye)
Friday, March 20, 2009: 9pm-1am. The Swinging Orangutangs at the Marietta Brewing Company, 167 Front Street, Marietta, Ohio (740) 373 BREW.
Friday, February 13, 2009:9pm-12pm. The Swinging Orangutangs at the Whipple Tavern, State Route 821, Whipple, Ohio
December 2008: Speaker, Birmingham Audubon, Birmingham, Alabama
October 2008: Lecturer, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
October 2008: Speaker, Hartford Audubon, Hartford, Connecticut
October 2008: Speaker, DuPage Birding Club, Chicago, Illinois
June 2008: Instructor, Joy of Birding, Hog Island Audubon Camp, Maine
June 2008: Keynote Speaker, American Birding Association, Snowbird, Utah
June 2008: Writing Workshop, Murphin Ridge Inn, West Union, Ohio
June 2008: Field Trip Leader, Potholes and Prairies Birding Festival, Carrington, North Dakota
May 2008: Keynote Speaker, Beaver Creek Wetlands Association, Beavercreek, Ohio
May 2008: Keynote Speaker, New River Birding Festival, Fayetteville, West Virginia
May 2008: Keynote Speaker, Scioto Birding Festival, Ohio
April 2008: Keynote Speaker, Whitefish Point Birding Festival, Paradise, Michigan
April 2008: One-woman show, Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York
March 2008: Keynote Speaker, Bluebirds Across Nebraska convention, Kearney, Nebraska
December 2007: One-woman show, Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, Millersburg, Pennsylvania
November 2007: Trip leader, Festival of the Cranes, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro, New Mexico
August 2007: Speaker, Chautauqua Institution's Bird, Tree and Garden Club, Chautauqua, New York
June 2007: Keynote speaker, Potholes and Prairies Birding Festival, Carrington, North Dakota
June 2007: Instructor, with Bill Thompson III and Scott Weidensaul. Hog Island Audubon Camp, Damariscotta, Maine
May 2007: Speaker, Trip Leader, New River Birding and Nature Festival, Fayetteville, West Virginia
May 2007: Keynote speaker, Oil Region Birding Festival, Venango County, Pennsylvania
May 2007: Keynote speaker, First Annual Chequamegon Bay Birding Festival, Ashland, Wisconsin
April 2007: Speaker, Trip Leader, Mohican Wildlife Weekend, Loudonville, Ohio
March 2007: Speaker, Harvard University Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 2007: Speaker, Aulwood Audubon Society, Dayton, Ohio
March 2007: Speaker, Massachusetts Audubon, Lincoln, Massachusetts
March 2007: Speaker, Marietta College Lyceum, Marietta, Ohio
February 2007: Speaker, Three Rivers Birding Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 2007: Speaker, Ohio Ornithological Society's Owl Symposium, College Corner, Ohio
January 2007: Speaker, Ding Darling NWR, Sanibel Island, Florida
January 2007: Keynote speaker, SW Florida Birding Festival, Naples, Florida
November 2006: Keynote speaker, Festival of the Cranes, Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro, New Mexico
August 2006: Speaker, Chautauqua Institution's Bird, Tree and Garden Club, Chautauqua, New York
June 2006: Keynote speaker, Ohio Ornithological Society's Breeding Bird Symposium, Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, Ohio
May 2006: Speaker, trip leader, New River Birding and Nature Festival, Fayetteville, West Virginia
March 2006: Speaker, with Bill Thompson III, Chicago Flower Show, Chicago, Illinois
December 2005: Speaker, Ohio Ornithological Society's Raptor Symposium, Zanesville, Ohio
October 2005: Speaker, Musician, Midwest Birding Symposium, Quad Cities, Iowa
August 2005: Speaker, Chautauqua Institution, Bird Tree and Garden Club, Chautauqua, New York
August 2005: Faculty, w/Bill Thompson, III, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
June 2005: Speaker, w/Bill Thompson, III, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois
June 2005: Speaker, Field Trip Leader, Third Annual Potholes and Prairies Festival, Carrington, North Dakota
May 2005: Keynote Speaker, North American Bluebird Society/North Carolina Bluebird Society Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina
May 2005: Speaker, w/Bill Thompson, III, Delaware Bird Clubs, Dover, Delaware
May 2005: Keynote Speaker, New River Neotropicals Festival, Fayetteville, West Virginia
April 2005: Workshop Leader, Women in the Outdoors, Marietta, Ohio
April 2005: Banquet speaker, Marietta Women's Welfare League, Marietta, Ohio
March 2005: Keynote Speaker, 35th Annual Rivers and Wildlife Celebration, Kearney, Nebraska
March 2005: Workshop on habitat gardening, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio
October 2004: Keynote Speaker, Virginia Bluebird Society annual convention, Annandale, Virginia
August 2004: Speaker, Chautauqua Institution, Bird Tree and Garden Club, Chautauqua, New York
August 2004: Keynote Speaker, w/Bill Thompson, III, Southwest Wings Festival, Bisbee, Arizona
June 2004: Keynote Speaker, w/Bill Thompson, III, Second Annual Prairies and Potholes Festival, Jamestown, North Dakota
April 2004: Speaker and exhibitor, Bluebird Festival, Jackson, Michigan
September 2003: Speaker and exhibitor, Art in the Park, Fellows Riverside Gardens, Dayton, Ohio
June 2003: Keynote Speaker, w/Bill Thompson III, First Annual Prairies and Potholes Festival, Jamestown, North Dakota
April 2003: Keynote Speaker, First Annual New River Neotropicals Festival, Beckley, West Virginia
April 2003: Keynote Speaker, w/ Bill Thompson, III, Yuma Birding Festival, Yuma, Arizona
March 2003: Keynote Speaker, w/Bill Thompson, III, North American Bluebird Society/Bluebirds Across Nebraska Annual Convention, Kearney, Nebraska

List of Publications: Julie Zickefoose

2011: Author/Illustrator, The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 320 paintings and drawings by the author accompanying 80,000 word text.
2009-present: Columnist/Illustrator, "True Nature," for Bird Watcher's Digest
2008: Contributor/Illustrator, The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America by Bill Thompson III (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 200 drawings, Wow! facts and captions.
2004-2011 Commentator, All Things Considered (National Public Radio) Ca. 40 commentaries aired; 3-minute pieces with a natural history orientation. Two were nominated as "Driveway Moments" in 2005 and included on CD compilations.
2006: Author/Illustrator, Letters from Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods (Houghton Mifflin) 60 paintings and 60 drawings by the author accompanying 43,000 word text.
2005: Illustrator, Identify Yourself: A Guide to Common Bird Identification Challenges by Bill Thompson, III (Houghton Mifflin). 53 field-guide style bird plates.
2004/2005: Commentator, All Things Considered (National Public Radio) 15 commentaries aired in 17 months, 3-minute pieces with a natural history and social orientation. Two were nominated as "Driveway Moments" in 2005.
2004: Contributing Writer, Birdwatching: A Year-round Guide by Bill Thompson, III (Cool Springs Press)
2004: Contributing Writer, Reference Atlas to the Birds of North America (National Geographic Society)
2003: Illustrator, Searching for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker by Jerome Jackson (Smithsonian Press)
2002: Illustrator, Private Lives of Garden Birds by Calvin Simonds (Storey Publishing)
2001: Author/Illustrator, The Bird-friendly Backyard: Natural Gardening for Birds (Rodale Organic Living Books)
2001: Illustrator, Biology of Marine Birds, E.A. Schreiber and Joanna Burger, eds. (CRC Press)
2000: Illustrator, Restoring North America's Birds: Lessons from Landscape Ecology, Robert A. Askins (Yale University Press)
1999: Author/Illustrator: Enjoying Woodpeckers More (Bird Watcher's Digest Press)
1995: Author/Illustrator: Enjoying Bird Feeding More (Bird Watcher's Digest Press)
1993: Author/Illustrator: Enjoying Bluebirds More (Bird Watcher's Digest Press)
1993: Illustrator: Backyard Birds by Jonathan Pine (HarperCollins Children's Books)
1992-2002: Illustrator, The Birds of North America, a ten-year series of life histories by the American Ornithologist's Union and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Alan Poole, editor
1994-present: Contributing Editor to Bird Watcher's Digest; columnist for Backyard Bird News; author of 45 articles and illustrator of 17 BWD covers since 1986