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December 12, 2019 Mount Diablo Audubon – Gorillas, Rhinos and More

Mount Diablo Audubon Meeting in Walnut Creek

I am the “Birding Information” pre-speaker talking about Mount Gorillas and

The main program speaker: Birds and Wildlife of Kenya

I’ll be selling signed copies of Rhino in the Room afterward.

The meeting is free to the public.

Camellia Room at The Gardens at Heather Farm, 1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek.

6:30 pm Doors open
7:00 pm Birding Info
7:25 pm News
7:40 pm Snacks & Raffle
8:00 pm Main Program

Filed Under: Book Signing, Events, rhino, wlidlife Tagged With: book events, Jill Hedgecock, Mount Diablo Audubon, Northern white rhino

My Guest Blog on the Romance University Blog

A Time-Saving Writing Technique You Should Be Using: Muse Boards

Filed Under: Between Shadow's Eyes, Dogs, extinction, ghosts, muse board, Publishing, Reading, rhino, rhino in the room, Romance University, Writing Tagged With: character development, details, guest blog, muse board, plotting, rhino in the room, romance university, writing tool

Rhino in the Room Awarded New Apple Medalist Honor

Rhino in the Room received the solo Medalist Honor for the Travel Abroad/Adventure category. Check out the updated cover!

Filed Under: Publishing, Reading, rhino, rhino in the room, Writing Tagged With: New Apple Literary Medalist, rhino in the room

3/5/19 Ohlone Audubon – Birds and Rhino Poaching:  The Best and Worst of South Africa and Botswana

March 5, 2019 – 7:00 pm
Meeting Location:
Robert Livermore Community Center,
4444 East Avenue, Livermore CA 94550
Some of the best bird and animal sightings from my 2015  trip to South Africa and Botswana will be shared.  As amazing as Africa’s living zoo is, there is also a dark side to this country.  In 2015, a new record was set for largest number of rhinos poached. This travesty is being fueled by demand for the keratinous material in the horn in the Asian market, based on the misguided belief that the horn has curative powers for everything from hangovers to impotency to cancer.  Driven largely by China and Vietnam, the heaviest consumers, an ounce of rhino horn (essentially the same material as our fingernails) is considered more valuable than gold.  A single rhino horn can go for a half-million dollars. There are now only two northern white rhinos left on the planet and just 5,000 of black rhino are left in the world today.  I will present the myriad of solutions that are being considered to address the problem.  If the current rate of poaching is not curtailed, wild rhinos could become extinct within the next few decades.

Filed Under: Events, rhino, rhino poaching Tagged With: birds of South Africa and Botswana, rhino poaching

January Diablo Gazette Articles – Front Page!

I’m pleased to announce that my coverage of the Mount Diablo Audubon Christmas Bird Count made the front page of January’s Diablo Gazette. Also in this issue is my book review column of Tamara Shiloh’s Jaxon’s Magical Adventure: What if there were no Black People in the World?”(Page 10). My Rubydooby_do column featured sweet Walter, a German Shepherd (Page 10). Also a wonderful memorial to my brother-in-law, Lawr Michaels (Page 11).

Click to access Diablo-Gazette-Digi-JAN19-.pdf

Filed Under: Book Review, Diablo Gazette, dog rescue, Dogs, Reading, rhino, Ruby Dooby Do, Rubydooby_do Tagged With: Audubon Christmas Bird Count, bird-watching, Dog rescue, german shepherd, Lawr Michaels, rubydooby_do, Tamara Shiloh

1/26/19 Rhino Conservation and Book Event at Wildbirds Unlimited, Pleasant Hill, CA

Jill Hedgecock will give a presentation on rhino conservation and the birds of Southern Africa followed by a book signing for Rhino in the Room in Pleasant Hill, CA.  Please come join me from 11 am to noon on 1/26/19    692 Contra Costa Blvd.

Filed Under: Events, rhino, rhino in the room, rhino poaching

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Ekphrasis Speaking Event at Orinda Library 5/4/23

I’ve been chosen to speak about “Contentment” my art initiator project on Saturday at the Ekphrasis Reception on 5/4/23. The speakers will be on hand from 3 to 5 pm and the talks will be held at the Orinda Library Auditorium between 3:30 and 4:30 pm.

12/7/23 Event- New Zealand Great Walks and Great Bird

Mount Diablo Audubon Society presentation, Main Speaker, 7:30 pmPleasant Hill Community Center at 320 Civic Drive, Pleasant Hill, 94523

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