On February 14, I posted to ctbirds about the Fairfield University Art Museum exhibition on birds, “Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks.” I noted then that this exhibition surely ranks as one of the most important museum exhibitions of North American birds that Connecticut has seen. Go to www.fairfield.edu/museum <http://www.fairfield.edu/museum> for further information. The Fairfield University campus is closed to visitors through spring, but a virtual tour of the exhibition is available online. It is absolutely fascinating. Upcoming virtual lectures take place on March 2 (Drew Lanham, "Birding While Black"), March 9 ("Learn How to Draw a Bird"), March 13 ("All About Birds"), March 23 ("Nature’s Best Hope"), and April 14 ("John James Audubon"). All are free with registration. J. Drew Lanham, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University, is an outstanding environmental educator and speaker. His profile on the Clemson website states, "J. Drew Lanham (B.A. Zoology 1988; M.S. Zoology 1990; PhD Forest Resources 1997) is a native of Edgefield and Aiken, South Carolina. In his twenty years as Clemson University faculty he has worked to understand how forest management impacts wildlife and how human beings think about nature. Dr. Lanham holds an endowed chair as an Alumni Distinguished Professor and was named an Alumni Master Teacher in 2012. In his teaching, research, and outreach roles, Drew seeks to translate conservation science to make it relevant to others in ways that are evocative and understandable. As a Black American he is intrigued with how culture and ethnic prisms can bend perceptions of nature and its care.” Dr. Lanham’s profile calls to mind the pioneering work of the late Stephen R. Kellert on how humans relate to the natural world (Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, recently renamed the Yale School of the Environment), as well as the brilliant and essential writing of Edward O. Wilson. Several years ago I met one of the next generation of leaders in conservation education, one of Drew Lanham’s top students at Clemson who was pursuing her doctoral studies on humans and nature at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on Cape Cod. The readers of ctbirds will not want to miss Drew Lanham's talk this coming Tuesday. Steve Broker Cheshire