Feb. 4, 2025 update: "Live Birds and Deadly Forces," will be postponed due to the weather forecast. There will be a new date for the program that is yet to be determined.

Initial press release:

A birding guide and naturalist (who’s not a novelist) and a north woods mystery author (who's not a birder)... What could they have in common? Their knowledge of what they call "Live Birds and Deadly Forces."

The public is invited to this program that assembnles birding, mystery writing, and the Maine outdoors Thursday, February 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Picker Room at Camden Public Library. Refreshments will be provided.

Michael Good and Sandra Neily are optimists who are and have been Maine Guides. They believe that the more people know about our outdoor assets and the risks they face, the more they’ll support various solutions.

During his Downeast Nature Tours Michael educates out in the field, offering birding and wildlife tours. After decades working in the conservation field, Sandy crafts stories described as, 'seductive field trips into Maine’s woods, waters, and wildlife habitat.'Their presentation, “Live Birds and Deadly Forces,” offers up Good’s short PowerPoint of birds and habitat at risk, a reading from Neily’s last novel along with a drawing for a free copy of it, and plenty of time for comments and questions.

“We’ll share out some Maine Outdoor Lottery tickets … as long as they last,” Good said. “This fund supports wildlife and we’ll bring along a handout of ways people can help in large and small ways.”

Yankee magazine chose Michael Good as a Best Birdwatching Guide. Author Sandra Neily is a national award-winner from the Mystery Writers of America and a Maine Literary Award finalist.