The U.S. Postal Service will issue Bald Eagle: Hatchling to Adult, a new set of commemorative postage stamps. The first-day-of-issue outdoor event IS FREE and open to the public. The Hon. Daniel M. Tangherlini, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, will serve as the dedicating official. The ceremony is planned to last around 45-minutes and there will be several speakers.
USPS staff will begin selling the Bald Eagle: Hatchling to Adult stamps 1 hour before the ceremony at 10a.m. outside the National Eagle Center, along with an autograph session after the ceremony. First day cancel will be available for collectors.
Q&A With Ornithologist David Allen Sibley (2 p.m.)
This will be also be a FREE event to attend, and YOU have the opportunity to submit any questions you have for Mr. Sibley in advance. The session will be held in the Riverfront Amphitheater and last about an hour with a rain-site available if needed.
Feel free to send any questions you’d like considered to Scott Mehus by emailing scott@nationaleaglecenter.org or by clicking the link below.
This is an exciting opportunity, and we hope you will be able to join us for this conversation with Mr. Sibley!
About David Allen Sibley
David Sibley began watching birds at a very young age and was only seven when he began drawing them. He spent most of the 1980s and 90s traveling all over the North American continent in search of birds. It’s only natural for him to be a birder as he’s the son of Fred Sibley a Yale ornithologist and has been birding since his childhood in Connecticut.
With The Sibley Field Guide to Birds, a New York Times bestseller, Sibley was immediately hailed as heir to the great birder and artist Roger Tory Peterson, placing him in a long line of artist-naturalists that leads straight back to John James Audubon Used by millions of birders, from novices to the most expert, The Sibley Guide to Birds is the standard by which natural history guides are measured. He is the author and illustrator of several books including The Sibley Guide to Birds, The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior, The Sibley Guide to Trees, Hawks in Flight, and his most recent book, What it’s like to be a Bird. In total, he has sold more than 1.75 million copies of his books to date. Mr. Sibley creates all his work from his home in Concord, Massachusetts.
In 2002, he received the Roger Tory Peterson Award from the American Birding Association for lifetime achievement in promoting the cause of birding.
