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09/17/2026

Learn why this bird is really a Rough-legged Hawk and not a falcon in this week's .

09/17/2026

Here is (Plate 165) featuring Bachman's Sparrow. Enjoy!

To kick off this year's Banned Books week (Oct. 5 - Oct. 9), we invite you to participate in this year's Read Aloud of F...
09/09/2026

To kick off this year's Banned Books week (Oct. 5 - Oct. 9), we invite you to participate in this year's Read Aloud of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Participants will receive a drink ticket to the Underground. The reading will take place outside Mather, weather permitting. Please use the QR code to sign up, or go to the following link: https://libcal.trincoll.edu/appointments/readingroom/bannedbooks

09/05/2026

This week's features a bird that can fly up to 160 miles in a single night. Check it out!

09/02/2026

Last week's involved another Audubon misidentification. Check it out!

Exploring the diverse experiences of students from the earliest days of Trinity College (then Washington College) throug...
09/01/2026

Exploring the diverse experiences of students from the earliest days of Trinity College (then Washington College) through the 1970s, this exhibit presents texts, documents, objects, and memorabilia from the Trinity College Archives. The exhibit will be on view in the Long Walk entrance (near Peter B’s) and the Engelhard Reading Room of the Raether Library until end of spring 2028.

https://trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu/new-exhibit-opens-in-library-student-experiences-at-trinity-1820s-1970s/

08/26/2026

Here is last week's featuring the Zenaida Dove, a bird that formerly inhabited the lower United States but whose range no longer exends to North America. Check it out!

08/12/2026

returns with a bird that looks like a hawk, behaves like a vulture, but is actually a falcon. Check it out!

Happy belated birthday to Odell Shepard, who served as Trinity College's James J. Goodwin Professor of English from 1917...
07/23/2026

Happy belated birthday to Odell Shepard, who served as Trinity College's James J. Goodwin Professor of English from 1917 until his resignation in 1946. The Odell Shepard Papers are available to view at the Watkinson Library, which is open to the public Monday - Friday from 9 AM - 4 PM. To read more about Odell Shepard, please check out the Watkinson blog post at the link below!

https://trinitywatkinson.domains.trincoll.edu/happy-birthday-odell-shepard/

07/18/2026

Watch as one artist encounters another in this week's --which features the Northern Cardinal (Plate 159) and several special visitors in the reading room, among them my good friend Ron Tarver, whose exquisite photographs are currently on exhibit at the Hudson River Museum.

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