The Bird That Saved Itself: The Everglade Snail Kite Story

Author Hilary Flower explores how the Everglade Snail Kite’s surprising adaptability offers hope for conservation in a rapidly changing Florida.

Speaker Bio: Hilary Flower is professor of environmental studies at Eckerd College, where she teaches about wetlands and global environmental change and researches how climate change and sea level rise affect the Everglades. Her first book debuts in March 2026: The Kite and the Snail: An Endangered Bird, Its Unlikely Prey, and a Story of Hope in a Changing World, published by the University Press of Florida.

Location: Hammock Hall, Boyd Hill Nature Park. 3010 31st St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33712