Rick Wright
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Upcoming Tours
- Apr 22, 2018: France: Birds & Art in Provence
- Sep 29, 2018: Germany: Birds & Art in Berlin & Brandenburg
- Oct 31, 2018: Italy: Birds & Art in Venice & the Po Delta
- Mar 01, 2019: Guatemala: Birds & Art in the Highlands
- Mar 08, 2019: Guatemala: Tikal Extension
- Apr 27, 2019: Spain: Birds & Art in Catalonia
- May 07, 2019: Italy: Birds & Art in Tuscany
- May 20, 2019: France: Birds & Art in Provence
- May 27, 2019: France: Birds & Art in Burgundy
- Jul 04, 2019: Best of the Baltic
- Sep 03, 2019: Poland: Birds & Art in Royal Krakow
- Sep 29, 2019: Germany: Birds & Art in Berlin & Brandenburg
- Dec 19, 2019: Austria: Christmas in Salzburg
Recent Posts
- Feb 21, 2018: Rick Wright lectures at New York City Audubon
- Oct 27, 2017: Germany: Birds & Art in Berlin & Brandenburg
- Jul 05, 2017: Italy: Birds & Art in Tuscany
- Jun 28, 2017: France: Birds & Art in Provence
- Apr 11, 2017: Nebraska: Platte River, Sandhill Cranes & Prairie Grouse
- Nov 28, 2016: Italy: Birds & Art in Venice & the Po Delta
- Oct 31, 2016: Germany: Birds & Art in Berlin & Brandenburg
- Jun 09, 2016: France: Birds & Art in Provence
- Jun 05, 2016: Spain: Birds & Art in Catalonia
- Apr 21, 2016: Nebraska: Platte River, Sandhill Cranes & Prairie Grouse

Rick Wright, a native of southeast Nebraska, studied French, German, philosophy, and life sciences at the University of Nebraska, where he worked in the bird collections of the State Museum and served as teaching assistant to Paul Johnsgard. After a detour to Harvard Law School, Rick took the M.A. and Ph.D. in German at Princeton University. His years as an academic included appointments as assistant professor of German at the University of Illinois, reader/scholar at Princeton University’s Index of Christian Art, and associate professor of medieval studies at Fordham University. Among his scholarly publications are two books on the Latin and German animal literature of the late Middle Ages. He is also the author of the American Birding Association’s field guides to birds of New Jersey and of Arizona, and of the Peterson Reference Guide to North American sparrows. A prolific contributor to the birding literature and a sought-after lecturer, Rick lives with his wife, Alison Beringer, and their chocolate lab, Gellert, in Bloomfield, New Jersey.