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Rick Wright

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Rick Wright is a widely published author and sought-after lecturer and field trip leader. A native of southeast Nebraska, Rick studied French, German, Philosophy, and Life Sciences at the University of Nebraska before making a detour to Harvard Law School. He took the Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University in 1990, then spent a dozen years as an academic, holding successive appointments as Assistant Professor of German at the University of Illinois, Reader in Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, and Associate Professor of Medieval Studies at Fordham University. Rick’s numerous scholarly publications include two books on the Latin animal literature of the later Middle Ages. Among his recent books are second editions of the ABA Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey and of the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Arizona. His Peterson Reference Guide to American Sparrows is a standard work on that family. He is also the co-author with Sanford Sorkin of Watching Birds in Montclair and Watching Birds in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Rick lives in northern New Jersey with his wife, Alison Beringer, and their jet-black lab, Quetzal.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Fyke Nature Club, Nomadic Birds and Their Stories, A Zoom Lecture, January 23, 2026, 8:00 pm EST.