 A review by Elizabeth J. Rosenthal John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman, by Gregory Nobles University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017 352 pages, hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14844 When 18-year-old John James Audubon arrived in America from Napoleonic France in August 1803, he was accomplished in the youthful pursuits of the [read more…] A review by Lori Potter Birds of Prey: Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, and Vultures of North America, by Pete Dunne and Kevin T. Karlson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016 320 pages, hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14755 Birds of prey occupy a favored spot in our collective imagination. The Maltese Falcon. The recent bestseller H is [read more…] A review by Sanford Sorkin The Genius of Birds, by Jennifer Ackerman Random House, 2016 340 pages, softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14594P My introduction to the genius of birds came on a sunny afternoon in Arizona. My wife and I were enjoying some wine in an outdoor Phoenix café, almost alone as we [read more…] A review by Rick Wright Broken Wing, by David Budbill Green Writers Press, 2016 212 pages—softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14839 Diversity, alas, is still not our strong suit in North American birding. There are a few encouraging signs: Women, people of color, and members of other historically under-represented groups are slightly less scarce [read more…] A review by Beth Guldseth A Perfect Day for an Albatross, by Caren Loebel-Fried Cornell Lab Publishing Group, 2017 32 pages—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14797 The conservationist and artist Caren Loebel-Fried is the author of seven award-winning books for children. Her most recent work, A Perfect Day for an Albatross, may be intended [read more…] A review by Dennis Paulson The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands, by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 2017 On line at tinyurl.com/HIMonograph I was happy to be asked to review this online book: I might not have paid much attention to it otherwise, preferring the rustle of pages as I [read more…] A review by Chris Benesh The Australian Bird Guide, by Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack, and Kim Franklin Princeton University Press, 2017 566 pages—softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14737 Few places on Earth are as well saturated with field guides as Australia. The first modern attempt , Neville Cayley’s [read more…] A review by Diana Doyle Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Field Guide Including West Indian Endemics Residing in Cuba, by Nils Navarro Ediciones Nuevos Mundos, 2015 168 page—softcover Available in English and Spanish ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14535 Bee Hummingbird. Those two words best characterize the tantalizing endemics of Cuba. But this [read more…] A review by Rick Wright HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, by Josep del Hoyo and Nigel J. Collar Lynx Edicions, 2014-2016 2 volumes, 1916 pages—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books HBWCSET In their preliminary remarks to this tally of all the world’s birds, the authors take the [read more…] A review by Charles Hagner The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, by Dan Egan W.W. Norton, 2017 364 pages, hardcover I love Lake Michigan. I have driven around its southern end more times than I can recall. I’ve traced its contours from the windows of jet planes. And I’ve crossed it by ferry. [read more…] |
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