 A review by Sanford Sorkin North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring, by Bruce M. Beehler Smithsonian Books, 2018 264 pages, hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14864 Many books tell interesting stories; very few inspire us. Bruce Beehler’s North on the Wing corrects any simplistic notions we may have [read more…] A review by Sandra Paci The Wall of Birds: One Planet / 243 Families / 375 Million Years by Jane Kim with Thayer Walker Harper Design 2018 224 pages, hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14911 This profusely illustrated book tells the fascinating story behind the artist and scientific illustrator Jane Kim’s creation of a [read more…] A review by Caitlin Kight Woodpecker, by Gerard Gorman Reaktion Books, 2018 180 pages, softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14922 Gerard Gorman’s Woodpecker is the latest volume in Reaktion Books’ Animal Series, a handsome collection of lavishly illustrated books that explore the natural and cultural history of a range of iconic animals. By examining [read more…] A review by Lori Potter Birdmania: A Remarkable Passion for Birds, by Bernd Brunner, translated by Jane Billinghurst Greystone Books, 2017 292 pages, hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14791 The book jacket of Birdmania advises that its contents are “quirky.” Soon enough, we learn that this disclosure is not misleading. The book’s quirkiness [read more…] A review by Rob Fergus The New Neotropical Companion, by John Kricher Princeton University Press, 2017 432 pages, softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14727 or Amazon.com The American tropics host some of the world’s most beautiful and charismatic birds. But birding there can be tough. Dazzling looks at radiant displays of iridescence may come [read more…] A review by Marcia OBara Birding Southeast Arizona App, by Tucson Audubon Society and the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory For Apple iOS and Android Devices Available for purchase and download at TucsonAudubon.org I live in Southeast Arizona, and I love birding here. For years our go-to guide and constant companion has been Tucson Audubon’s spiral-bound [read more…] A review by Corey C. Husic Urban Raptors: Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Cities, edited by Clint W. Boal and Cheryl R. Dykstra Island Press, 2018 320 pages, softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14851 Humans have long lived in proximity to raptors, with stories dating back centuries of Red Kites pestering [read more…] A review by Dragan Simić The Birder’s Guide to Africa, by Michael Mills Go-Away-Birding, 2017 544 pages, softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14785 “What happened?” “He psyched me out. Made me seasick. I think he thinks I’m doing a Big Year. That is hardcore.” “Are you doing a Big Year?” “No. You?” Me? [read more…] A review by Charlotte Wasylik National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th ed., by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer National Geographic Society, 2017 591 pages, softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books NGFG7 Released last autumn, after a six-year wait, the new, seventh edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to [read more…] A review by Laura Kammermeier One More Warbler: A Life with Birds, by Victor Emanuel with S. Kirk Walsh University of Texas Press, 2017 273 pages—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14740 The first time Victor Emanuel flew over unbroken tropical forest was in 1969, when he and John Rowlett took a flight [read more…] |
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