 A review by Ellen Paul The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, by Kirk Wallace Johnson Viking Press, 2018 308 pages, hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14870 Edwin Rist. The name sounds Victorian. It sounds nefarious. It befits a man who would skulk through the dark streets of [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…] A review by Peter Adriaens and Amar Ayyash Gulls of the World: A Photographic Guide, by Klaus Malling Olsen Princeton University Press, 2018 488 pages—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14824 It’s been 15 years since Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson presented us with their Gulls of North America, Europe, and Asia. Unlike [read more…] A review by David Liebmann Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World, by Noah Strycker Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 326 pages—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14766 Noah Strycker sets four ambitious goals in his latest book: to immerse his readers in different landscapes around the globe, to [read more…] 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…] |
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