A review by Robert O. Paxton Birds and People, by Mark Cocker, with photographs by David Tipling Random House, 2013 592 pages, $65.00—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14189 This sumptuous volume is a bit like a double chocolate sundae. It’s too rich for one sitting, but you can’t stop eating. It explores a sweeping [read more...] A review by Rick Wright Ordinary Extraordinary Junco, by Jonathan Atwell, Steve Burns, and Ellen Ketterson Junco Project, 2013 $5.00–DVD, 1:30 Available for purchase or free download Look outside. It is winter as I write, and over much of the ABA Area—and well south into Middle America, too—there’s a good chance that your eye [read more...] A review by Julia Zarankin Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me? More Answers to Common and Not-So-Common Questions about Birds and Birding, by Mike O’Connor Beacon Press, 2013 185 pages, $12.95—softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14114 Have you ever wondered where cardinals got their name? Or whether woodpeckers take baths? Or [read more...] A review by Tom Johnson Multimedia Identification Guide to North Atlantic Seabirds: Pterodroma Petrels, by Bob Flood and Ashley Fisher Scilly Pelagics, 2013 316 pages and two DVDs, $69.95—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14180 Few birds are as amazingly tough, enigmatic, beautiful, athletic, and rare as the gadfly petrels. The Multimedia Identification Guide to [read more...] A review by Bertie Gregory Birds of British Columbia: A Photographic Journey, by Glenn Bartley Heritage House, 2013 156 pages, $35.95—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14194 When I open a book by one of North America’s leading wildlife photographers, I expect [read more...] A review by Joy M. Kiser Birds’ Nests of the World, by Mamoru Suzuki Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 2013 72 pages, $29.95—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14142 For Japan’s beloved children’s book illustrator Mamoru Suzuki, the discovery of a bird’s nest near his home on the Izu Peninsula in 1986 was a metamorphic [read more...] Still looking for a great present for the young birder in your life? I recently asked a group of young birders what they had on their wish lists this year. Read on to see what they had to say, as well as see some of my favorite things. Books I think you’d be hard-pressed to [read more...] A review by Alan McBride Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, by Guy Dutson Princeton University Press, 2011 448 pages, $49.95—softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 13581 A Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand, by Julian Fitter and Don Merton Princeton University Press, 2012 288 pages, $24.95—softcover ABA Sales / [read more...] A review by Edward H. Burtt, Jr. The Warbler Guide, by Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle Princeton University Press, 2013 560 pages, $29.95—softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 13877 This is a book that every serious birder should own. There. Now that I’ve stated my conclusion, let me tell you why. Tom Stephenson and Scott [read more...] A review by Alexandria Simpson A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts, by Sue Leaf University of Minnesota Press, 2013 296 pages, $29.95—hardcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14193 How does a love affair start? What drives a passion? Thomas Sadler Roberts, one of the founders of Minnesota ornithology, believed that [read more...] |
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