For the last few years, we at the ABA made the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, known far and wide as the Duck Stamp, available through our own store. We hoped this would give birders an opportunity to vote, as it were, for how they want their voices to be heard as consumers of [read more…]
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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 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 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…] The 2018 issue of Birder’s Guide to Conservation & Community has hit mailboxes. One of those mailboxes belongs to Joe Scott of Chatham, New Hampshire. Here’s what Joe has to say about this year’s issue: —— This magazine was a treat to read. I belong to many conservation organizations and believe fully in [read more…] For the last few years, we at the ABA made the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, known far and wide as the Duck Stamp, available through our own store. We hoped this would give birders an opportunity to vote, as it were, for how they want their voices to be heard as consumers of [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 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…] In 2017, the Caribbean was hit with several powerful hurricanes, most notably Irma and Maria, both Category 5 storms. The April 2018 issue of Birding will include an article I wrote about the impact of hurricanes on Caribbean birds. Dr. Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. wrote a number of the key scientific papers on this subject [read more…] |
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A Dozen Things You Can Do to Celebrate Bill Thompson III
These are my friend Bill Thompson III’s shoes. Actually, this is just the tip of his footwear iceberg—he owned and wore a lot of shoes. I photographed these as they sat by his front door the day after I, along with members of his family, watched him fly free of his cancer-ravaged body. [read more…]