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A review by Frank Izaguirre Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names, by Stephen Moss Faber & Faber, 2018 368 pages—softcover ABA Sales / Buteo Books 14980 Birders love talking about bird names. Who among us hasn’t scrolled through the new AOS proposals just to see what the most absurd name change proposal was, [read more…] 
The 2019 issue of Birder’s Guide to Travel is just now beginning to arrive in members’ mailboxes. But you don’t have to wait until then to see what’s inside. And you don’t have to be an ABA member. You can see the entirety of this issue of Birder’s Guide right now. Simply click here. (Birder’s [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 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…] 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…] The American Birding Association, in partnership with Tropical Birding Tours, invites you to join the ABA Thailand ‘Birding with a Camera’ Tour. Thailand is one of the finest birding destinations on Earth and holds some of Asia’s coolest looking birds: glittering pheasants, gargantuan hornbills, luminous leafbirds, vivid sunbirds, and languid laughing-thrushes. This trip explores the [read more…] At the Mic: Jen Hajj, Specialty Group Travel Consultant at Holbrook Travel Last November, I took my first birding trip to Costa Rica. I had been there before, long ago, with a college group. The academic trip was an introduction to the different regions and wildlife of the area, but it wasn’t a birding trip. [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 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 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…] |
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