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What we're reading: February 2012
New books about the critical importance of native plants, the birds of New Jersey, and Boundary Bay, an Important Bird Area in British Columbia.
Published: December 22, 2011
Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy, Timber Press, 2009, 360 pages, $17.95, paperback.
This readable book will change the way you look at your yard. Written by a professor of entomology and wildlife ecology, it describes the critical importance of native plants to native plant-eaters. “Like it or not,” Tallamy writes, “gardeners have become important players in the management of our nation’s wildlife.” |
The Birds of New Jersey by William J. Boyle Jr., Princeton University Press, 2011, 320 pages, $24.95, paperback.
New Jersey is just jam-packed with great birds. This well-illustrated guide, from a past regional editor for American Birds (now North American Birds) and the author of A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey, gives the status and distribution of every species known to occur there. We’ll use the range maps to plan our next visit. |
A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay by Anne Murray, Nature Guides BC, 2006, 214 pages, $20.95, paperback.
Boundary Bay, located just across the U.S.-Canada border in the Fraser River estuary, is an Important Bird Area, a vital stopover spot for migrating waterfowl and shorebirds, including thousands of Western Sandpiper and Dunlin, and one beautiful place. This neat guide tells where to go, when to go, and what to see.
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