Reviews of books about birds and birdwatching, interviews with authors, and book excerpts.
Pete Dunne is an accomplished birder, a gifted storyteller — the “Bard of Birding,” according to the Wall Street Journal — and one of North … Read More “What we’re reading: ‘Bird Droppings,’ by Pete Dunne”
Tom Stephenson and Scott Whittle, authors of the best-selling 2013 book The Warbler Guide, give voice to a familiar birder’s lament in our April 2016 … Read More “The ‘Warbler Guide’ authors tell what to do when you can’t identify a bird song”
Mount Auburn Cemetery, the first landscaped rural cemetery in the United States, has always resisted easy description. Both a National Historic Landmark and an Important … Read More “What we’re reading: Dead in Good Company”
The Living Bird, a gorgeous book published to commemorate the 2015 centennial of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, deserves a place on every birder’s coffee … Read More “Book celebrating Cornell Lab’s centennial features stunning photography by Gerrit Vyn”
2015 was a great year for books about birds and birdwatching. In our December 2015 issue, on newsstands November 3, you’ll find our reviews of five … Read More “18 new books and guides about birds and birdwatching”
A review of Better Birding: Tips, Tools, and Concepts for the Field, by George L. Armistead and Brian L. Sullivan. Read More “Book from expert birders provides a wide-angle approach to bird identification”
A review of Pete Dunne on Bird Watching: Second Edition: A Beginner’s Guide to Finding, Identifying and Enjoying Birds, by Pete Dunne. Read More “Pete Dunne publishes the ‘director’s cut’ of his guide for beginners”
