Maine's Favorite Birds
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Description
Written by well-known birders and native Mainers, and based on their years of experience answering questions, leading bird walks, and teaching people about birds, Maine's Favorite Birds puts the focus on Maine's most-loved and best-known birds. This makes the book uniquely suited to bird enthusiasts who want to identify and learn more about the birds around them without the expense and confusion of more advanced field guides. Maine's Favorite Birds features each bird beautifully illustrated in large format, accompanied by clear and concise identification tips, habitat references, and easy-to-remember song descriptions. It also includes birding hot spots and ways birders can put their observations to use for science and conservation. Maine's Favorite Birds is perfect for everyone from kids to grandparents, parents to teachers, Mainers and tourists alike anyone who wants to know and better appreciate the birds they see in backyards, parks, wild areas, and nature preserves.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
Down East Books
Publish Date
September 15, 2023
Pages
72
Dimensions
5.91 X 8.82 X 0.24 inches | 0.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781684752119
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Allison Childs Wells is Senior Director of Public Affairs at the Natural Resources Council of Maine. She is a widely published natural history writer and contributor of many bird family accounts to Scholastic's New Book of Knowledge. She is coauthor with Jeffrey V. Wells ofMaine's Favorite Birds and Birds of Sapsucker Woods.
Evan Barbour earned his B.A. from Reed College with a thesis on animal play behavior and a credential in scientific illustration from UC Santa Cruz. Following a stint at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, his illustrations have adorned magazines such as National Parks Magazine and books such as South Pacific Birds. Also an educator with tenure at the California Academy of Sciences, Evan's current pursuit of a M.F.A. at Mills College further enables him to explore the intersection between art and science. Wherever his pursuits take him, Evan maintains an avid interest in birding.