Review Roundup: In Print, April ’08

Bird Watcher’s Digest

– Vol. 30 No. 5, May/June 2008

• The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, by Richard Garrigues
  Recommended as “an excellent modern supplement to Stiles and Skutch“.
• Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide, by David Burnie
  An “extremely attractive” coffee table book that the reviewer happily recommends.
• Roger Tory Peterson: A Biography, by Douglas Carlson
  Get to know the man behind the field guide.
• Winged Wonders: A Celebration of Birds in Human History, by Peter Watkins and Jonathan Stockland
  A miscellany that is educational and very enjoyable.
• The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds: Creating Natural Habitats for Properties Large and Small, by Stephen W. Kress
  Highly recommended to everyone who wants to attract birds.

WildBird

– May/June 2008

• Flights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and Son, by Kenn Kaufman
  The “great birding stories and a personal touch will appeal to many readers”.
• Finding Your Wings: A Workbook for Beginning Bird Watchers, by Burton S. Guttman
  A great idea, but ultimately disappointing and a missed opportunity.
• Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, by Douglas W. Tallamy
  This excellent book explains why it is important to include native species on your property.

Winging It

– Vol. 20 No. 2, April 2008
Newsletter of the American Birding Association

• Marshes: The Disappearing Edens, by William Burt
  A book of “visual poetry and advocacy prose, all evoking the great spectacle and the close-up beauty of a still-threatened habitat”.
• Built by Animals: The Natural History of Animal Architecture, by Mike Hansell
  “A concise and informative introduction to a big subject.”
• Oology and Ralph’s Talking Eggs: Bird Conservation Comes Out of Its Shell, by Carrol L. Henderson