Birds of the Pacific Northwest
A Photographic Guide
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, Heritage House Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2020
- Category
- Birdwatching Guides, Hikes & Walks, Pacific Northwest
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780295748054
- Publish Date
- Jul 2020
- List Price
- $41.00
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Description
A practical, portable guide to more than 400 bird species of the Pacific Northwest
In this updated edition of their best-selling field guide, renowned bird experts Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman illuminate the key identification traits, vocalizations, seasonal statuses, habitat preferences, and feeding behaviors of bird species from British Columbia to southern Oregon.
? Compact full-page accounts feature maps and more than 900 color photographs by the region's top bird photographers
? Comprehensive revisions to taxonomic structure and sequencing of avian families to align with the most current print and online resources
? Territorial range covers much of British Columbia; all of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; and parts of western Montana and Wyoming
Spanning a vast, distinctive region rich in protected wildlands and iconic national parks, Birds of the Pacific Northwest is a superlative, complete resource for enjoying the many bird species found in the region.
About the authors
Tom Aversa is the co-author of Birds of Southwestern British Columbia, Birds of the Puget Sound Region, and Birds of the Willamette Valley Region. He lives in Maine, where he participates in citizen science and enjoys teaching about wildlife and mentoring young naturalists while working to conserve land for the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust.
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Richard Cannings is a renowned naturalist, conservationist and lecturer on birds and bird habitats. He works as a consulting biologist assessing endangered species and organizing bird population surveys, and he can be heard on the CBC Radio 1 program BC Almanac as its regular birding expert. He is the author of An Enchantment of Birds, The Rockies: A Natural History, and Birds of Interior BC and the Rockies and is co-author of British Columbia: A Natural History, Birds of Southwestern British Columbia, and the upcoming Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. He lives in Penticton, BC.
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Richard Cannings' profile page
A longtime student of bird life, Hal Opperman has authored, co-authored, edited, and contributed to numerous publications and online resources on birds and birding, including BirdWeb and the Sound to Sage breeding bird atlas, both hosted by the Seattle Audubon Society. Hal received his B.A. in biology from Knox College and his Ph.D. in art history from the University of Chicago. He is now Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Washington, where he taught from 1967 until his retirement. His core research area is animals and nature in art.
Editorial Reviews
"An essential reference for birders west of the continental divide, particularly for intermediate and advanced observers."
Western Birds: The Quarterly Journal of Western Field Ornithologists
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